Douglas Spencer (dougs) wrote,
Douglas Spencer
dougs

The story of tonight's dinner ...

The Stepson has much to be grateful to Europe for.

This evening, I went to the shop and bought some steak. I thought I'd bought a half a pound of steak -- but I'd bought half a kilo, owing to the insistence of the European Union that these things should be measured in metric units.

The stepson is full of smiles. And steak, too.
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