OT: SI vs Imperial [was re: daylight saving time algorithm changing]

[Rick DeNatale]

On 8/9/05, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> > I personally don't like the metric system outside of soda bottles. Imagine
> > buying a liter of milk. It's just not right. I also prefer the 427 V-8
> > engines to the roughly equivalent 7.0 liter designation.
> 
> I for one don't like my recipes sounding like chemistry experiments.
> Having dated someone from an SI-speaking country, I have first-hand
> experience.  Somehow "250mL dry sherry" makes me think of pouring stuff
> in graduated cylinders(*), not creating delicious food...  

Yep everyone knows that there is no delicious food created in
countries which use SI measurements. <G>.