@mastersausagemaker Your comment is true to a degree, but even 30+ years on, Canada is still largely a dual system, with an emphasis on Imperial. Remember, the English system was/is the initial system used in North America, as opposed to Europe, a system most have no trouble comprehending, including most Canadians, despite the conversion. Again, while Metric is simple in theory, utilization is often something else. I have trouble with those who know and use the old system, and yet still complain
@TheDaveWall From one Dave to another, read my posts on the "US switch to the Metric system", from one Canadian who has had to put up with this nonsense for over 30 years. Careful what you wish for. I have many more examples than I have listed as to why NOT to convert. The theory sounds simple, the application is something else.
Like many process, conversion takes time. Conversion from imperial to metric is really just the system of waiting for the old to die out and take their ways with them. Afterwards, all will use metric and there will be no longer any conversion. Such is the way of many things: paradigms are brought about by the disappearance of the opposing party.
Offical: Alright today we will have a contest. English? How many fl. oz. would it take to fill up a cubic foot?
English: Uh-oh. *gets all sweaty* Ummm, is it 6?
Offical: WRONG!!! Metric, how many liters would it take to fill up a cubic meter?
Metric: 1,000.
Offical: CORRECT!!!
Announcer: METRIC WINS!!!!!!!!
mainchow10 7 months ago
@mastersausagemaker Your comment is true to a degree, but even 30+ years on, Canada is still largely a dual system, with an emphasis on Imperial. Remember, the English system was/is the initial system used in North America, as opposed to Europe, a system most have no trouble comprehending, including most Canadians, despite the conversion. Again, while Metric is simple in theory, utilization is often something else. I have trouble with those who know and use the old system, and yet still complain
rever65 7 months ago
@TheDaveWall From one Dave to another, read my posts on the "US switch to the Metric system", from one Canadian who has had to put up with this nonsense for over 30 years. Careful what you wish for. I have many more examples than I have listed as to why NOT to convert. The theory sounds simple, the application is something else.
rever65 8 months ago
@rever65
Like many process, conversion takes time. Conversion from imperial to metric is really just the system of waiting for the old to die out and take their ways with them. Afterwards, all will use metric and there will be no longer any conversion. Such is the way of many things: paradigms are brought about by the disappearance of the opposing party.
Also, metric is simple.
mastersausagemaker 7 months ago
It is a start!
TheDaveWall 2 years ago