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Folks,
I will be traveling to the EU in a fee months for work, so I am trying to get accustom to the metric system; however, I am having some issues. What is the standard unites of products that are comparable to what I purchase in the United States?
Example:
Can of Soda is 12 fl. Oz. -----what is the standard volume of a local drink for the EU?
1/4 burger ------- standard volume of food related in EU.
Thank you.
Answer
Instead of trying to "compare " the size of a drink or a hamburger, try this...........
Order a half litre of wine, and a sandwich, with black forest ham, and edam cheese, and enjoy it.
Now try this, go to your local American food store and find a 2 litre bottle of coke, and imagine a quarter of it, and you have a EU can of soft drink. A sandwich would have about 200 grams of ham and 100 grams of cheese on it. 454 grams is a pound of something. A kilo is 2,2 pounds in weight.
My car has a 50 litre gas tank, I'm 172 centimetres tall and I weigh 88 kilos.
Translation..........My car has a 14 US gallon gas tank, I'm 5 feet 9 inches tall and I weigh 193 pounds. And it is 560 kilometres from Toronto to Montreal, or about 350 miles.
The only country in the whole world that doesn't teach the metric system to their kids is the USA.
It is a system of tens, and multiples of tens, hundreds and thousands.
A metre is made up of 100 centimetres ( remember that a dollar is made up of 100 CENTS ? ) A kilometre is made up of 1000 metres . Distance is in metres ( 200 metres from your hotel to the subway station is about 200 yards ) a highway speed may be 100 kph ( 63 miles an hour ) and gas may be 3 Eu per litre.
You know that a Glock hand gun is a 9mm, right ? So weapon calibers are expressed in millimetres, so the M 16 is a 5,56 mm round. Engine sizes are expressed in litres, or cubic centimetres, so a Harley Davidson bike that is a 88 cubic inch V twin is going to be a 1400 cc im metric measurement, and a Mustang with a 302 is a 5 litre V8 engine.
Starting to become somewhat more clear ?
If you look at your medicine cabinet, you will find that most if not all of your "over the counter " meds are packaged in metric sizes. Grams, milligrams, and millilitres for liquids. American science and medicine uses metric for everything, it just hasen't penetrated to the majority of your population, yet.
Look at your car's speedo, does it have both miles and kilometres per hour on it ? If it was built in Canada it does. 70 percent of our automobile production is exported to the USA.
Ask your local auto mechanic what size wrenches he has in his rolling box ? I bet he has a complete set of metric ones plus a set of "imperial sizes " in fractions of a inch , as well. Most US built cars are now fitted with metric bots and nuts, as standard.
Ok I hope that I have been able to bring some information, and a light hearted approach to the subject at hand. Relax and enjoy your European adventure. Try the local food and learn some phrases to find your way around. Not every one speaks English, right ?
Jim B. Toronto. Ontario. Canada.
Instead of trying to "compare " the size of a drink or a hamburger, try this...........
Order a half litre of wine, and a sandwich, with black forest ham, and edam cheese, and enjoy it.
Now try this, go to your local American food store and find a 2 litre bottle of coke, and imagine a quarter of it, and you have a EU can of soft drink. A sandwich would have about 200 grams of ham and 100 grams of cheese on it. 454 grams is a pound of something. A kilo is 2,2 pounds in weight.
My car has a 50 litre gas tank, I'm 172 centimetres tall and I weigh 88 kilos.
Translation..........My car has a 14 US gallon gas tank, I'm 5 feet 9 inches tall and I weigh 193 pounds. And it is 560 kilometres from Toronto to Montreal, or about 350 miles.
The only country in the whole world that doesn't teach the metric system to their kids is the USA.
It is a system of tens, and multiples of tens, hundreds and thousands.
A metre is made up of 100 centimetres ( remember that a dollar is made up of 100 CENTS ? ) A kilometre is made up of 1000 metres . Distance is in metres ( 200 metres from your hotel to the subway station is about 200 yards ) a highway speed may be 100 kph ( 63 miles an hour ) and gas may be 3 Eu per litre.
You know that a Glock hand gun is a 9mm, right ? So weapon calibers are expressed in millimetres, so the M 16 is a 5,56 mm round. Engine sizes are expressed in litres, or cubic centimetres, so a Harley Davidson bike that is a 88 cubic inch V twin is going to be a 1400 cc im metric measurement, and a Mustang with a 302 is a 5 litre V8 engine.
Starting to become somewhat more clear ?
If you look at your medicine cabinet, you will find that most if not all of your "over the counter " meds are packaged in metric sizes. Grams, milligrams, and millilitres for liquids. American science and medicine uses metric for everything, it just hasen't penetrated to the majority of your population, yet.
Look at your car's speedo, does it have both miles and kilometres per hour on it ? If it was built in Canada it does. 70 percent of our automobile production is exported to the USA.
Ask your local auto mechanic what size wrenches he has in his rolling box ? I bet he has a complete set of metric ones plus a set of "imperial sizes " in fractions of a inch , as well. Most US built cars are now fitted with metric bots and nuts, as standard.
Ok I hope that I have been able to bring some information, and a light hearted approach to the subject at hand. Relax and enjoy your European adventure. Try the local food and learn some phrases to find your way around. Not every one speaks English, right ?
Jim B. Toronto. Ontario. Canada.
How old do I have to be to race a Honda CRF150r?
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i live in texas and i am beginning to race. i would like a powerful bike but i don't know what type of bike or engine i should get and how old i have to be to race it. i am 14 and i am 5 foot 10 inches (about). HELP PLEASE!!
Answer
You fit the age requirements for America but you are really too tall to race that bike. Your knees will be up under the bars.
The country I am in kids can race the small wheel version of the crf150r from 9 years of age and then they move to the big wheel version and can race that till they turn 16. In America you cannot race the crf150r till 12 years and some kids have to move on by 14 as they are too tall for it. Like you are. You would do better with the crf250r and you can race that at 14.
Here is a link to the rule book for the ama and you can look up any information you need
http://www.ama-cycle.org/rulebooks/2010/AMARacing_rulebook10_Web_MX.pdf
Wow all I can say is if you have to weigh 65kilos to race a crf150r in america then a load of people would not race at all. I have a 55 kilo son who races pro lites nationally on a crf250r so I think I would re check your rules on that and he also races national supercross on the same bike. He still would not be allowed to race a crf150r by your ruling. There is also no mention of this in the ama rule book.
You fit the age requirements for America but you are really too tall to race that bike. Your knees will be up under the bars.
The country I am in kids can race the small wheel version of the crf150r from 9 years of age and then they move to the big wheel version and can race that till they turn 16. In America you cannot race the crf150r till 12 years and some kids have to move on by 14 as they are too tall for it. Like you are. You would do better with the crf250r and you can race that at 14.
Here is a link to the rule book for the ama and you can look up any information you need
http://www.ama-cycle.org/rulebooks/2010/AMARacing_rulebook10_Web_MX.pdf
Wow all I can say is if you have to weigh 65kilos to race a crf150r in america then a load of people would not race at all. I have a 55 kilo son who races pro lites nationally on a crf250r so I think I would re check your rules on that and he also races national supercross on the same bike. He still would not be allowed to race a crf150r by your ruling. There is also no mention of this in the ama rule book.
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