--- Stephen Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my opinion the only real difference > > between Canada and the States as far as metric is > > concerned is that we have metric road signs and > > metric weather. > > I'd have to agree to some extent. But, I'd have to > add that some other visual differences in Metric > between Canada and the US also include:
While shopping at a Canadian WalMart store, I was able to verify today that fabrics (including those made in the US) are labelled with their width in centimetres and the total length is listed in metres. The fabric is priced and sold in metres. Similarly, balls of wool are packaged in grams, with hard metric sizes. Stephen
