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Rx Directions
Dec 30, 2015 11:23:50 #
My son got a Rx with the directions printed on the label. "Take 10 ml every six hours." He bought this in NY, which is in the United States. It doesn't matter that most of the world is metric; we aren't. Fortunately, a smartphone app was able to convert 10 ml into 2.02884136 tsp. The 2 tsp was easy enough, but getting that extra 0.02884136 has been a challenge.
Maybe the doctor in the ER was a foreigner.
Maybe the doctor in the ER was a foreigner.
Dec 30, 2015 11:53:58 #
Maybe the metric system is used in the USA by some organisations/industries like the medical/science/military.
Dec 30, 2015 11:57:22 #
Dec 30, 2015 13:30:17 #
Dec 30, 2015 15:03:58 #
ecobin wrote:
Just take 2 tsp every 5 hrs and 54.8823552 mins. Much easier!
Great idea! That's a much easier way to figure it.
Dec 30, 2015 15:05:54 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
Maybe the metric system is used in the USA by some organisations/industries like the medical/science/military.
I'm sure it is, but until everyone has a set of ML measuring spoons, it can be confusing. I once removed the front bumper on a Buick. There were 11 SAE nuts and 11 metric. I wish we'd switch over.
Dec 30, 2015 15:07:21 #
DaveO wrote:
NY is in the US?? :XD: :lol:
Yes, as of last week. Now I look forward to the low taxes I keep hearing about. :D
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Dec 30, 2015 17:54:46 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My son got a Rx with the directions printed on the label. "Take 10 ml every six hours." He bought this in NY, which is in the United States. It doesn't matter that most of the world is metric; we aren't. Fortunately, a smartphone app was able to convert 10 ml into 2.02884136 tsp. The 2 tsp was easy enough, but getting that extra 0.02884136 has been a challenge.
Maybe the doctor in the ER was a foreigner.
Maybe the doctor in the ER was a foreigner.
Lots of things are in ml's here in the US. Recipes...developer for film... get with the program Jerry! :)
Dec 31, 2015 07:33:50 #
Could you tell me what a Rx is.
Thanks.
Thanks.
jerryc41 wrote:
My son got a Rx with the directions printed on the label. "Take 10 ml every six hours." He bought this in NY, which is in the United States. It doesn't matter that most of the world is metric; we aren't. Fortunately, a smartphone app was able to convert 10 ml into 2.02884136 tsp. The 2 tsp was easy enough, but getting that extra 0.02884136 has been a challenge.
Maybe the doctor in the ER was a foreigner.
Maybe the doctor in the ER was a foreigner.
Dec 31, 2015 07:51:07 #
Here in UK we went metric some years ago, but we still measure distance in miles, we serve beer in pints, we buy petrol in litres but still measure consumption in miles per gallon and measure speed in miles per hour.
We sell eggs by the dozen, it is illegal for fruit and veg to be sold by lbs (pounds) but we still ask for then in pounds or ounces.
Recently I was cutting some timber into lengths of 2'6" ("30"), my tape measure was only a metric one so I had to covert this to 762 mm !!
I could go on and on........
We sell eggs by the dozen, it is illegal for fruit and veg to be sold by lbs (pounds) but we still ask for then in pounds or ounces.
Recently I was cutting some timber into lengths of 2'6" ("30"), my tape measure was only a metric one so I had to covert this to 762 mm !!
I could go on and on........
Dec 31, 2015 09:08:56 #
Npt Bob
Loc: Newport, RI
And the one area I'm surprised has not been mentioned here --- what size is your lens and filters? Or film equivalent
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Dec 31, 2015 09:48:09 #
I like the old fashion way, Take a chocolate cookie at bed time and call me in the morning......
Dec 31, 2015 10:11:34 #
jmstx
Loc: Arlington TX
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm sure it is, but until everyone has a set of ML measuring spoons, it can be confusing. I once removed the front bumper on a Buick. There were 11 SAE nuts and 11 metric. I wish we'd switch over.
Not me. I still can't remember how many ounces are in a mile.
Dec 31, 2015 11:31:23 #
Terrymac wrote:
Could you tell me what a Rx is.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Terry, prescription. I have no idea as to the source for the symbolic representation.
--Bob
Dec 31, 2015 11:37:51 #
One of the biggest users of metric measure in the U.S. is photography. What focal length is your lens? What size is your digital sensor? What size is the "full frame" sensor dating from film days? Or you if you want 10 ml of liquid get a CorningWare measuring cup which has millileter scale on one side and stupid, stupid oz.,cups, qt. measure scales on the other side.
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