Re: [gardeners] Metric

Jill Fyffe (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:09:33 -0500

Its been 20 years since Canada went metric.  I am like John I have 
the temp down pat. . .know what it will be like when it is 15 degrees 
C outside. . .food and meat, I have that one figures out BUT I still 
don't know how big a room is that is 4 metres by 3.02 metres.

Jill
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> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, George Shirley wrote:
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> > IIRC the US went metric years ago, just no one enforces it. The military
> > has been metric for at least 30 years or more and I believe the fed
> > agencies also use the metric system. Just seems the general populace
> > doesn't want to.
> > 
> > George
> 
> 	Would be a huge costly task in a country like the US. massive
> infrastructure to convert. I remember switching to decimal currency back
> in '66, caused a huge heap of confusion here.
> 
> John
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