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Mar 6th 2013, 4:52 pm

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Mar 6th 2013, 4:57 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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BTW Which dumb@$$ had the bright idea of putting oil and vinegar on an effing sandwich!?

My Missus! And she thinks I'm weird for putting butter on my sandwich.

Mar 6th 2013, 5:02 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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My Missus! And she thinks I'm weird for putting butter on my sandwich.

That's not the reason that she thinks you're weird.

Mar 6th 2013, 5:06 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

You type dumb@$$.

Mar 6th 2013, 5:11 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Chips dipped in mayonnaise are nice though. Makes a change from red sauce or my preferred HP once in a while.

Mayo on me burger, too. Bloody lovely

I used to work in a burger joint and most of us used to like dipping the french fries in mayo. In fact if you really wanted a treat you took 2 or 3 french fries, wrapped them in a slice of the burger cheese and then dipped the whole thing in mayo

Mar 6th 2013, 5:18 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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What I can't understand is why they are obsessed with slicing the meat super-thin, only to pile about 5cm of it into a sandwich....

Yes my wife buys that super thin ham. You do have to pile it up a bit.

Whats annoying is when my mother in law comes over and makes the sandwiches. She patiently spends time unfolding a single slice and spreading it out. One slice per sandwich, I'm not sure if she is being tight or she is just used to using one thicker slice of ham in the UK.

Mar 6th 2013, 5:46 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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..... only to pile about 5cm of it into a sandwich.

..... you are confounded that anyone would voluntarily use metric measurements in casual conversation.

Mar 6th 2013, 6:42 pm

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You're not serious

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Mar 6th 2013, 7:43 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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..... you are confounded that anyone would voluntarily use metric measurements in casual conversation.

I just can't bring myself to think in inches, they seem so inaccurate. I hate reading instructions that ask to use or measure something in sixteenths of inches FFS.

Mar 6th 2013, 7:53 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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I put vinegar on a chip butty, does that count?

Lovely.

Still doesn't excuse the Mayo usage though.

Mar 6th 2013, 8:03 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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I just can't bring myself to think in inches, they seem so inaccurate. I hate reading instructions that ask to use or measure something in sixteenths of inches FFS.

Are you mathematically challenged?

Mar 6th 2013, 8:06 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Are you mathematically challenged?

I find it is just so much easier to measure 1.5875mm

Mar 6th 2013, 8:15 pm

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I find it is just so much easier to measure 1.5875mm

You must have good eyesight considering that 0.0075mm is less than half the diameter of the thinnest human hair!

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Mar 6th 2013, 8:32 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

It's just annoying that the smallest unit is so big you have to divide it up so much, and since of course it's imperial those subdivisions have to bloody 8ths and 16ths. Urgh

Mar 6th 2013, 10:07 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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It's just annoying that the smallest unit is so big you have to divide it up so much, and since of course it's imperial those subdivisions have to bloody 8ths and 16ths. Urgh

It's grand to have proper measurements again. Feet and inches and knowing what they mean, none of this froggy metric crap.