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> but not making a lot of progress That part reminded me of Puerto Rico. Streets are marked with kilometer markers, rural addresses are street and km and hecto
by rovr138 6y ago
> but not making a lot of progress
That part reminded me of Puerto Rico. Streets are marked with kilometer markers, rural addresses are street and km and hectometers. Also everyone miles for everything else.
I’m actually not sure which conversion failed.
- rdl 6y agoAnd land is measured in "spanish acres" as well (Cuerda).
- tomjakubowski 6y agoAnd two different scales of magnitudes (US-style "short scale", and "long scale" from Spanish colonial days), meaning two different meanings for millions and billions! https://metricpioneer.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/long-scale-and-short-scale-how-much-is-a-billion-it-depends-where-you-live/ https://metricpioneer.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/long-scale-an...
- rovr138 6y agoAnd not a small difference! And people misuse it all the time.
- rovr138 6y agoWe have a bit of a mess back home