[USMA:29683] metric mess in Canada

[john mercer]

Hello okay mighty chimp i will tell you how much imperial is still used in Canada.  All building supplys are impirial only.  Houses are measured in sq ft only.  Grocery store flyers advertise in imperial with the metric prices in very small print maybe.  You can not buy a metric cook book in Canada.  When police give a discription of a person on the t v  or radio it is in feet and inches only.  If you want a metric only measureing tape you have to really go looking for one.  Carpets are sold by the sq yd.  Cars fuel use is still talked about in miles per gallon even though we haven't bought gas by the gallon in 25 years.  Peoples weight is always talked about in lbs.  You asked how Canadian drivers adappted to metric speeds that went over very easily, because all the speed and distance signs were changed at the same time.  I think metric would have gone over a lot better if the changes were made like they were for the speed and distances. So to call Canada a metric country is a joke in my opinion.  If there are any Canadians on this site who can tell me where metric is been used more in Canada i would really like to hear.  Like i said in my last post i would love to see Canada go fully metric.