> 
> Pat,
> 
> You authored a very interesting piece on things not use
> if you don't like metric.  Would it be possible for you 
> write a piece describing the metric encounters a typical
> Australian family will encounter during the course of 
> the day?

I will add that Canadians encounter mostly
the same experiences as below, with the 
exceptions listed:

> 
> For example:
> 
> Waking up and tuning into the morning news with reports all in SI including the 
> day's weather.

Canadian weather reports are firmly in SI,
with only the very, very rare reference to ifp.
One difference is that most Canadian homes
also receive broadcasts from US television stations, 
whose news and weather reports are 99.97% in ifp.


> Eating breakfast food packaged in rounded metric sizes
> 

Lots of breakfast foods in Canada are packaged in
rounded metric sizes (cereals, milk, cans of coffee, etc). 
Orange juice comes in 3.78 L cartons, however.

> Driving to work in a metric car with metric dashboard display and roads signed in 
> metric.

Same in Canada, although Canadian cars also have MPH
listed on their speedometers, typically in smaller type
the same way that US cars also have km/h listed.  
IIRC, Australian speedometers are solely in km/h.  
But then again, very few Australians drive their
cars to the US.

> Stopping for petrol and the pricing and amount displayed in litres.

Canadian gasoline is priced in litres.

> Buying oil and other fluids for the car in rounded 
> metric amounts.

Surprisingly, oil, window washing fluids, coolant,
and anti-freeze are sold in rounded metric amounts 
in Canada.

> Being at work in an entirely metric environment 
> if one works as an engineer or in manufacturing.

In Canada this is very hit or miss, depending
on the industry.

> On the way home stopping at the super market and buying rounded metric sized 
> pre-packaged foods

Again, in Canada this varies.  Many items are
in round metric sizes, but many are soft
conversions from ifp values (3.78 L or 454 g), 
especially if they are made or marketed n the US.
Additionally, the store adverts, and signs still
list produce and meat prices in IFP, with the 
SI price in small print.

> 
> At the deli counter, ordering food priced and weighed out only in metric.

Deli counters in Canada usually do list
the price/100 g, and usually without listed
any ifp price.

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