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Originally posted by Charlatan
Metric rocks!
We started learing Metric when I was in Grade one... but because so many people still use the old system we still have mixed uses... for example:
I drive in km/h
I weigh myself in pounds (don't even know how many Kilos I weigh)
I buy my fluids in litres but bake using cups rather than mililitres
I measure in feet but only for short distances like my height or when I'm building something... but larger distances like the distance to my cottage are in kilometres...
My brother, who is four years older than me, doesn't even use the metric system at all...
The reason for all of this is that when we converted to metric in the 70s, the government initially spent some money promoting metric. However, they soon lost political interest in this and stopped promoting it... People fell into old habits.
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All that is very true, those examples apply to a lot of people in Canada. We'll likely never be totally free of the imperial system however. All of the rural roads across the prairies were layed out on a grid system using miles. For example directions to someones farm in Saskatchewan will always be like 5 miles North Climax, then 2 miles East and 1/2 mile South.
And, yes Climax is an actual town in Saskatchewan.
