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METRIC WHO? YOU!

This article will be in two parts as the subject is worthy of a little background and depth as well as comparisons.  The next issue will cover the simplicity of metrics. Both issues will then have room for titbits and other subjects of interest for the metric and non-metric reader. – editor Leave it to [...]

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METRIC SIMPLICITY (Part 2)

Considering … …that one has so much to learn and so many cumbersome variables with the following example: (American units) 1 cup    1/2 pint    8 fl. ounces 2 cups  1 pint      16 fl. ounces 3 cups 1-1/2 pints  24 fl. ounces 2 pints  1 quart    32 fl. ounces 4 quarts  1 gallon  128 fl. ounces [...]

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Wine – Bending old Rules

A generation ago, the hard and fast rules were:  red wine with red meat, white with poultry,  rosé was snubbed as not worthy and sweet wine with (in some countries) or after the dessert. Red wine was to be room temperature, white and rosé wine (if you dared drink it anyway) , cold (8° C. [...]

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