On Tuesday 22 September 2009 12:44:10 Teran McKinney wrote: > Actually, today at a bakery I was shocked to hear the cashier (who I > think was also a baker) tell me that the regular loaves were "a couple > hundred grams" lighter than the extra-large loaves. This is in North > Carolina, United States. The bakery is the Flat Rock Village Bakery; > they make really good sourdough bread (I'm sure the metric system > helps ;-) ). Maybe he was an immigrant used to the metric system, but > either way that made me tip them my change :-). Very nice to see a > little metric used so openly here every once in a while.
Where in North Carolina? I'm in Charlotte. > PS: I know this is mostly off topic, but it would be really nice to > see Mm used more. Thousands of kilometers is quite a bit longer to > say. I agree. I say the lengths of international trips in megameters. Pierre
