alpg88
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It is a line from Pulp fiction movie, i wonder if this burger really exists/
cuz they use metric system, lol
Now that you mention that, IIRC Florida only allows beer to be sold in specific sizes, all standard US-units.Oddly, when Canada was metricated (metrified?) decades ago, some regulations came in to specify retail food weights in metric though does not preclude the old imperial values. You can get pork chops for $2.99 per pound or $6.59 per kilogram.
Here's a question for 100% metric members. Are your car tyres still measured in inches like 16" or do they convert to cm?
I had some "mud" tires on a company truck that used all US numbers, no metric numbers like widths. 14"x8". The company would put regular all season on the front and those mud tires on the rear that rode like driving over a zipper would feel. They cupped within the first couple thousand miles too so then you had that whole egg shaped tire thing going. Once you got off road things were fine but driving on the interstate between town A and town B was really annoying.Actually tire size always use both, millimeters for width, ratio for sidewall height, and inches for diameter.
my wheels are 265/45r20
265mm wide, sidewall is 45% of the width, radial, 20 inches rim diameter
16.5" were split ring, with the odd size chosen to stop people from installing 16" tires on those wheels. IIRC near the end of use of 16.5" there were some drop center rims made for them, without the split ring. Much safer to use because the tire installer didn't have the ring to make sure was properly installed. These days finding new 16.5" tires can be quite difficult and expensive. It's usually more cost effective to find 16" or 17" wheels to fit the truck and buy new tires for those.I remember many European cars taking 390 diameter. Working on imported cars got me doing most of my calculations in metric. I also had an old '77 dodge pickup, ex military (m880) that wore 16.5 inch tires; only Goodyear had replacements that I could find without having to order. They were also higher pressure, IIRC 65psi.