I always understood that the American measurement for cooking were different from the U.K. measurements anyway. At least that was an excuse for baking failures. It may take a generation for people to finally accept metric, as it was brought in to the schools, in New Zealand, that was when we all finally had to change. The older people were the ones who found it difficult. Like learning to use an auto money machine, it all becomes eventually so easy. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elida" <elida@signature.cc> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:04 AM Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] Non-genealogy - Definition? > Hi listers, > I live in the USA. Now and then I read a little of the "London Times" on-line. Today there is an interesting article about a grocer who got in trouble for selling bananas by the pound. > > I tried a search for the EU (European Union) on google.com and am more confused about the EU - they have an office in my Washington, DC, USA. Would this be like an ambassador's office? > > I don't mean to offend anyone by my questions, but is the term "Great Britian" no longer to be used? If I can still refer to Great Britian, what is it now? > > What is the "United Kingdom". Is this the term which has replaced the use of "Great Britian"? > > I notice when my Public Broadcasting TV has a cooking show from England the recipes are not in metric system quantities. Are most cookbooks in England and Wales using metric system amounts? If not, why did the grocer do wrong by selling bananas by the pound? > > The average American citizen has firmly refused the use of metric system measurements - me included. > > Elida in South Carolina > > > > > >

Not only are the measurements different, I'm not really sure what some of the ingredients are! I doubt that the USA citizenry will ever adopt the metric system countrywide. We're just too stubborn! Thanks for your ideas, Elida ----- Original Message ----- From: "legarthm" <legarthm@levin.pl.net> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] Non-genealogy - Definition? > I always understood that the American measurement for cooking were different > from the U.K. measurements anyway. At least that was an excuse for baking > failures. > It may take a generation for people to finally accept metric, as it was > brought in to the schools, in New Zealand, that was when we all finally had > to change. The older people were the ones who found it difficult. Like > learning to use an auto money machine, it all becomes eventually so easy. > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elida" <elida@signature.cc> > To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:04 AM > Subject: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] Non-genealogy - Definition? > > > > Hi listers, > > I live in the USA. Now and then I read a little of the "London Times" > on-line. Today there is an interesting article about a grocer who got in > trouble for selling bananas by the pound. > > > > I tried a search for the EU (European Union) on google.com and am more > confused about the EU - they have an office in my Washington, DC, USA. > Would this be like an ambassador's office? > > > > I don't mean to offend anyone by my questions, but is the term "Great > Britian" no longer to be used? If I can still refer to Great Britian, what > is it now? > > > > What is the "United Kingdom". Is this the term which has replaced the use > of "Great Britian"? > > > > I notice when my Public Broadcasting TV has a cooking show from England > the recipes are not in metric system quantities. Are most cookbooks in > England and Wales using metric system amounts? If not, why did the grocer > do wrong by selling bananas by the pound? > > > > The average American citizen has firmly refused the use of metric system > measurements - me included. > > > > Elida in South Carolina > > > > > > > > > > > > >