Posted by blue water massey on June 24, 2015 at 23:40:24 from (198.254.227.107):
In Reply to: Why not metric ??? posted by da.bees on June 24, 2015 at 20:17:02:
being as I live in Canada and we adopted the metric system in 1977 this is were we stand 38 yrs later
metric fasteners are hard to find in general hardware stores and cost 3-4 times the cost of sae wood products are 2x4 2x6 etc 4'x8' building practices are 16" on centre and are quoted on sq footage food is sold by milliliters or kilograms but have lbs. oz. listed pricing as well most things sold in length are sold by inches feet or yard or by the meter speed limits are kilometers and weights are by kgs and tonnes which are larger than tons gas & oil products are in litres I always convert mileage into imp gal to miles (imp gal=160oz to US gal of 132oz) weather reports are in celcius to me when they say its 30c deg out I still feel like its cold instead of 86f rain & snow is in millimeters sounds like a lot when they report 100 mm of snow = 4in most of the people I know over 35 use the older english system for most things and most under use metic so depending who you are talking to what it means when you say you where driving at 100 there's hundreds of other examples of metic english confusion
I have a pretty good understanding of metic but I was out of school before it was adopted here and for me was only breifly taught 1 week if I remember correctly so for me I always think in the old way and only convert to metic if I have to my kids on the other hand mostly think in metric only one of them understands inches feet yds & miles but he has basic automotive understanding and limited building skills
to me the metric system sucks unfortunately I HAVE to live with it some
have you ever watched Top Gear the British version they mostly qoute miles per gal zero to sixty mph times lbs for weights and that show is primarlly aimed at the Europeion veiwer that has been metric a lot longer than Canada. In some cases they where metic before WWII
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