who knows? Maybe this guy is sad he did not participate in the insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday .... Amerika über alles in der Welt!
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 5:31 PM J McClellan <[email protected]> wrote: > I see EVERYTHING as an opportunity to advocate the SI. Even though the > typical American response is to react with contempt, I still press on. > > I was looking to buy 250 g of red reishi mushroom powder in eBay. I have a > 22 year old, well established account, with money in my hand. I nicely > asked the seller if they could list quantities in the international system > along side the old fashioned American one as I portion my intake of this > stuff w/a kitchen gram scale and find it difficult to determine sizes > ordered in the American dry ounce - valid dietary reasons that I really do > apply to my daily life and quite difficult to do when using the olde dry > ounce unit. For all they knew, I just arrived here from any other nation on > the globe. > > Here was my original query and the response - > > Me: Howdy - Any chance you can list the weight of your product in the > international system (metric) along side of USA only units? . > I portion my dietary intake using a kitchen gram scale and find it > difficult to purchase when the quantities are represented in the "ounce". > Thanks! > Jim (stuffko) > > Reply: > That chore would take several hundred hours and ultimately be an eBay > policy violation for doule <sp> listing the same item. > 2.2 pounds per 1000 grams. > 16 oz per pound > 28.3 grams per oz > 250 grams is "about" 9 oz > > Then the seller proceeded to block me from buying their product altogether > lol. > > It would take literally 5 minutes of this sellers time to fulfill a valid > request, from a paying customer. I guess the customer is always right > unless it involves the metric system in the exceptional United States of > America. > > If we really had a militant streak, I'd suggest we all gang up on every > thick headed American who dismissed "us" like they so openly can do. > > GO METRIC, AMERICA! > The World Is Waiting... > > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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