Unfortunately, I only had about 4 or 5 hours there and didn't do any shopping. We took a taxi down to Old San Juan from the airport which is how I noticed the road signs.
One thing I wrote up on at the time, but never saw it hit the list, was my report on St Lucia. To my surprise it was mostly FFU. Some cars had km/h speedos...others mph. Most everything was written in miles and feet and absolutely no 24 hour time at all. I cannot remember temperature though....I'm very curious now. I don't remember dealing in Celsius while there, but then again, I don't remember seeing F either. Guess I was too busy being on my honeymoon. At 00:11 2002-02-06 -0500, kilopascal wrote: >2002-02-06 > >Did you happen to go into any stores and see what products were available? >Did you get a chance to see any of the labels on the pre-packaged stuff? >How about weather forecasts? Metric or FFU? > >John > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, 2002-02-05 19:28 >Subject: [USMA:17964] Re: Peurto Rico Roads are in kilometres, speeds in >miles per hour > > >I was in Puerto Rico this summer and noticed that speeds were written in >MPH but exits were marked "Exit 500m" > >I thought that was pretty strange. > > >At 18:56 2002-02-05 -0500, kilopascal wrote: > >2002-02-05 > > > >From: > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/roadway.shtml>http://welcome.top >uertorico.org/reference/roadway.shtml > > > > > >The sppeds must be in miles per hour because the cars are most likely > >imported from the mainland US with not modifications to the > >speedometer. Can't say for sure! Maybe someone knows. > > > >Now what about weather forcasts, grocery store scales and prepackaged >goods? > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/descrip.shtml>9edfe4c.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/people.shtml>9edfe60.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/geogra.shtml>9edfe6a.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml>9edfe74.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/economy.shtml>9edfe7e.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/government.shtml>9edfe88.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/culture/>9edfe92.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/exploring.shtml>9edfe9c.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/tinfo.shtml>9edfea6.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/cocina/>9edfeb0.gif > >9edfeba.gif > >9edfec4.gif > >9edfece.gif > >9edfed8.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/index.shtml>9edfee2.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/about.shtml>9edfeec.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/feedback.shtml>9edfef6.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/sitemap.shtml>9edff00.gif > ><http://welcome.topuertorico.org/index.shtml>9edff0b.gif > > > > > >9edff15.gif > > > >If you rent a car or have your own, I recommend you to purchase a detailed > >highway map for orientation. Distances in Puerto Rico are indicated in > >kilometers (1 km = 0.6 mile); speed limits, in miles per hour. Most > >roadway signs use international symbols. 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