

| Subject: | Re: Fwd: metric system |
| From: | Jeff Palmer |
| Date: | Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:26:47 -0500 |
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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