| Subject: | Re: Fwd: metric system |
| From: | Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> |
| Date: | Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:26:47 -0500 |
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
>>