[USMA:48402] Trip to Canada

[Harry Wyeth]

Many readers already know this, but here is what I found after a week in 
the Vancouver area: 

road signs in km, but at least a few still in miles, same with bridge 
height signs; lots of signs with "Km" or "Kg"
some "kms" private signs
all exercise machines at a gym, and weights, still in lbs. and miles
grocery stores a total mess: fruits and veges in pounds, with kg 
sometimes added; milk in nice 2 and 4 L containers; stuff in cans and 
bottles mostly in US style        
       containers with oddball metric contents which are undoubtedly US 
sizes; cans of beer in 355 and even 34-something mL sizes
a weird poster on a taxicab window advised riders that the cab rate was 
a certain rate (such as $1.50) per 1.5 km, and helpfully added that this 
amounted to xxx cents             per something like 52.031 metres or 
some crazy figure!
I think fish and meat servings at restaurants often were offered in 8 
and 12 ounce options

Canada obviously has a long way to go, but this is not news.

HARRY WYETH