To all, I find that when I buy a sandwich at Subway or a hot dog place or such, I cannot bring myself to use the words six or twelve inches so I also ask for large or small. Since Canadians or Americans, for that matter, probably don't know how much 20 or 32 or 33.8 fl oz are, they and we are just picking out the larger or largest size too ( or so I believe). Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 2001May25 19:17 Subject: [USMA:13036] Re: On a lighter note ... > 2001-05-25 > > Whenever I go to Subway, I never ask for the sandwiches by inch sizes. I > always ask for large or small. > > Even the Chinese Restaurants that use pints and quarts, again I ask for > large and small. > > In Venezuela, the Pizza Hut had four sizes all named in Spanish as small, > medium, large and super. If you didn't know how big that was, they had a > wooden model of each size to look at. No mention of either inches or > centim�tros. > > But, the McDonalds in Barquisimeto did sell quarter-pounders called 'cuarto > de libra". I have no idea if the "libra" was American (454 g), old Spanish > (? g), or metric (500 g). > > So, you can get around the inches and ounces by asking for large, medium or > small. No one ever questioned that. > > John > > Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt > frei zu sein. > > There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they > are free! > > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2001-05-25 18:59 > Subject: [USMA:13035] Re: On a lighter note ... > > > > In USMA 13031 > > > > >The Metric System in Canada > > >By Ken Wilson > > > > >All in all, it was a fantastic trip with a few metric highlights. To this > > >day, I am still saddened that I was cheated out of a 15 centimeter > sandwich > > >by the Americanized food chain known as Subway. > > > > > > Perhaps not Americanized, but just retarded. > > > > Joseph B. Reid > > 17 Glebe Road West > > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 > > >
