I'm wondering about this snippet from the quoted posting by this American now living in Australia.
Question to Pat down in Oz: is what this fellow writes accurate? If so, what's behind this from your perspective? (I'm especially surprised bout the rainwater tanks, since I would not imagine them being imported from the States, which would be my first guess as to why they would list gallons first and most prominently.) Ezra -----Original Message----- >And even though we have gone metric here in Oz we still stay 20', 40', >48' and 53' for shipping container lengths, and still measure truck >engine outputs in horsepower and lb ft of torque, and US thread, bolt, >and nut sizes are still in wide use. And my new rainwater tanks are in >gallons (with litres in the fine print). >
