

| Subject: | Re: Fwd: metric system |
| From: | Roy Nicholl |
| Date: | Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:46:27 -0300 |
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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