Date:         Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:20:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: metric system
Comments: To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CACvdLxOyh+rXb5xFB+JdKsUh3FGK5q+VE=oQWMYT9xtkoCw1UA@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

I’m 50 and metric is awesome. Everything is based on multiples of ten. I generally have enough fingers and toes to get the job done. I even know feet pounds and acres for kicks. People who didn’t like metric were just transferring their dislike of Trudeau. 
Jeff

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 17, 2021, at 6:02 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Well, it is Friday, though to me, this is Vanagon related, since our beasts
> have metric fasteners.  I thought I had a link to an opinion piece about
> the metric system and Canadians dislike of it, but it seems to have gotten

> lost.  But, maybe you guys can respond anyway.  Do Canadians dislike the
> metric system?  The article claimed so, based on the fact that retailers
> advertise prices for items giving both metric and English weights and
> measures.
> 
>  So, Alistair, Bruce, other Maple Leaf types:  Care to comment on this?
> Politics aside, which seems to be a part of it, what do Canadians generally
> think of being metric?  Since anyone younger than 45 and Canadian could not
> possibly remember when the King's system was the norm, I guess it would be

> older folks who might have some objection.  Personally, I wish the U.S.
> were on the metric system, since it is so much simpler than what we have to
> put up with, and I would not have to worry about conversions when traveling.
> 
> mcneely