Date:         Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:26:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: metric system
Comments: To: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com>
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Paying for air is highway robbery!!!
Jeff
Will go the distance for free air. 

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> On Sep 19, 2021, at 8:34 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dave - I am late to the party - but I would disagree that Canadians
> dislike the metric system.  I think we live with it and are used to it now

> and take what is good from it and also take what we know and like from
> imperial and kind of mash them together depending on what unit of
> measurement is the best to communicate with.
> 
> Something I think Canadians dislike more - is having to pay for air at the

> gas station.
> 
> BT
> 
> 
> 
>> On Friday, September 17, 2021, 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
>>