Hi Dennis, Most people use Celsius. Nobody under 30 (with the exception of isolated farmers, or measurement radicals such as myself) knows what the benchmarks in �F are! This is because media outlets use Celsius; they don't bother to take the time to convert the Environment Canada numbers since "�C x 1.8 + 32" is much too difficult to do for the average folk <g> On building signs I often see the digital display alternating between the time, �F, and �C - country radio stations, breweries, etc. Banks and gov't buildings and universities will most often leave out the �F. I often wonder if this is because they never bothered to change the factory settings, or (if it is made in the States) the factory settings do not have a �C-only option. greg >>> "Dennis Brownridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2000-11-27 18:59:08 >>> How about temperature, Greg? Do most people use F or C? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Gregory Peterson > Sent: 2000 November 27 Monday 12:01 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:9388] Re: American vs. Foreign > > > I suspect this is because they (the Americans) were immersed in > metric and had no choice but to learn it. After that is usually > quite clear which is the more practical and simpler system. > > This is the reason why the US must make one swift and total > conversion to metric at the first possible opportunity. I'm sure > our Australian friends on the List will agree with this approach. > > Most Canadians have ample opportunity to continue to use Imperial > or American units (such as in the lumber industry) and thus have > never bothered to even try to learn or use metric. Many of our > young have converted to using Imperial/American simply because > there is no opportunity to use metric. Our height, weight/mass, > lumber, and home furnishings, are still Imperial. Our farms, > businesses, and industries are still mostly Imerial. Many of our > elders still speak only in Imperial. In my opinion, it is much > easier to get by using nothing but Imperial units than > exclusively metric units in Canada. Sure you have some confusion > when buying gasoline or prepackaged goods, but heck, most people > don't even bother reading the quantities they buy, just the price. > > Most of this is because we didn't complete our metrication > efforts in the 1980s. > > greg > > > >>> "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2000-11-25 01:50:38 >>> > I met some of them some years ago in Ireland. There was no better > country in > the world than the USA and what the heck, why do they use that irrational > Celsius scale in Europe? I stated that the USA was a decent democracy, but > that she was no better or worse than other Western democracies. I > also said > that I far preferred Celsius to Fahrenheit. If I had let loose about ifp, > telling them what I thought of it, they would probably have exploded. > > There is also another side to it. In 1972 a brother of mine > married. Another > brother had taken an > American girl home who lived in Amsterdam. She was very > different. And when > she expressed a measurement she used metric. She said to me: "Metric is > easier than English count". I now wonder whether she was a member of the > USMA. I have met more pro-metric Americans in Erope. > > Han > > > 6:04 > Subject: [USMA:9310] American vs. Foreign > > > > 2000-11-23 > > > > Even though this sounds like a good idea, I doubt the US will ever adopt > it. For one reason, it is a foreign idea.... > > <snip> > > > >
