If memory serves, Canada went metric around 1976 (silver jubilee?), and that would put TomB in about grade 2 at that time. So while his formal schooling would have emphasized the metric system, his parents (and even peers just a few years older than him (I'm looking at you, Jimbo)) would be conversant primarily with Imperial units, and so there's good exposure to both.
Most Canadians my age / TomB's age can easily convert common linear measures, volumes, temperatures and weights on the fly (3m = 10', 4 L ~ 1 US gallon, 331 ml beer is called a pint, *9/5+32, 0.9 kg ~ 2 lbs). That said, I was tripped up at Thanksgiving (which is recently past in Canada) on the conversion from litres to gallons ... I knew the US gallons number, but not the other. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:gzg-l- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Gill > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question > > At 7:20 AM -0500 10/27/08, Doug Evans wrote: > >Well, some of NAC is European... > > Just no 'continental'. > > >I suppose we have to say TomB is an American, just not a 'Merican. > > > >Wait, Canadians made me drive in KM's, but use feet in common > >discussion?!?!? > > > >Oh, yeah, he was prolly talking down to his dimwitted southern > >neighbors. ;->= > > Probably not. Some Canadians remember the days of > the Red Ensign and Canada having more navy than > say, oh, Thailand. > > > -- > -- > Ryan Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------- > | | | -==---- > | O--=- | | /_8[*]°_\ > |_/|o|_\_| | _________ | /_[===]_\ > / 00DA61 \ |/---------\| __/ \--- > _w/|=_[__]_= \w_ // [_] o[]\\ _oO_\ /_O|_ > |: O(4) == O :| _Oo\=======/_O_ |____\ /____| > |---\________/---| [__O_______W__] |x||_\ /_||x| > |s|\ /|s| |s|/BSV 575\|s| |x|-\| |/-|x| > |s|=\______/=|s| |s|=|_____|=|s| |x|--|_____|--|x| > |s| |s| |s| |s| |x| |x| > '60 Daimler Ferret '42 Daimler Dingo '42 Humber MkIV (1/3) > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Gzg-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l _______________________________________________ Gzg-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ground Zero Games" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gzg-group?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
