[pct-l] about potty trowles/ grams vs. ounces

[Tortoise]

I've been using grams and kilograms for my gear weight for years. It makes 
the addition and comparisons a lot easier -- no more getting 42 oz and then 
how many pounds & how many ounces is that? Sure I could figure it out, but 
I'll do the easy straight forward way. The US led the way with a decimal 
currency system but seems to resist metric because someone else invented 
it. ;-)

  I also have columns for pounds & ounces, and pounds to 2 decimal places 
and I sometimes use these.



Tortoise

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On 12/15/10 11:43, jomike at cot.net wrote:
> This brings up another advantage of being a Heavy Trucker. Heavy Truckers don't worry about how many grams they are carrying but how many kilograms.
> 44 grams is about 1.5 ounces.
> 101 grams is about 3.6 ounces.
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> Thank you for the conversion. You guys drive me crazy with frustration when using grams. Isn't it enough that packs are now being measured in liters? Yes I know the metric system is what the rest of the world, but I've yet to learn the conversions. Please list both when posting, if you don't mind.  :)
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