Many readers already know this, but here is what I found after a week in
the Vancouver area:
road signs in km, but at least a few still in miles, same with bridge
height signs; lots of signs with "Km" or "Kg"
some "kms" private signs
all exercise machines at a gym, and weights, still in lbs. and miles
grocery stores a total mess: fruits and veges in pounds, with kg
sometimes added; milk in nice 2 and 4 L containers; stuff in cans and
bottles mostly in US style
containers with oddball metric contents which are undoubtedly US
sizes; cans of beer in 355 and even 34-something mL sizes
a weird poster on a taxicab window advised riders that the cab rate was
a certain rate (such as $1.50) per 1.5 km, and helpfully added that this
amounted to xxx cents per something like 52.031 metres or
some crazy figure!
I think fish and meat servings at restaurants often were offered in 8
and 12 ounce options
Canada obviously has a long way to go, but this is not news.
HARRY WYETH
