Speed Limits in Canada
One of the really great things about visiting Vancouver Island is the speed limits. On the Island Highway between Campbell River and Nanaimo, posted speed limit is 120. Wow! Max speed limit in the ...
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I can go both ways with measurements, probably a little more than the average Canadian of my age, maybe because of my science based interests.
However, I still prefer the 'old' measurements in some instances. I do prefer Fahrenheit, and cannot think of any disadvantages to it. With the exception of one year, I have never lived in a place where the temperature range is more than 0-100F, so this suits me. In addition, the Fahrenheit scale is a more finely graduated scale.
I prefer the MPG method, rather than the, to me, bizarre system of Litres per 100Km. in which the lower the number, the better. BTW, the 'magic' number to convert L per 100KM to MPG is '280'. Divide the metric number into 280 to get the MPG, so that 7L per 100km is 40mpg. Cumbersome, but it does work.
I can also remember being very confused when helping a friend with some house construction, when we ended up using a metric only tape measure. 8ft 11 3/4 inches is easy to see, but 239cm plus 7? caused some problems initially!
However, I still prefer the 'old' measurements in some instances. I do prefer Fahrenheit, and cannot think of any disadvantages to it. With the exception of one year, I have never lived in a place where the temperature range is more than 0-100F, so this suits me. In addition, the Fahrenheit scale is a more finely graduated scale.
I prefer the MPG method, rather than the, to me, bizarre system of Litres per 100Km. in which the lower the number, the better. BTW, the 'magic' number to convert L per 100KM to MPG is '280'. Divide the metric number into 280 to get the MPG, so that 7L per 100km is 40mpg. Cumbersome, but it does work.
I can also remember being very confused when helping a friend with some house construction, when we ended up using a metric only tape measure. 8ft 11 3/4 inches is easy to see, but 239cm plus 7? caused some problems initially!
