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Measuring With Metrics

Little is less than a lot And most is not a few I need a handle on this So I know what to do When measuring more Into my favorite recipe For a palmful is okay Measuring for me … Then come the metrics Confusing me more I cannot read labels In the grocery store I know about ounces Milligrams are strange And what is a liter I cannot exchange Guess I’ll stop cooking Lest I overdo the salt Eating at a restaurant Then, it’s their fault. Written September 29, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/30/2022 9:57:00 AM

I feel the same way you do about measurements "I know about ounces Milligrams are strange And what is a liter" Hilarious!

Jeff Kyser

Date: 9/30/2022 6:10:00 AM

Ha! Enjoyed this one... I never measure much of anything cooking. Doesn't work so well for baking though...

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/30/2022 8:02:00 AM

I do a lot of cooking, but I'm not a baker. I can make cornbread with a Jiffy mix and that's about it for baking. I measure everything in cooking by a palmful. It works for me.

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 9/30/2022 4:32:00 AM

Related this one,Milt: I have magnifying glasses all over the house for reading labels. LOL SuZ

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/30/2022 8:03:00 AM

I'm going through the adjustment from being near-sighted to being far-sighted after cataract surgery. Getting new glasses to help me at the computer.

Michael Tor

Date: 9/29/2022 6:26:00 PM

Yes I remember in college when they expected you to learn the metric system. Unless you apply it everyday you lose it. I feel your frustration Milton. Been there. Thanks for sharing...

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/29/2022 7:27:00 PM

Exactly. Thanks for your thoughts on this, Michael.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 9/29/2022 2:19:00 PM

nice one, milton! yes, we americans have never quite mastered the metric system, have we?

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/29/2022 4:03:00 PM

It drives me up a wall, Ilene. I'll never get it.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 9/29/2022 11:17:00 AM

There is always a bright side; I weighed precisely 10-stone for over 40-years, but I am stoned no more! Aloha!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/29/2022 12:01:00 PM

(chuckling) This is funny, Rico!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/29/2022 11:08:00 AM

My husband did not realize the exchange of feet for meters, jumping off a cliff much much farther than he thought (only time I saw fear on his face. This was in Curaçao.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/29/2022 4:57:00 PM

He did it twice! The tour guide did it the second time with him.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/29/2022 11:13:00 AM

Oh my gosh. Did he do it? I would have been petrified, and I would have backed out! Thanks for sharing, Kim.