[HPFGU-OTChatter] Metric/Imperial

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Dinah <betty_belladonna at freenet.de> wrote:
> And metres/kilometres are what I call "civilized".
> Who wants to be measure
> in "Feet", anyway? They yould be all cheasy and
> icky. *shudders at the very
> thought of it*
> 
>  ~ Dinah ~
> 
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> 
I'm just sitting here chuckling. I'm probably the most
confused person on the face of the earth regarding
metric/Imperial. Canada is now metric, has been since
the 70s, I believe. Well, I grew up using Imperial,
lived in Europe for 5 years (went metric), came back
to Canada (Imperial) and then Canada went metric
(though we still refer to a car's 'mileage', go
figure). 

I still use Imperial to cook, measure my height in
feet and inches (I'm 5'9") but as for distance... well
I just know how long it takes to get there. No idea
how far my grandmother's house is, but it takes 9 1/2
hours to drive there!

Just my two cents,
Sheryll 


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