Canada is Larger than China

[Mudcat]

Canada is in a weird in-between state with measurement systems.

Kilometers are pretty much accepted and all the road signs use them no problem. Still, I often lob out a reference to miles and no one looks at me funny. We measure our freight parcels at work in inches and people all express their height in feet and inches, even young people.

Kilos are used for some things but I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk about their weight in anything but pounds. Produce tends to be sold in pounds, at least where I buy it. At work we use pounds for freight (although waybills/software tend to have options for pounds or kilos.)

I would say liters have comfortably overtaken gallons/ounces as the prevailing measurement of liquids.



I don't know what schools are doing as far as young young people. Maybe JL will know his stats in kilos and centimeters, but we supposedly switched quite awhile ago and 20-somethings should have been taught that but I'm not seeing it.

Overall, I kinda feel like we are more imperial than metric.

 

[Matty]

I was raised with both. Feet & inches make more sense than centimeters when dealing with medium-sized objects, like humans. Millimeters/centimeters for small stuff. Meters for distances that can be eyeballed, kilometers for longer distances. Pounds for small to medium sized objects and creatures, including humans. Kilos for wholesale drug deals, ounces for local deals, grams for individual consumption.

It's not that hard.

Now miles are an abomination. 5280 feet/1760 yards in a mile? Okay, dipshit.

 

[reno cool]

boy, they really fucked you guys up

 

[Blitty]

Think us yanks use meters for small stuff. Don't recall last time I said a 1/27th of an inch.








Aka wallys penis.

Hehe

 

[reno cool]

meters, it's how you measure small stuff

 

[Mudcat]

I actually think in terms of yards a lot. Seldom meters. It's probably the football influence which, by the way, the CFL still uses yards.

 

[FairWarning]

First December tornado in Michigan since records were kept, last night.

 

[Matty]

[INSTA]/p/4wZtO1Ii1Q[/INSTA]

 

[roguejuror]

let's go back to pesetas, francs and liras

 

[Matty]

I still have francs somewhere.

 

[Mudcat]

Canada's population has topped 36 million according to Statistics Canada.

I believe it's all the Syrian refugees. You can't step out your front door without tripping over a Syrian refugee.

 

[Mudcat]

 

[Matty]

 

[Blitty]

OBAMA AND STARBUCKS INVADE CUBA

 

[reno cool]

mothefuckers

 

[roguejuror]

la yuma

 

[FairWarning]

Cuba looks a lot like Detroit.

 

[Matty]

It's fonny 'cause it's true.