Speed Limits in Canada

I'm byhandual in metric & imperial but I speak in imperial. Metric was crammed down our throats, so I rebel.

VE3ESN wrote:

paulj wrote:
I thought Canadians measured fuel usage in l/km? Don't they also measure speed in hr/km?

Our fuel usage is measured in liters per 100 km. (l/100 km).
Our speed is measured in kilometers per hour, (km/h)

BTW, even though the US had a revolution to get rid of British control, they are one of the only countries in the world still using the British system of measurement (albeit a modified version called "US Customary")

Virtually the rest of the world uses Metric!

It is NOT the British system. You need to check your history. We modified the British system, that is why you have an "imperial" gallons as YOU did in Canada before metric and our gallons.

Secondly the weights and measures of the late 18th century England do not resemble what we changed them to in many cases. Later GB changed again to a more modern system although they still measure human weight in "Stone".

Had two Vulcans camped next to me last week. One of them started life as a Metis.
They appeared almost normal to me until they starting raw crabs and dead crows.

GM

kayakparrothead wrote:

dannydimitt wrote:
Hectares, is that not the planet next to Vulcan ? :-)

Vulcan is in Alberta

Immigrated to Alberta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dannydimitt wrote:
Hectares, is that not the planet next to Vulcan ? :-)

Vulcan is in Alberta

2lazy4U wrote:
2lazy4U...you need to look before you leap...


Well, somebody in Canada told me that. Guess I shouldn't believe everything I hear, eh?

And do you?


Gary Haupt

Cripes...who invited the engineer? Now we'll never get this settled.:B


Gary Haupt

never could understand why you yanks failed to adopt the metric system. Keep in mind I'm an engineer in a border town and am very fluent in both metric and imperial. Imperial random variables.... metric move a decimal. I don't get how people can be confused by metric

RobertRyan wrote:
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Very True. I am of the age that still thinks in feet and inches and gallons, mpg and horsepower

Same for me in Canada. All my thermometers read in degrees F. I calculate my fuel consumption in mpg (without a painful conversion litres per 100 km don't mean anything to me). I measure everything in feet, inches etc. I've set my GPS to read in mph and miles. Everyone I know uses acres not hectares in conversation. Just checked the real estate ads in the local paper in the county where I grew up. All pertinent references are in square feet and acres. Not a single mention of hectares.

This will change with time I suppose. Now the younger clerks at the deli counter will sometimes give you a weird look if you order in lbs. The grey hairs just smile and nod knowingly. But many people in countries that went officially metric many years before us still understood and used non-metric units in everyday life for generations after conversion. My doctor may use centimeters for my height and kilograms for my weight but my young grandchildren will tell me how tall they are in feet and inches and how much they weigh in lbs. And when they want to know if the pool is warm enough to swim, I give them the temperature in Fahrenheit (it just sounds too cold to say 28 degrees C).

2lazy4U...you need to look before you leap...


Well, somebody in Canada told me that. Guess I shouldn't believe everything I hear, eh?