Question about Candians..

[Joe]

Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?

As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.

[Towelie]

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Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?

As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.

Not funny.

[Blaze]

Decalitre?   :-\

[dark_drake]

Decalitre?   :-\

Yeah... wouldn't it be dekaliter?

Edit: It seems that Joe is right, too. It seems you can spell it decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, or dekalitre.  That's ridiculous  :-\

[iago]

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Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?

As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.

Well, it depends. In Canada, a gallon is 4.5L, so it'd be 4.50daL. 

And nobody here ever used the deca prefix (or deci and hecti).  They exist for fun, I think.

[Sidoh]

And nobody here ever used the deca prefix (or deci and hecti).  They exist for fun, I think.

I've heard that before!  I think they exist for the same reason that those Sacagawea dolars did in the US: some fool thought they'd be used.  That and they kind of fill a gap...

[rabbit]

Deci- is used in decimal :)

Anyway, Sacagawea dollars are dropped out of the change machines in PATCO (Port Authority Transit Comission) high speed line stations.

[Sidoh]

Deci- is used in decimal :)

Anyway, Sacagawea dollars are dropped out of the change machines in PATCO (Port Authority Transit Comission) high speed line stations.

We're clearly talking about units here, not number systems. :P

I'd say that's about as obscure as a few people amongst millions using "decalitre" frequently.

[dark_drake]

We're clearly talking about units here, not number systems. :P

I'd say that's about as obscure as a few people amongst millions using "decalitre" frequently.

There's a Canadian that lives a few rooms over, and he hates carrying one-dollar bills around; he prefers coins for whatever reason, so he actually goes to the bank and trades all of his ones in for Sacajawea dollar coins.

[leet_muffin]

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Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?

As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.

Dumb. And please, please stop with the 1 pt font, it's really annoying.

[iago]

I'd say that's about as obscure as a few people amongst millions using "decalitre" frequently.

i was talking about Deci, not Deca -- Deci = 1/10, and Deca/Deka = 10. 

There's a Canadian that lives a few rooms over, and he hates carrying one-dollar bills around; he prefers coins for whatever reason, so he actually goes to the bank and trades all of his ones in for Sacajawea dollar coins.

I totally agree.  $1 bills are SO annoying!  I can't even really explain why, they're just so much less convenient than coins.  One major reason is vending machines -- none of our vending machines here take bills, so we don't have to worry about getting bills nice and flat before trying to stick them into a machine.  I hated doing that. 

And please, please stop with the 1 pt font, it's really annoying.

There's a reason FireFox has a "minimum font size" setting.  I'll never see a font, in my browser, smaller than 8pt. 

I tried getting rid of the "size" tag altogether at one point, but it wasn't appreciated.  Apparently, some people use bigger fonts as headings, but I haven't seen it done yet...

[Blaze]

Decalitre?   :-\

Yeah... wouldn't it be dekaliter?

Edit: It seems that Joe is right, too. It seems you can spell it decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, or dekalitre.  That's ridiculous  :-\

I meant "Who the hell uses deca anything?"

[Joe]

The prefix is accepted as either "deka" or "deca", and depending on US/GB Engish, "litre" or "liter", just like calibre and colours.

EDIT -
iago, don't you use the Loonie and Twonie coins as worth $1 and $2 CAD? Also, as you may see in older dollar bills, it's actually a certificate that entitles you to a dollars worth of silver stored in some military base somewhere (Fort Knox, I think?). The older bills said "Silver Certificate", but the newer ones say "Federal Reserve Note".

[leet_muffin]

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Also, as you may see in older dollar bills, it's actually a certificate that entitles you to a dollars worth of silver stored in some military base somewhere (Fort Knox, I think?). The older bills said "Silver Certificate", but the newer ones say "Federal Reserve Note".

Welcome to economy. Tomarrow we will be discussing inflation and deflation.

[iago]

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The prefix is accepted as either "deka" or "deca", and depending on US/GB Engish, "litre" or "liter", just like calibre and colours.

EDIT -
iago, don't you use the Loonie and Twonie coins as worth $1 and $2 CAD? Also, as you may see in older dollar bills, it's actually a certificate that entitles you to a dollars worth of silver stored in some military base somewhere (Fort Knox, I think?). The older bills said "Silver Certificate", but the newer ones say "Federal Reserve Note".

Yes, we have coins that represent $1 and $2.  They're very useful.