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I hate the metric system or maybe I hate the united states for being the only country in the world that doesn't use it. I'm trying to learn Albanian I really am, but it doesn't help when after I translate it in my head it still doesn't help. I do have a converter on my phone, but you look a little ridiculous when someone asks how big your nephew was when he was born and you have to whip out your phone to do calculations.

I have learned that 40 Celsius is really hot. 1/2 a liter is bigger than 40 oz. The turn off for my road is not 5 meters from the center of Kavaje and that its ok to just make up how many kilometers it is from harrisburg to philadelphia. Any guesses? I said 500.