King Heffy Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Slightly differently, it annoys me when bars advertise a pint for x dollars but it is not 20 ounces. I've even had a bar manager tell me "That's our pint." It's no different than a gas station telling you, "It's our litre." / In fact, I think I'm going to start a Vancouver Drinkers Rights Association. No more short pints, taking my glass before I'm done with it, or serving me a pitcher and telling me they close in 10 minutes. Who's in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Slightly differently, it annoys me when bars advertise a pint for x dollars but it is not 20 ounces. I've even had a bar manager tell me "That's our pint." It's no different than a gas station telling you, "It's our litre." / In fact, I think I'm going to start a Vancouver Drinkers Rights Association. No more short pints, taking my glass before I'm done with it, or serving me a pitcher and telling me they close in 10 minutes. Who's in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 But it is 2X4 when it is cut no? Not to mention we are not talking about the width of the sandwich but the length! If you need a 10 foot LONG 2x4, 9' 7/8" in length is not right and it won't work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 You seem to have missed the point. The bread may in fact have measured 12 inches before being baked. McDonalds sells quarter pounders that have patties less than that weight when cooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 WTF are you talking about? 12 inches is a foot just as 299,792,458 m/s is the speed of light. Neither of these are negotiable. Let's use that logic and try to make 2 + 2 = 5. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Let me put this another way... My foot on the end of my leg isn't exactly 12 inches long. Yet it's still called a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Um actually the bread would be way less than 12 inches as the yeast causes bread to expand not contract. Lol what physics are in your reality? It must be a strange world where you can use randomly lengthed 2X4s and your bread contracts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yet when you look up the exact dimensions of the measurement known as a foot...it states specifically that it is 12 inches. Your foot and the measurement foot are homographs and neither have any correlation to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I have been buying lumber for years and 2x4s are not that nominal dimension. My sister is a baker and she disagrees. While bread generally increases in volume it will often shrink in length if not proofed properly. My reality matches the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yet when you look up the exact dimensions of the measurement known as a foot...it states specifically that it is 12 inches. Your foot and the measurement foot are homographs and neither have any correlation to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yet when you look up the exact dimensions of the measurement known as a foot...it states specifically that it is 12 inches. Your foot and the measurement foot are homographs and neither have any correlation to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 It comes down to consumer law and whether or not the term "footlong" is a marketing term ( as a 2x4" has become) or actually descriptive of the product itself. In this case Subway HQ in its statement seems to agree that "footlong" is supposed to mean 12 inches. Furthermore if you look at the smaller sub sandwiches that are cut in half from "footlong" loaves, they are advertised and sold as 6" sandwiches which to me would be determinative under the law dealing with deceptive advertising practises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 So...does Subway specifically state that the name of their "foot longs" are based on the unit of measurement? Or is it just a trade name? You know, like how they have a small, medium, and large drink size? (and extra large in the US). Wendy's calls (used to?) theirs a "biggie". How many ounces/mili liters in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Whether Subway agrees or not a foot is now, always has been and forever will be 12 inches. Marketing aside...it is not an arguable point that a foot is 12 inches...what is so difficult to understand about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Or...if the US would join the rest of the world, 30.48 centimeters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 generally increases hmmm... so what like 1 out of 100 times it shrink. oh and yes get me on the nominal legth rather than the point I was making . The point is LENGTH MATTERS - ESPECIALLY IN LUMBER/CONSTRUCTION!!!!!! Does your brother the carpenter disagree? Edit: all your points are invalid so you can stop now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 So...does Subway specifically state that the name of their "foot longs" are based on the unit of measurement? Or is it just a trade name? You know, like how they have a small, medium, and large drink size? (and extra large in the US). Wendy's calls (used to?) theirs a "biggie". How many ounces/mili liters in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hartnell's Mane Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Last comment on this. I don't think anyone on this planet and especially in this country should be buying food by the foot in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Whether Subway agrees or not a foot is now, always has been and forever will be 12 inches. Marketing aside...it is not an arguable point that a foot is 12 inches...what is so difficult to understand about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 So...does Subway specifically state that the name of their "foot longs" are based on the unit of measurement? Or is it just a trade name? You know, like how they have a small, medium, and large drink size? (and extra large in the US). Wendy's calls (used to?) theirs a "biggie". How many ounces/mili liters in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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