Exclusively in litres here. Has been for years.But does anyone any more think in gallons? I believe that the petrol-pumps in Canada must be measuring and charging for litres rather than gallons?
Metrication Canada; How is it working?
Started by -TSS-, Feb 25 2012 12:47 PM
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:10 PM
Exclusively in litres here. Has been for years.
Yet y'all still like to order a pint at the pub ....
I think people still think in gallons too, though - as in 'gas is such and such per gallon.' Again, I believe they do in Britain, too.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:11 PM
Not here. They sell meat in dollars per 100 grams or 250grams.dollar per pound is still dominant in the meat dept.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:15 PM
Yes they do, however thats a bit simplistic. We order that glass full, not really paying attention to the measurement of said beer.Yet y'all still like to order a pint at the pub ....
As in.....no one orders a 12 oz of Bud.....do they?
I think people still think in gallons too, though - as in 'gas is such and such per gallon.' Again, I believe they do in Britain, too.
Well, they would order a gallon but they get anm Imperial gallon, not the US gallon or the US dry gallon.
1 gallon = 4.546 L
1 US gallon = 3.79 L
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:21 PM
Well, they would order a gallon but they get anm Imperial gallon, not the US gallon or the US dry gallon.
1 gallon = 4.546 L
1 US gallon = 3.79 L
So these headlines are referring to a larger gallon than ours in the U.S.?
Gasoline in Britain nears $9.35 per gallon
Petrol prices hit a record-breaking £6 per gallon
That would help explain the high price ....
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:23 PM
Where?
Ok, I need to clairfy...in the deli dept yes they do. But in the meat aisle (steaks chops roast etc) thats done in lbs
I'm in NB
I thought you meant the deli, but come to think of it, roasts, steaks, chops, etc. are all labelled in kgs as well. The thing is, we still talk about the stuff in pounds though. I'm constantly reading the label and trying to convert in my head (427g = 1 lb).
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:28 PM
Yup !So these headlines are referring to a larger gallon than ours in the U.S.?
Gasoline in Britain nears $9.35 per gallon
Petrol prices hit a record-breaking £6 per gallon
That would help explain the high price ....
Roughly (IIRC) it is almost 20% more than the US gallon.
We use the imperial gallon here too (some do). Thats what makes it tricky to compare.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:29 PM
CorrectI'm in NB
I thought you meant the deli, but come to think of it, roasts, steaks, chops, etc. are all labelled in kgs as well. The thing is, we still talk about the stuff in pounds though. I'm constantly reading the label and trying to convert in my head (427g = 1 lb).
Didnt mean to say no kgs are shown, they are on the meat aisle (non-deli) but the dominant will be the price per lbs
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:40 PM
But does anyone any more think in gallons? I believe that the petrol-pumps in Canada must be measuring and charging for litres rather than gallons?
Yes...the volume measure for barrels of oil at 42 US gallons is still commonly used internationally despite its metric equivalent. Oil production is still expressed as barrels per day (bpd).
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 02:56 PM
And it had better be an Imperial pint.Yet y'all still like to order a pint at the pub ....
I think people still think in gallons too, though - as in 'gas is such and such per gallon.' Again, I believe they do in Britain, too.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 04:32 PM
Actualy, regarding construction things are rather a mixed bag, some things are Imperial and others are Metric.For instance a grade beam will be expressed in Metric while some instances of hardware will be in the Imperial system. For the more technical applications Metric is far superior to the Imperial measures. Personally I use both. Really, its far easier to visualize a womans breast size in inches than centimeters, at least it is for me anyway.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 06:14 PM
Imperial will eventually disappear.
Fahrenheit is one of the dumbest measurement systems that anyone has ever come up with. It's amusing that people still use it.
Fahrenheit is one of the dumbest measurement systems that anyone has ever come up with. It's amusing that people still use it.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 06:50 PM
Imperial will eventually disappear.
Fahrenheit is one of the dumbest measurement systems that anyone has ever come up with. It's amusing that people still use it.
Tell that to the Americans. Besides, they don't call their measuments as imperial but something else.
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