[AT] Spam> Re: metric system

[Mattias Kessén]

We used inches and all sorts of different measurements for volume, capacity
etc. Thing is, it varied not only from country to country but it could even
vary from county to county.

Mattias

2010/1/7 Rob Wilson <ro.wilson at att.net>

> Sorry Ralph but down here it's 3.8 liters to the gallon. It really throws a
> wrench into figuring MPG.
> Rob
>
>
>
> still the most used measure. We buy our fuel and chemical in litres but
> know
>
> that there are 4.54 of them in a gallon. I guess a dollar per litre doesn't
> sound quite as bad as $4.54 per gallon for gas. We end up spraying
> herbicides in litres per acre, a combination of two systems that we have
> adapted to.
> I think most of us still relate more to how many miles per gallon our
> vehicle gets rather than how many kilometres per litre.
> I still swear every time I encounter a metric bolt or fitting and have to
> pick up a metric wrench to deal with it. I think possibly when our "boomer"
> generation disappears maybe the metric system will become more
> predomiinant.
>
> Until then I'll keep looking at the farenheit side of my thermometer so I
> can brag to you guys down south just how cold it is here. :-)
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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