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        <![CDATA[ OK I got floored today.POP yes simple pop $3.00 per kilo a bag in a discount warehouse locally. Queensland Australia.I can get POP from a local supplier at $8.00 per 22.5kg (retail not wholesale)No wonder the discount store can make a nice profit.What&nbsp;rip-off&nbsp;can&nbsp;you&nbsp;advise?&nbsp;PS PLEASE KEEP TO METRIC not the old imperial which is only used by three countries in the world including Burma and united states of&nbsp;america. ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Ridiculous Prices  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ By the sound of things its the Metric users that are slashing their wrists that the whole world doesnt use that system exclusively....lol   
Im happy for what ever measurement system your happy with and I dont have a problem with any of them...use them a...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53489/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53489">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:35:40 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ CliffordHolm wrote:So the fraction based measuring system that we use in the
U.S. caused one person to have to resort to asking a stranger for help.....which, if you had been a serial killer, could have led to her untimely death. Imperial measurements ar...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53475/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53475">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:17 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Thats Funny... I had a European Exchange Teacher of Mechanical Engineering ask me if we had a conversion chart so as to be able to buy a Cresent Wrench? When I got done laughing at the joke I found it not so funny as he was serious.

At another instance...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53465/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53465">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:03:04 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This past Saturday I was at the Hardware store in the nuts
and bolts aisle.&nbsp; A lady, another
customer, asked me “Which is smaller 3/16 or 1/4?”

Internally my first thought was “This is exactly why the
metric system is better.”

My rep...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53460/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53460">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ While we're making fun of Hillbillies and measurement systems I see an untapped volume of humour in the diversity of dialects in the the EU and English empire nations... travel 10 miles in the wrong direction and its a different languange and nearly uncom...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53394/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53394">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ are we not counting the US hillbilly measuring system ?

distance = as a crow flies

inches/mm = couple of fingers width

liquid volume- jug or two

sadly i used to work with a gentlemen who used these references on a regular basis.... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ @ZE:&nbsp;I hear you there.&nbsp; I'd rather spend the extra money on LEDs if they last.@RCS: I'm still working on getting someone in Cincinnati to sign on with Garreco as a distributer of MM and Excalibur.BTW:&nbsp; It sure would be cool if SI would orde...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53331/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53331">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:51:00 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ HMGimlord wrote:I'm just saying that we could do even&nbsp;better than CFLBs if we put our minds to it.Amen.&nbsp; Sometimes people just need to be stubborn and push through the noise.Aside as far as the original topic goes I'm having no problems with pri...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53324/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53324">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ In all things business pick two: speed, quality or price. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ HMGimlord,

Not a problem, LED lamps are already here. You forgot to specify a price...

ZombieEngineer ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ This is drifting way off-topc, but...I'm all for energy efficient lightbulbs, just don't coat the insides of them with Hg laced dust.&nbsp; BTW:&nbsp; The CFLBs don't last as long as they say.&nbsp; The tubes are delicate at the base and they break easily...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53314/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53314">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I'm sure there is a psychology attached to clothing sizes, especially for women.  I suspect that many of us will not buy something that is labelled 18 when we used to fit comfortably into a 12.  So the manufacturers deliberately label them down, so we wil...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53313/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53313">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:05:14 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Lol - don't start on about clothing sizes.  

I think it must be a conspiracy for Chinese clothing manufacturers to make us feel fat.  I weigh 88 kgs/179cm and have to wear a XXL Chinese made shirt.  In the past this used to be a medium sized shirt.  Ma...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53310/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53310">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:38:48 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ We have issues being flexible in the US.  30+ years behind Europe on dealing with major healthcare issues and it's a political firestorm here.  Solar energy as an option has been out since the 1970s but tax payers still subsidize fossil fuel companies.  M...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53300/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53300">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Sorry Zombie, you are wrong!!!
I have downed a Darwin Stubby, the correct size one (2 litre).
It was bloody nice, especially on a 40c warm day. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Ian,

Perhaps I was being to subtle about the gallon issue.

Several times a year I need to deal with non-metric units and there are at least three very similar but different systems:
- English units (used in the UK till 1824)
- Imperial units (used...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53147/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53147">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:54 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ itar wrote:If the US had not declared independence from the UK their cars would get 20% better milage than they do now.Yeah, and be 50% more boring.&nbsp; I'll take my high output V8 engine over a small lawn mower engine with better gas millage any day.&n...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53137/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53137">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:02:15 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Well said, Keebs.  Every discipline seems to have developed its own measuring system.  

Acres - Rods - Poles - Perches.  Land measurement. 

Bushel - Peck.  Dry measure.  Usually volume of grain.  8 Gallons (UK) to a bushel. 

But by far the most p...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53132/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53132">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ If the US had not declared independence from the UK their cars would get 20% better milage than they do now.Yeah, and be 50% more boring.&nbsp; I'll take my high output V8 engine over a small lawn mower engine with better gas millage any day.&nbsp; ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:45:32 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Blaim alot of it on the Romans for standards imposed 2 thousand years ago.   I still find it very shallow minded to think that the huge infrastructural investments US companies have already made are going to change just because people complain about measu...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/53127/Ridiculous-Prices#reply-53127">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ OK I got floored today.POP yes simple pop $3.00 per kilo a bag in a discount warehouse locally. Queensland Australia.I can get POP from a local supplier at $8.00 per 22.5kg (retail not wholesale)No wonder the discount store can make a nice profit.What&nbs...<br /><a href="http://hirstarts.yuku.com/topic/5948/Ridiculous-Prices">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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