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Ok anybody who's at home right now and has an unopened loaf of bread in the house, can you tell me how many slices (not counting the ends) are in it? Thanks, Joe
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There is no consistent number. Each manufacturer has different-sized (i.e., length) loaves. The thickness of each slice will also govern how many are in the package.
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DavidCrow wrote:
There is no consistent number. Each manufacturer has different-sized (i.e., length) loaves. The thickness of each slice will also govern how many are in the package.
leave it to a bunch of engineers to give me an answer like that. Can't anybody just count the slices of break in the loaf they have at their house, or do all you guys just live off the satisfaction that writing good code brings?
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Ok anybody who's at home right now and has an unopened loaf of bread in the house, can you tell me how many slices (not counting the ends) are in it? Thanks, Joe
I only buy unsliced bread, preferring instead to slice it myself. :)
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Ok anybody who's at home right now and has an unopened loaf of bread in the house, can you tell me how many slices (not counting the ends) are in it? Thanks, Joe
Most supermarket sliced in the UK has 22-24 slices. Don't ask me how I know that it's just one of those apparently useless bits of information by brain holds onto while forgetting where I put my keys, and where I put that Brains'R'Us order form as well.
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DavidCrow wrote:
There is no consistent number. Each manufacturer has different-sized (i.e., length) loaves. The thickness of each slice will also govern how many are in the package.
leave it to a bunch of engineers to give me an answer like that. Can't anybody just count the slices of break in the loaf they have at their house, or do all you guys just live off the satisfaction that writing good code brings?
No reason to be a dick.
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No reason to be a dick.
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Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peartwhoah, relax, just bustin some balls. No need for nasty language, as remember, I'm a programmer too.
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I only buy unsliced bread, preferring instead to slice it myself. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
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Most supermarket sliced in the UK has 22-24 slices. Don't ask me how I know that it's just one of those apparently useless bits of information by brain holds onto while forgetting where I put my keys, and where I put that Brains'R'Us order form as well.
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
The same amount of slices is normal for dutch bread. Appearantly. To make it even more confusing, I think they should introduce an international standard starting with two standards that combat eachother. Should be fun ;P
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I only buy unsliced bread, preferring instead to slice it myself. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
If you uncount the two ends, that's what is left. :-D
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whoah, relax, just bustin some balls. No need for nasty language, as remember, I'm a programmer too.
Oh, excuse me. Penis. ;) ;P To be honest, I do get tired of conversations bogged down with exceptions and minute details and specs spelled out for common sense things. I am curious why you're interested in slices of bread, though.
BW
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peart -
The same amount of slices is normal for dutch bread. Appearantly. To make it even more confusing, I think they should introduce an international standard starting with two standards that combat eachother. Should be fun ;P
WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson My blog
Are you trying to divdide the world into Thick Sliced and Thin Sliced. I'm staying out if I only buy SIY bread. :-D
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
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Oh, excuse me. Penis. ;) ;P To be honest, I do get tired of conversations bogged down with exceptions and minute details and specs spelled out for common sense things. I am curious why you're interested in slices of bread, though.
BW
Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peartbrianwelsch wrote:
To be honest, I do get tired of conversations bogged down with exceptions and minute details and specs spelled out for common sense things.
If the number of slices of bread in a loaf is so common sense then why can't you just give me an answer.
brianwelsch wrote:
I am curious why you're interested in slices of bread, though.
I'm at work. I am bored. My board is out for X-Ray. I am planning my grocery shopping and was trying to figure out how many loaves of bread I need to buy. Yes, I understand when I go to the market I can just count them there and figure it out, but now I just want to know.
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DavidCrow wrote:
There is no consistent number. Each manufacturer has different-sized (i.e., length) loaves. The thickness of each slice will also govern how many are in the package.
leave it to a bunch of engineers to give me an answer like that. Can't anybody just count the slices of break in the loaf they have at their house, or do all you guys just live off the satisfaction that writing good code brings?
TheDelChop wrote:
or do all you guys just live off the satisfaction that writing good code brings?
You mean theres something else?
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brianwelsch wrote:
To be honest, I do get tired of conversations bogged down with exceptions and minute details and specs spelled out for common sense things.
If the number of slices of bread in a loaf is so common sense then why can't you just give me an answer.
brianwelsch wrote:
I am curious why you're interested in slices of bread, though.
I'm at work. I am bored. My board is out for X-Ray. I am planning my grocery shopping and was trying to figure out how many loaves of bread I need to buy. Yes, I understand when I go to the market I can just count them there and figure it out, but now I just want to know.
TheDelChop wrote:
If the number of slices of bread in a loaf is so common sense then why can't you just give me an answer.
hehe...I was more reacting to your original "An engineer would answer that way..." comment. Meaning I get tired of getting answers that are overly precise or complicated, also. It was a way of empathizing with your lack of getting a number for an answer. If it helps, I've had 8 slices so far and am roughly 25-30% through my current loaf. I'm not at home, though, so I can't actually count.
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Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peart -
Ok anybody who's at home right now and has an unopened loaf of bread in the house, can you tell me how many slices (not counting the ends) are in it? Thanks, Joe
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I only buy unsliced bread, preferring instead to slice it myself. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
You... savage! :rolleyes:
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