Good for you, zuisa!
Why would anyone want to limit themselves to decimal representations when fractions are so useful and clear? Bewildering.
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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jan 10, 2011 10:54:01 am PST #15953 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Kathy A - Jan 10, 2011 10:55:42 am PST #15954 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Blah, fractions. I only like them for measuring cups. Decimals all the way for math!!
Ugh. I've been spending the last hour arguing with my stomach. I think I had too much pork roast on my plate, which was so good, I kept eating it past the 30 minute mark that I should have stopped at. I had him put three small pieces on my plate instead of two--big mistake. I ended up eating about 2 1/2 slices, and I now have a sore stomach, a stopped-up-feeling throat, and a headache. Ugh.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 10:56:03 am PST #15955 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bewildering.
American. Or heathen. Whichever.
Boy, this reheated sandwich is nasty.
smonster - Jan 10, 2011 11:04:01 am PST #15956 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Need fractions for carpentry.
Nonian, that is horrifying, and I echo Liese's appreciation and awe for what you do.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 11:07:48 am PST #15957 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Need fractions for carpentry.
Do European carpenters use fractions?
smonster - Jan 10, 2011 11:08:50 am PST #15958 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Dunno. Never carpentered in Europe. Probably not.
-t - Jan 10, 2011 11:13:37 am PST #15959 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I do not understand where you're coming from on this one, ita. Not to say I'm not a heathen American, but I don't get why.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 11:13:41 am PST #15960 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Then you can free yourselves too!
Based on the fact that my sister is nudging me again about sending the parents on a cruise, I checked my spending patterns over the past two months.
KerFUCK. Car repair and Christmas vacation do not go well together. And this year will have higher medical bills and bigger deductions from my paycheque. I better get to work on my 2010 FSA refunds.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 11:14:16 am PST #15961 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not to say I'm not a heathen American, but I don't get why.
Because decimal math is simple and glorious and a bit of rounding never killed...never killed many people.
-t - Jan 10, 2011 11:18:12 am PST #15962 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Better to have all the options available, is all I'm saying. Decimals, percentages, fractions - that crazy unit fraction system the ancient Egyptians used even has its advantages. Why limit yourself?