OT:No more drinking and driving in Montana..

[Hypertweeky]

Hey everyone:

It is Friday yay!!, Hubby's birthday has been very fun so far, Thanks
you for all your help.
While I was surfing the net I came across this new:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7434398/?GT1=6428

I was shocked!, I never knew there were states where you could drink and
drive
In Spain the blood alcohol concentration limit is 0.3, I was shocked
when the state of Colorado recently lowered it to 0.7, I though that was
a joke!
Rete, sorry for the OT topic, I would like to know what other thinks and
the lounge isn't an option for me..


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[crg14624]

Hey everyone: It is Friday yay!!, Hubby's birthday has been very fun so far, Thanks you for all your help. While I was surfing the net I came across this new: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7434398/?GT1=6428 I was shocked!, I never knew there were states where you could drink and drive In Spain the blood alcohol concentration limit is 0.3, I was shocked when the state of Colorado recently lowered it to 0.7, I though that was a joke! Rete, sorry for the OT topic, I would like to know what other thinks and the lounge isn't an option for me..

For the record, I think you mean .07. If someone was .7 they'd
be dead. :-)

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[Hypertweeky]

For the record, I think you mean .07. If someone was .7 they'd be dead. :-)

That's how we express decimals in Spain.. You are thinking as an
American

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[crg14624]

That's how we express decimals in Spain.. You are thinking as an American

The Spanish can really handle their booze!

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[Hypertweeky]

The Spanish can really handle their booze!

You have no idea!!
I used to spend my summers in Manchester, they can drink a lot too!!, It
must be a European thing

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[gag54611]

That's how we express decimals in Spain.. You are thinking as an American

I thought 'decimals' were expressed the same way everywhere!! 0.7 is 10
times as big as 0.07. What do you really mean tweeky?????

G

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[ian-mstm]

I thought 'decimals' were expressed the same way everywhere!! 0.7 is 10 times as big as 0.07. What do you really mean tweeky????? G

I think the confusion stems from how we articulate the decimal. For
example, my mom and dad - both of European extraction - "say" that 0.7
is "7/10 of a percent", while we in the US say that it's 70%. You're
right, of course... someone with a BAL of 0.7 would have met his maker
at about 0.4 and so would now be considered properly pickled! I prefer
a Vlassic!

Ian

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[Hypertweeky]

I think the confusion stems from how we articulate the decimal. For example, my mom and dad - both of European extraction - "say" that 0.7 is "7/10 of a percent", while we in the US say that it's 70%. You're right, of course... someone with a BAL of 0.7 would have met his maker at about 0.4 and so would now be considered properly pickled! I prefer a Vlassic! Ian

There ya go Gag, you American corrupted minds.. LOL
Thanks Ian!!

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[gag54611]

There ya go Gag, you American corrupted minds.. LOL Thanks Ian!!

But I'm Scottish, and I was educated in Scotland. Although I now have US
citizenship, believe me, my mind is not corrupted!!

1 percent = 1 hundredth = 0.01. So to say that 0.7 = 7/10 of 1 percent
is, I'm afraid, wrong!! 0.7 = 70 hundredths, or 70 percent. If you want
to use a calculator to figure out what 70 percent of a number is, you
multiply it by 0.7.

Hypertweeky, I think you need to use your classic wit to educate
them!! :-))

G

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[Hypertweeky]

But I'm Scottish, and I was educated in Scotland. Although I now have US citizenship, believe me, my mind is not corrupted!! 1 percent = 1 hundredth = 0.01. So to say that 0.7 = 7/10 of 1 percent is, I'm afraid, wrong!! 0.7 = 70 hundredths, or 70 percent. If you want to use a calculator to figure out what 70 percent of a number is, you multiply it by 0.7. Hypertweeky, I think you need to use your classic wit to educate them!! :-)) G

I don't know how to explain it but I know we express decimals
different, darn it! I am gonna have to do some research to prove
you wrong!
I will fart on you if you disagree with me again<insert evil
smiley here>

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[Boiler]

Hey everyone: It is Friday yay!!, Hubby's birthday has been very fun so far, Thanks you for all your help. While I was surfing the net I came across this new: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7434398/?GT1=6428 I was shocked!, I never knew there were states where you could drink and drive In Spain the blood alcohol concentration limit is 0.3, I was shocked when the state of Colorado recently lowered it to 0.7, I though that was a joke! Rete, sorry for the OT topic, I would like to know what other thinks and the lounge isn't an option for me..

But here the alcohol level is much higher as is the altitude.

One of the brewpubs I favour just produced an IPA at over 9%

A couple of pints and I am gone.

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[inquisitive40]

I don't know how to explain it but I know we express decimals different, darn it! I am gonna have to do some research to prove you wrong! I will fart on you if you disagree with me again<insert evil smiley here>

Not to be on your case Hyper, but .7 = 70% or 7/10th , I think maybe it
is lost in your English translation, but the math is the same, decimals
are the same everywhere, kilometer - 1000 meters,,, etc

Patrick

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[L D Jones]

Hypertweeky wrote:

But I'm Scottish, and I was educated in Scotland. Although I now haveUS citizenship, believe me, my mind is not corrupted!!1 percent = 1 hundredth = 0.01. So to say that 0.7 = 7/10 of 1 percentis, I'm afraid, wrong!! 0.7 = 70 hundredths, or 70 percent. If youwant to use a calculator to figure out what 70 percent of a number is,you multiply it by 0.7.Hypertweeky, I think you need to use your classic wit to educatethem!! :-))G I don't know how to explain it but I know we express decimals different, darn it! I am gonna have to do some research to prove you wrong! I will fart on you if you disagree with me again<insert evil smiley here>

Is there a different kind of math in Spain ? :-)

[ironporer]

Not to be on your case Hyper, but .7 = 70% or 7/10th , I think maybe it is lost in your English translation, but the math is the same, decimals are the same everywhere, kilometer - 1000 meters,,, etc Patrick

I used to think the same thing about millions (1,000,000), billions
1,000,000,000) and trillions (1,000,000,000,000).

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[andreea360]

Well that was absolutely necessary. How many accidents have happened because one of the drivers was drunk .. and possibly the other people involved weren't guilty and they died because the drunk driver! It isn't fair. They should all visit a drug and alcohol rehab center!