Metrication Canada; How is it working?

[Guest American Woman]

Not surprising since you were the first to reply about it in post #2.

That would be because the U.S. was brought up in post #1.

I'm sure you were anxiously waiting for the right moment to inundate us with more of your and BC_2004's usually nonsense.

Really? Which posts of mine were "nonsense?" I raised legitimate questions. I'm still wondering if Canada is so hindered by what Americans do that y'all can't even be "metricated" because of what we choose to do in the U.S. But "I'm sure" you see it the way you do. I actually don't doubt that.

[bush_cheney2004]

....Really? Which posts of mine were "nonsense?" I raised legitimate questions. I'm still wondering if Canada is so hindered by what Americans do that y'all can't even be "metricated" because of what we choose to do in the U.S. But "I'm sure" you see it the way you do. I actually don't doubt that.

Agreed...this is just more of the same neurosis we've seen in other threads. This version claims that the reason Canada is not truly metric across the board is because of the "backward" American hegemon "south of the border". In fact, as you have already noted, it's mostly because of Canadian choices...."acting like Canada".

It was fun to jump on this one because it demonstrates the usual gap between desired (delusional) perception and reality. Canada was one of the last nations to go "metric", and we can see just how far it has to go.

C'mon Leafs...claw to the death for those INCHES!

[-TSS-]

If you say something like "On a clear day you can see for miles" or "The puck went just inches away from the net" it just sounds better that way in English than to use the metric versions, that will probably never change. However, nothing to do with actual metrication of society.

[cybercoma]

Really? Which posts of mine were "nonsense?"

I'm guessing you don't actually want an answer to this question, do you?

[waldo]

Agreed...this is just more of the same neurosis we've seen in other threads.

shameless post bumping to tout your own neurosis!

your googly has been noticeably quiet... time to fire it up, hey? Chop, chop!

[bush_cheney2004]

If you say something like "On a clear day you can see for miles" or "The puck went just inches away from the net" it just sounds better that way in English than to use the metric versions, that will probably never change. However, nothing to do with actual metrication of society.

I disagree....Canada's "metrication" has been going on since the early 70's, and it should include language and custom to be credible. Drug dealers have no problem with metric weights, easily shifting to grams, kilos, and 9mm automatic handguns!

[Guest American Woman]

If you say something like "On a clear day you can see for miles" or "The puck went just inches away from the net" it just sounds better that way in English than to use the metric versions, that will probably never change. However, nothing to do with actual metrication of society.

It sounds "better" because it sounds "familiar." It stays familiar because people aren't moving on, away from it. By choice.

[bush_cheney2004]

shameless post bumping to tout your own neurosis!

your googly has been noticeably quiet... time to fire it up, hey? Chop, chop!

All in good time impatient one....I will only add the highest quality citations and videos when it comes to my brand of mocking. Go play with some more American climate data while you wait.

[bush_cheney2004]

It sounds "better" because it sounds "familiar." It stays familiar because people aren't moving on, away from it. By choice.

BINGO! America's largest trading partner is now the EU, and certainly they didn't revert to imperial units just to get/keep trade across the pond.

[waldo]

my brand of mocking.

Let's play! As you've declared your mission, why do you care, so, so, vociferously, as to what level Canadian metrication is at? Clearly, your country stands alone (err, sorry, stands with Liberia), so... what's the deal? Why do you care?

...as I have amply demonstrated that "metrication" in Canada is half-assed at best.

[bush_cheney2004]

Let's play!

I am always playing...never stop! Claw for those inches to the death, just like the Leafs!

As you've declared your mission, why do you care, so, so, vociferously, as to what level Canadian metrication is at?

I don't care if Canadian metrication lays, stays, or prays, but it is a wonderful opportunity for more "America made us do it" fun.

Clearly, your country stands alone (err, sorry, stands with Liberia), so... what's the deal? Why do you care?

Stands alone at what...putting men on the Moon to play golf with imperial clubs?

[waldo]

As you've declared your mission, why do you care, so, so, vociferously, as to what level Canadian metrication is at? Clearly, your country stands alone (err, sorry, stands with Liberia), so... what's the deal? Why do you care?

I don't care if Canadian metrication lays, stays, or prays, but it is a wonderful opportunity for more "America made us do it" fun.

I must say I ignored the thread to begin with... however, in the time I started posting I don't recall a single post that aligns with your standard measure - where you perceive an affront to your personal sensitivities, ala, your stated, "America made us do it". Is there a single post (maybe a series of posts) that you took exception to? Or is this just another one of your self-described, self-acknowledged, trolling for mocking pleasure releases?

[Jack Weber]

I must say I ignored the thread to begin with... however, in the time I started posting I don't recall a single post that aligns with your standard measure - where you perceive an affront to your personal sensitivities, ala, your stated, "America made us do it". Is there a single post (maybe a series of posts) that you took exception to? Or is this just another one of your self-described, self-acknowledged, trolling for mocking pleasure releases?

I'm going with the final two for the win,Waldo...

[bush_cheney2004]

I must say I ignored the thread to begin with... however, in the time I started posting I don't recall a single post that aligns with your standard measure

Well frankly....it's not about you....it's about ME!

- where you perceive an affront to your personal sensitivities, ala, your stated, "America made us do it".

In this case...it would be the opposite but equal neurotic waveform..."America made us not do it".

Is there a single post (maybe a series of posts) that you took exception to? Or is this just another one of your self-described, self-acknowledged, trolling for mocking pleasure releases?

All of the above....the Leafs video had me rolling on the floor....laughing at those righteous INCHES! I mean..c'mon...the Leafs still suck, so how does the coach top that? Buy 'em each their own inch ruler?

[waldo]

I'm going with the final two for the win,Waldo...

JW, this is serious business! Once BC2004 points us to the offending posts in this thread, the ones that rankled his ultra-sensitivities and sent him off on a googly marathon, we'll have a measurable benchmark (Metric preferred, possibly Imperial). We need to get to the bottom of this, dagnabit!

[waldo]

Is there a single post (maybe a series of posts) that you took exception to? Or is this just another one of your self-described, self-acknowledged, trolling for mocking pleasure releases?

All of the above....the Leafs video had me rolling on the floor....laughing at those righteous INCHES! I mean..c'mon...the Leafs still suck, so how does the coach top that? Buy 'em each their own inch ruler?

but... that was your post, that was your video! Again, "Is there a single post (maybe a series of posts) that you took exception to? Or is this just another one of your self-described, self-acknowledged, trolling for mocking pleasure releases?"

[bush_cheney2004]

Once BC2004 points us to the offending posts in this thread,

There are no offending posts...just raw unmitigated delusion about the "metrication" of Canada. Other members also opined just how half-ass that idea has been "north of the border", so it's not just moi.

[Guest American Woman]

This is a fun OP on the metrication of Canada: I’m immeasurably challenged by imperial and metric

As we’ve quietly lit upon the 40th anniversary of the quasi-metrication of Canada, I have to admit that I am one of those rare Canadians who actually did his part to fulfill Pierre Trudeau’s vision of a fully bilingual nation. I am proud to say that I can write, converse, read, think and even dream in both metric and imperial measurement systems.

The problem is that I’m not completely functional in either. I’m like some sort of reconfigured cyborg operating with half metric, half imperial software.

I am thoroughly, embarrassingly impetric. Or, if you prefer, meterial.

Linearly speaking, I’ll begin in inches and feet, then saunter nonchalantly over into metres and kilometres without missing a stride.

From what I've read, that pretty much sums it up. The author pokes fun at the situation, too -

If someone asks me my height in metres and centimetres I’ll haughtily reply, “What, are we in Europe or something?”

But if they ask me the highway distance in miles, I’ll respond just as sharply, “What, did the United States annex us or something?”

The author blames the government, which sort of taught me some metric, while kind of, sort of making a half-hearted attempt at expunging the imperial system from my life.

This is pretty funny: my Grade 11 woodworking teacher threatened to beat us all with a two-by-four if we didn’t build our furniture using metric measurements.

Anyway, good read on the topic.

[cybercoma]

Royale with cheese.

[waldo]

There are no offending posts...just raw unmitigated delusion about the "metrication" of Canada. Other members also opined just how half-ass that idea has been "north of the border", so it's not just moi.

but... if there were no actual offending posts, why would you fall-back to trying to excuse your, as you called it, 'neurotic' obsession, by claiming you were addressing an "America made us not do it" affront? If there were no actual posts that offended you...

I don't care if Canadian metrication lays, stays, or prays, but it is a wonderful opportunity for more "America made us do it" fun.

[compal]

Practice makes perfect!

Von Braun learned from Dr. Robert Goddard, an American. Ex Nazi scientists and disgusted AVRO Canada aerospace engineers knew where the action was, and it wasn't in Canada.

Thanks for reminding me that Goddard built the VI and V2. For the uninitiated, V1,V2, the first rockets that actually worked. Goddards powder filled tubes had the tendency to hug the ground. Pray, what has science to do with Nazism???

[Jack Weber]

JW, this is serious business! Once BC2004 points us to the offending posts in this thread, the ones that rankled his ultra-sensitivities and sent him off on a googly marathon, we'll have a measurable benchmark (Metric preferred, possibly Imperial). We need to get to the bottom of this, dagnabit!

Well...erm...Perhaps Pierre Poutine knows?

[bush_cheney2004]

This is pretty funny: my Grade 11 woodworking teacher threatened to beat us all with a two-by-four if we didn’t build our furniture using metric measurements.

Yep...that be very funny. Shops teachers are like that though....violent threats to gain compliance unlike most other teachers. It was just part of the deal in shop class.

[bush_cheney2004]

...Thanks for reminding me that Goddard built the VI and V2. For the uninitiated, V1,V2, the first rockets that actually worked. Goddards powder filled tubes had the tendency to hug the ground. Pray, what has science to do with Nazism???

No problem...that's why I am here. What do nuclear weapons have to do with Canadianism.

[bush_cheney2004]

Okay...this one is from Louis-Philippe Simard in Quebec...you know, that strongest mainstay of "metrication" in Canada. Not as inspiring as the Leafs video, but he does have a tape measure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI9GsCMSlpM&feature=related