Canada began its transition away from the imperial measurement system more than 50 years ago. Now, a Victoria man is petitioning the federal government to finish the job, one kilogram, centimetre and litre at a time.
I moved to Canada from Australia 5 years ago and was dumbfounded by the amount of American measurement still in use. It’s been an interesting exercise for my ageing brain to figure out how to do math with fractions of an inch etc. I’m also baffled by the number of people using American date format!
We’re trying though - I’m installing new flooring in my house and the size written on the box is 7.5" x 48" x 10mm - that gave me a chuckle.
I had hoped that the current discontent with the US would prompt more people to cringe at using their measurement system, but nobody seems to see the connection.
I moved to Canada from Australia 5 years ago and was dumbfounded by the amount of American measurement still in use. It’s been an interesting exercise for my ageing brain to figure out how to do math with fractions of an inch etc. I’m also baffled by the number of people using American date format!
We’re trying though - I’m installing new flooring in my house and the size written on the box is 7.5" x 48" x 10mm - that gave me a chuckle.
I had hoped that the current discontent with the US would prompt more people to cringe at using their measurement system, but nobody seems to see the connection.
Canadian consciousness lol
How warm is it? 21C
How tall are you? 5’11”
How much do you weigh? 175? 82? I dunno
How far is it? About 40 minutes
What time is it? Noone is sure this week
I hope people at least know what time it is in their province… but I have no fucking clue what it is all across Canada now 😂
It’s not the same time across Ontario. It has never been the same time across Newfoundland and Labrador
Lots of us had clocks that didn’t update properly, tech was confused as shit lol
Oh boy. I spoke too soon in my other reply 😭
Oh I got some stuff that didn’t update as well, but at least my real what time is it stuff worked hah.
I love how outside temperature is in C and inside temperature (or pool water) is F
I drive 10 km to work but I have a 9 inch dick. Why are they different units?!
Why can’t I be happy with 0.23 m of dick?!