of course I was joking. Celsius makes more sense to me, as does the
metric system.

On 7/20/06, paul phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Funny you should say that.  We switched over so long ago that I can no
longer even think of what temperatures feel like in that other funny
system.  Public display systems often still give temperatures in both C
and F  but fewer and fewer people (mainly the oldest generation who are
becoming fewer and fewer) pay any attention to F readings which
generally have disappeared from weather forecasts.  We still have the
mixed system for weights in stores -- prices quoted in both pounds and
kilos though it is funny in that prices in the deli section are always
in $/100 grams whereas in the meat department, its is normally $/pound.
Of course all milk is sold in litre containers which is not that much of
a problem because the American quart was always inferior to the imperial
quart (by 20%) and is approximately the same as a litre.  Still, when
you buy paint it is usually in US quarts so one always feels cheated.

Paul P

Jim Devine wrote:

> how come your guys don't do tempertures in American?
>
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