what's up with the "grams" thing??

[lady_bug87]

haha 'Our"

you live here Kevin you need it too!!!

[Snakefood]

Originally Posted by Bradyloach

Haha well I'm under my dads work insurance still so I get free everything! Well I have to pay 10% of it.

Hence, not free!! We pay $110 in basic medical for a family of 3, and an additional $120/mo in extended heath care benefits!!

our medical system is not free. The difference between our health system ans that of the USA is that it is madatory by law that every Canadaian be covered by at least basic heath care, so you'll never be turned away from a hospital or DR, but eventually the gov't will catch up with the ammount they believe you owe!!

[Snakefood]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Whoa. So Jesus himself comes downs and serves you that crap? Timmy's coffee is terrible. I drink it because of convenience but MC Donald's is way better. I really like coffee so I am a pretty good judge.



Canada also has me so that nulifies your argument.



But we can kill our morons in the states. States is back on top. Not to mention Canada totally brown noses because they need our protection if things ever go south.

watch your mouth there buddy!! we don't brown nose, we are freindly, courtious and respectfull. Which is why the whole world loves CANADA

But I do agree with you on the Timmy's thing, good samdwiches, good soup, awful coffee!!

[theapexgerman]

I really don't like metric to much I perfer imperial if I'm building something

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by Norm66

^^^ kilometer, not lilometer. LOL


Shaun, that's weird but I bet you don't really even notice it. A litre of beer just wouldn't sound right.

i buy my petrol or diesel for my car,by the litre at the garage

but my car engine oil,i buy in gallons

at 45 years old the meshing of the 2 systems still fry my brain norm

i only know the parts of each system i require to live

i do not know the complete imperial or metric system

just bits of both

crazy stuff my friend

cheers shaun

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by Snakefood

watch your mouth there buddy!! we don't brown nose, we are freindly, courtious and respectfull. Which is why the whole world loves CANADA

But I do agree with you on the Timmy's thing, good samdwiches, good soup, awful coffee!!

is that justin bieber dude not canadian

he's a nippy little **** (nippy = does your head in,nips your nut) nut = head

cheers shaun

[SpOoKy]

is that justin bieber dude not canadian

he's a nippy little **** (nippy = does your head in,nips your nut) nut = head

we take no responsibility for Bieber.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by SpOoKy

we take no responsibility for Bieber.

someone bloody well should

if he was scottish,we'd have imprisoned him at the very least by now

thats if he just didn't somehow,mysteriously dissapear

cheers shaun

[SpOoKy]

Pfft, we just gave him to America

[millertime89]

Originally Posted by SpOoKy

Pfft, we just gave him to America

thanks for that...

[hellosugaree]

Originally Posted by Ikester1981

How come all snake weight reference is in grams. I could understand baby snakes/lizards. but after they reach 1lb in weight they should be referred to as such. I.e. my snake weighs 5lbs 7oz this gives me such a BETTER idea of the size of the snake. not that gram non sense 893 grams??? wtf is that?? 3lbs 12oz. OH I totally understand now!!

Welcome to the world dude. The metric system makes sense, and pretty much the entire world uses it. What makes more sense? 1000 milligrams per gram, 1000 grams per kilogram. If something weighs 548 grams, it weights about .548 kilograms, or just over half a kilogram. With metric measurements, all you have to do is move the decimal around to do calculations. It makes way more sense and pretty much the entire world except the US uses it.

Oh, another fun thing. You can convert liquid volume to weight in the metric system too without a calculator. 1 milliliter (0.001 liters) of water weighs 1 gram. 1 liter of water weighs 1 kg. How much does a quarter cup of water weigh? What about 3.68 cups of water plus 2 tablespoons.. how much does that weigh? 3.628 liters of water weighs 3.628 kilograms, or 3628 grams, or 3628000 milligrams.

Let me not even get into measurements of length... Ok maybe I will. Which makes more sense to you? 1.26 or 63/50? Without doing any math, you can easily see 1.26 is about 1 and a quarter. Why do we have 12 inches in a foot? How many inches in 6.748 feet? Can you do it without a calculator? What about metric? How many centimeters in 6.748 meters? 674.8... what about millimeters? 6748 mm in 6.748 meters. Ever see "standard" measurements in the store on that are like 7/153 inch. What the heck does that mean? Can you put a mental image on what that looks like? 0.84 is a lot easier to picture. Sure you can use decimals instead of fractions to represent inches and feet, but you can't easily convert those between the two.

Go pick up a liter of water (approx 1 quart) and feel how much it weighs... That's 1000 grams, or 1 kilogram. Use that as a point of reference and life will be easier. 1000 grams (1 kilogram) is about 2.2 pounds if you insist on thinking in pounds. By the way, how many ounces is 2.2 pounds?

Maybe we should start measuring things in lengths of my finger, or weight of the apple I ate this morning. My snake weighs 1 apple and 3 figs, and is about 3 middle fingers and half of a pinky finger long. This is essentially what inches and feet are. Makes a whole lot more sense does it?

[Snakefood]

Originally Posted by SpOoKy

we take no responsibility for Bieber.

I second that!!

And who should take responsibility for him being what and who he is, hmmmmm, how about his parents and himself (remember self-accauntability??, ahh, the good old days)

[SpOoKy]

No problem

[millertime89]

Originally Posted by hellosugaree

Welcome to the world dude. The metric system makes sense, and pretty much the entire world uses it. What makes more sense? 1000 milligrams per gram, 1000 grams per kilogram. If something weighs 548 grams, it weights about .548 kilograms, or just over half a kilogram. With metric measurements, all you have to do is move the decimal around to do calculations. It makes way more sense and pretty much the entire world except the US uses it.

Oh, another fun thing. You can convert liquid volume to weight in the metric system too without a calculator. 1 milliliter (0.001 liters) of water weighs 1 gram. 1 liter of water weighs 1 kg. How much does a quarter cup of water weigh? What about 3.68 cups of water plus 2 tablespoons.. how much does that weigh? 3.628 liters of water weighs 3.628 kilograms, or 3628 grams, or 3628000 milligrams.

Let me not even get into measurements of length... Ok maybe I will. Which makes more sense to you? 1.26 or 63/50? Without doing any math, you can easily see 1.26 is about 1 and a quarter. Why do we have 12 inches in a foot? How many inches in 6.748 feet? Can you do it without a calculator? What about metric? How many centimeters in 6.748 meters? 674.8... what about millimeters? 6748 mm in 6.748 meters. Ever see "standard" measurements in the store on that are like 7/153 inch. What the heck does that mean? Can you put a mental image on what that looks like? 0.84 is a lot easier to picture. Sure you can use decimals instead of fractions to represent inches and feet, but you can't easily convert those between the two.

Go pick up a liter of water (approx 1 quart) and feel how much it weighs... That's 1000 grams, or 1 kilogram. Use that as a point of reference and life will be easier. 1000 grams (1 kilogram) is about 2.2 pounds if you insist on thinking in pounds. By the way, how many ounces is 2.2 pounds?

Maybe we should start measuring things in lengths of my finger, or weight of the apple I ate this morning. My snake weighs 1 apple and 3 figs, and is about 3 middle fingers and half of a pinky finger long. This is essentially what inches and feet are. Makes a whole lot more sense does it?

6.748 ft = roughly 81 inches
2.2 lbs = roughly 35.2 ounces

Ok, that's not fair, I've been doing the conversions in my head for years.

[exwizard]

yeah well we were forced to use grams to measure our rats weight since thats all snake people use for this purpose, nvm the fact that since we use the rodentpro standard and thats how they measure them, well... enough said.