Norman and all on the list, I reside in the United States, but I am from Madrid, Spain originally. I have also been to our former colony south of the border. I should say that the United States is a bad influence on many countries and in many respects but especially on weights and measures. In the Republic of Mexico, they (as most Spanish-speaking countries do) look at Spain as a better example and role model. It is good that they do, as those countries are more European in nature than North America. The people of Mexico are as metric as Spain is. After all before losing her empire Spain along with all here colonies metricated in 1820. But non the less with the US' proximity to Mexico and Venezuela, one finds on occasion letter and legal size paper, and US gallon sized jugs, but labelled 3,97 litros (litres). I would appreciate dialogue about this from others on the list.
