Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:46:27 -0300
Reply-To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: Fwd: metric system
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Funny ... my LT will crawl its way to 125kph, but you will think you are
breaking orbit and it won't be terribly happy :-)
Angie & Jay wrote on 2021.09.24 14:29:
> Love the metric system! I'm pre 50 and grew up with it.
>
> I'm pretty good with converting everything when I'm travelling on the fly.
> Most of my vehicles don't even have MPH shown on the speedo. But then
> again, my LT doesn't really go fast enough to get in in much trouble
> anywhere but a school zone!
>
> Jason
> Uberbus
>
> On Sun., Sep. 19, 2021, 11:27 p.m. Jeff Palmer, <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Paying for air is highway robbery!!!
>> Jeff
>> Will go the distance for free air.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
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