From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:18:08 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] weights was Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question
> [TomB] Metric makes sense for any form of engineering math. But for Depends on the type of food, I guess, and on the quantity you buy. In Germany, "Pfund" (pound) is still used colloquially when buying some food (e.g.meat), though nowadays it is generally understood to be half a kilo instead of whatever odd number of Gramms it was in the Kaiser's days. Greetings Karl Heinz