Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Metric vs. US/Imperial Date: 20 Oct 2026 18:10:55 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <18df0d1075e60834$2732$2693458$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <6ad4cb13$0$7063$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <11b6g5i$2jehe$3@dont-email.me> <11b7pqa$1ar42$1@news.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net JtflJ0e5miyaA8dHkTxtwQVpqFBQJsKnWMoWE3twu3UgvSufD4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:xdv/tEn8/8bEo4SG9J4hAcu4wM8= sha256:jyv6V6LjFiTcW5tvQjIYSvaJbdigcdh5YSdDNXLsTbc= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:94412 On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:20:10 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote: > Yes. The funny thing is that most of the time, the metric unit is > "bigger" > than the corresponding US unit. E.g., kilogram is bigger than a pound, > meter more than a yard, liter more than a quart, metric ton more than a > ton, etc. You get used to this as a general rule of thumb. I've noticed that recipes specify 500 grams of flour, etc, so they're sort of using pounds. I don't know if the recipes were originally in English units and were converted.