Pet peeves - Ugh!

[Northmount]

9 hours ago, bladegrinder said:

I've read that the generation 2 dishes had heaters built in, I don't know about the gen 3 I've got but on the app it does have a place where you can activate a heater for melting snow.

What I need where I live is an anti hurricane - tornado button.

His has a heater, but not enough for a dump like 16" of snow.  His must be up to Gen 3 as it was replaced last year (for free, including newer type cable and longer cable).

[Sheilajeanne]

You might want to put your fancy heated satellite dish out of the reach of the neighbourhood cats!  

 

[tsunkasapa]

1 hour ago, Sheilajeanne said:

You might want to put your fancy heated satellite dish out of the reach of the neighbourhood cats!  

 

We have heated water dishes for the cats. I think they drink it as fast as they can just so they can lay in the dish.

[fredk]

[bladegrinder]

They’d have to climb up a flag pole to get on mine ha, ha. 

[Carnivore]

One thing that really peeved me about the metric system was when I discovered that there are only 10 eggs in a metric dozen, talk about your shrinkflation.

[Northmount]

7 minutes ago, Carnivore said:

One thing that really peeved me about the metric system was when I discovered that there are only 10 eggs in a metric dozen, talk about your shrinkflation.

The metric system adopted by Canada (The International System of Units (SI)) does not define a dozen.  It's not a metric term.  SI Practice Guide is available at https://www.csagroup.org/store/product/2701339/

It's your Vernon grocer/supplier that is decreasing the number of eggs per carton, and likely keeping the same price as what your dozen was.  You should have noticed this long ago.  Packages are getting smaller, and prices are going up at the same time.  Compare a 5 cent chocolate bar from 1960 size wise and price wise today.  More shrinkflation!

That's the real pet peeve.

[fredk]

I used to get timber at certain builder merchants. You had to order the timber by the 'metric foot' (= 30cm) so you/I always ordered slightly more than needed to make up for the lost 5mm. But when the office worked out the bill it was always in imperial feet!

[Sheilajeanne]

1 hour ago, Northmount said:

The metric system adopted by Canada....

Eggs are still sold by the dozen here in Canuck land. Here's how Canadians measure things. This isn't a joke - it's quite true!!    I have no idea what my weight is in kilograms, or what my height is in centimeters, I still measure things in cups and spoonfuls when baking, and my oven measures heat in degrees F...

Edit: the chart makes one mistake. The grocery store sells meat by the kilogram, but since a kg. is 2.2 lbs. it's pretty easy to guesstimate the weight in pounds. Most food and beverage packaging is metric, too.

 

Edited May 19, 2024 by Sheilajeanne

[fredk]

Although we adopted the metric system we still buy fresh food by the pound & ounces. Pre-packaged foods are in kilograms and grams. Fuel and most other liquids are in litres, but down in pub you buy a pint. We're bi-lingual

Last week I asked my butcher for about 1/2 a kilogram of mince beef. He gave me a blank stare. I said - about 500 grams. Blank stare. Give me a pound of mince. Instant action