10Oct/092
conversion chart
I often get these backwards. I make no promises that they're correct here.
- To figure out how expensive something is, multiply by 1.5
- To figure out how heavy something is, add 10% and multiply by 2.
- To figure out how far something is, multiply by 2/3.
- To compare the price of poultry, meat and produce, multiply by 2/3.
- To figure out what time it is, subtract 6-9, and sometimes another 12.
- To figure out what date it is, be open to the possibility that it's yesterday.
- To set the temperature on the oven, divide by 2.
- To set the countdown timer on the oven, multiply by 5/6.
- To estimate how many eggs are left, subtract 2.
- To figure out how many beers you've had, multiply by 3.
- To figure out how many cookies you've eaten, it was probably all of them. Get some more.
--AP



