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I'm one of those people who feel that using the metric system would be better but the "customary" system is so ingrained in my mind that I think it would be a b
by jack-r-abbit 13y ago
I'm one of those people who feel that using the metric system would be better but the "customary" system is so ingrained in my mind that I think it would be a bit difficult to switch. So unless there was some sort of forced need to really learn metric, I probably wouldn't make the effort. Honestly, I think I would need one of those immersion situations where I have no choice but to know it in order to survive.
- FigBug 13y agoCanada switched to metric between the mid 70s and mid 80s. I was born in 1977. Things like my height and weight I only know customary units. Food is still advertised in customary units even though it is sold in metric. Pop cans are still 12 fl oz but labelled as 355 ml. My grandfather worked in a mill, and he said after metrification a sheet of plywood still measured 4'x8' but got slightly thinner. Speed and temperature I know in metric because that's the way they are signed / reported. I don't think metrification will ever be completed, we seem stuck in a half way point that works well enough.
- andrewem 13y agoWhen I visited Canada from the US, I bought a 907 gram package of mussels. It's the same 2 pound package they always sold, just with the size converted to metric.