tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690472945730852036.post5534681028878118699..comments2023-08-16T11:00:39.023+01:00Comments on Dear Dave: Give them an inch...DadsDinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00409820799442134743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690472945730852036.post-80098289702679144102008-04-30T10:45:00.000+01:002008-04-30T10:45:00.000+01:00Regarding minutes:This system also requires some l...Regarding minutes:<BR/><BR/>This system also requires some level of interpretation. Is that a parent minute (as in "I'll just be a minute") which can last up to half an hour or a child minute (as in "I've been waiting for minutes and minutes and minutes") which lasts approximately five and a half seconds? (Handily, these definitions can be reversed, depending on the situation, for added fun.)DadsDinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409820799442134743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690472945730852036.post-89781361577110275822008-04-30T04:42:00.000+01:002008-04-30T04:42:00.000+01:00Yay! You made them! I'm glad they came out okay. I...Yay! You made them! I'm glad they came out okay. I was worried. Sorta. <BR/>Okay, that's not true. I knew you would figure it out. Eventually. <BR/>A cup is a cup and a stick is a stick. I am flabbergasted that you don't know what that means. Hee!<BR/><BR/>As for not switching to metric? It's because Americans are so stubborn that we can't accept anything else. When they tried to put up metric Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690472945730852036.post-65357514766329202312008-04-29T20:47:00.000+01:002008-04-29T20:47:00.000+01:00Firstly, ''ok one more minute then we go!!!!'' is ...Firstly, ''ok one more minute then we go!!!!'' is more effective than ONE MORE GO. I didn't say effective I said MORE effective. Less confusing.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, if you want to measure things in cups then just look at Ranger's season.......<BR/><BR/>I wish I could remember my blogger's IDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690472945730852036.post-49362322215129154802008-04-23T10:43:00.000+01:002008-04-23T10:43:00.000+01:00I have a similar problem with summoning children (...I have a similar problem with summoning children (and sometimes adults) when food is ready. When I was growing up, a shout of "tea's ready!" meant that the food had finished cooking and was about to be served. It meant I should finish what I was doing (read to the end of the page, listen till the end of the song) then wash my hands and head food-wards.<BR/><BR/>In my husband's childhood home, it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com