Metrication Canada; How is it working?

[bush_cheney2004]

I doubt any Canadian wants to be a super power.. maybe Harper, but we're best at being a middle power

you're just lucky we were friendly to you during the cold war

Canada was part of a British "super power", which was dethroned by the United States. Life in a failed empire isn't so bad, right?

[Jack Weber]

See olp...

Have you noticed how to get Yankee Doodle Troll diverted...

Just question the "Manifest Destiny" of the USA...

The better thing is to put Miss Saskatchewan on ignore...

The silence is deafening!

[Guest American Woman]

Used to be a super power.. you're no longer super

Gosh. You don't say. And I thought we had at least another 20 years ......

China: America Will Still Be The Only Superpower For The Next 20 Years

Why the US Will Still be the Only Superpower in 2030

So thanks for filling me in - your opinion means everything to me.

Edited February 26, 2012 by American Woman

[bush_cheney2004]

C5PBA five pin bowling, that odd derivative "invented" and only played in Canada, defines dimension specifications for automatic pin-setters in inches:

SPECIFICATIONS FOR AUTOMATIC PIN-SETTERS USING STRINGS

a) Pull string should not exceed 8 - 10 grams measured only with spring scale of 50 grams maximum range

b ) Pin-setter must be activated by the fall of the pin when the head of the pin has reached 8½" above the pin deck. (See Figure 1)

c) A pin slide with a radius of 8" and not knocked down, must NOT activate the pin-setter

d) Length of each pin string must be such that the pin can reach the cushion at all possible points and with sufficient additional string to prevent snapbacks. Minimum length required is 60" on PBS and Mendes machines.

e) The distance from the end of the lane to the nearest point of the pit cushion shall be at least 25" and not more than 30". This measurement includes the width of the tail plank.

f) Minimum measurement from flat channel to top of channel moulding joining pit board to be 1½".

g) The standard delay in activating the pin-setter is 3½ seconds measured from the time any pin reaches position in Section 3(

.

h) Pin stabilization (in pin-up position):

1. The pin must be held tight for a minimum of ½ second in the pin-up position during the machine cycle before resetting to pin-spot.

2. The pin centring unit must be, at the lowest point, 24¾" (+/- ¼") above the pin deck.

3. The string tension must be at least 1.0 kilograms when measured in the pin-up position as in 3(h-1) above.

i) In case of tangle the pin-setter must release the tension to allow the pins to settle toward the pin deck (not touching) before reapplying tension to provide a pull and release action.

American style ten pin bowling has bigger balls!

Edited February 26, 2012 by bush_cheney2004

[WWWTT]

Quality vs quantity my friend

WWWTT

[bush_cheney2004]

Horse saddles are sold in Canada using imperial units sizes (inches):

http://www.applesaddlery.com/c-2364-all-purpose.aspx

Size
13 (1)
13" (1)
14 (1)
14 MED (1)
14" MED (1)
15 (1)
15 MED (2)
15" MED (3)
16 (1)
16 1/2" (5)
16 MED (2)
16" (1)
16" MED (2)
16.5 (7)
16.5 inc (1)
161/2" (1)
17 (7)
17 #3 (1)
17 #4 (1)
17 1/2 (5)
17 1/2" (15)
17 31 (1)
17 31cm (1)
17 32 (1)
17 32cm (1)
17 m (6)
17 MED (4)
17 mw (1)
17 w (3)
17 WIDE (1)
17" (1)
17" MW (1)
17" #3 (1)
17" #4 (1)
17" /MED (1)
17" 31cm (2)
17" 32cm (2)
17" MED (13)
17" MW (1)
17" W (1)
17" WIDE (4)
17"/MED (1)
17.5 (16)
17.5 30 (1)
17.5 #3 (2)
17.5 m (1)
17.5 MW (1)
17.5" #3 (2)
17.5"/M (1)
17.5/31 (1)
17.5/32 (1)
17.5in (1)
...

[olpfan1]

See olp...

Have you noticed how to get Yankee Doodle Troll diverted...

Just question the "Manifest Destiny" of the USA...

The better thing is to put Miss Saskatchewan on ignore...

The silence is deafening!

but its fun screwing with them, still thinking their nation is the only hope in the world

why their military is so smart theyll publicly burn korans in afghanistan

i mean.. that is so super powerish!

[bush_cheney2004]

but its fun screwing with them, still thinking their nation is the only hope in the world

why their military is so smart theyll publicly burn korans in afghanistan

i mean.. that is so super powerish!

It's just as much fun as Canadians burning American flags.

[olpfan1]

Hey BC, we also measure how big our dicks are in Inches

don't forget that

[bush_cheney2004]

Hey BC, we also measure how big our dicks are in Inches

don't forget that

I think you missed that reference above. Am I moving too fast for you?

[olpfan1]

I think you missed that reference above. Am I moving too fast for you?

Yes you are, you are too big of a super power for middle ol' me

[Guest Manny]

I think you missed that reference above. Am I moving too fast for you?

No doubt this is why the Europansies went with metric. The numbers seem so much bigger.

Mein Gott, 101.6 millimeter!

[bush_cheney2004]

Crackmasters Canada sell wiper blades in inches:

Heavy Duty All Season Blades - Metal Wiper Blade

Available in sizes 13” to 28”

Extreme Weather Winter Blades

Reduces ice and snow build up

Available in sizes 16” to 24”

http://www.crackmasterscanada.com/pages/products-services/wiper-blade-replacements.php

[Guest American Woman]

No doubt this is why the Europansies went with metric. The numbers seem so much bigger.

Mein Gott, 101.6 millimeter!

I'm not so sure --- I hear "millimeter" and I automatically think 'small.'

[bush_cheney2004]

Garth Industrial of Rexdale, Ontario sells continuous weld pipe with inch specifications:

Continuous Weld Pipe (Grade A53)

Black Plain-End (SRL)

Sizes: 1/8" to 4

Wall Thickness: STD, XH

Galvanized Plain-End (SRL)

Sizes: 1/4" to 4"

Wall Thickness: STD, XH

Black / Galvanized Screwed & Coupled (SRL)

Sizes: 1/2" to 2"

Wall Thickness: STD

http://www.garthindustrial.com/pipe.php

[bush_cheney2004]

I'm not so sure --- I hear "millimeter" and I automatically think 'small.'

:lol:

[kimmy]

Use of the imperial measurements is "grandfathered in" to a lot of things. Construction, machine work, land surveys, sports, things like that.

Basically for a few reasons... Sheer amount of work required to convert existing data to metric. Compatibility with long-established standards. Compatibility with American suppliers or customers. Tradition.

I got the impression that the original poster was of the impression that Canada has recently switched to metric; in fact we've been metric for decades. A lot of us on the forum are not old enough to know what it was like before metric.

Some things still tend to be most commonly given in imperial units (people's height and weight, furniture and drapes dimensions...) and other stuff is in metric (gas, groceries, speed, temperatures...) but it's a non-issue. People use both types of measurement with complete fluency. It's not complicated at all. If I'm watching a fight from England and they give the fighters' weights in "stones", I'm ok with that too.

-k

[bush_cheney2004]

Fire hydrant sizes in Canada use inch valve standards:

1634

Nozzles: 2x 2½"

Size: ~4" V.O.

Dated: 1940

Location: Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada.

http://www.firehydrant.org/pictures/mueller-canadavalve.html

[olpfan1]

Fire hydrant sizes in Canada use inch valve standards:

1634

Nozzles: 2x 2½"

Size: ~4" V.O.

Dated: 1940

Location: Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada.

http://www.firehydrant.org/pictures/mueller-canadavalve.html

If I had a dog that would be relevant

[WWWTT]

If I had a dog that would be relevant

I wouldn't keep feeding that guy on this thread.

That guys got some kind of compulsion thing going on or something or he's bored.

WWWTT

[bush_cheney2004]

The standard size for a Canadian flag is 36" high x 72" wide (3' x 6'):

http://www.canadianmoose.com/flags/index.htm

[compal]

The US has gone metric to some degree when it has had to. The US auto industry has been using metric hardware for years. Tires are the most interesting. Wheel diameters and widths are given in inches while tire widths are in millimeters.

Some things will never be metric like units used for navigation. Meters and KPH are only used in the east block and China. The "West" including the rest of Europe and the Asia, use feet and Knots.

Nothing is permanent on this globe and with metric China taking Americas No 1 position sooner, or later, it is pretty sure that Americans have to adapt if they want to survive economically. Americans do have to fly and land in metres in Chinese and Russian airspace. And please what does KPH stand for? Kisses per hour, kilogram per hour, kilometre per hour, Kelvin ph, or kilobyte ph? The proper and universal symbol for km hour is km/h, thank you.

[Evening Star]

I got the impression that the original poster was of the impression that Canada has recently switched to metric; in fact we've been metric for decades. A lot of us on the forum are not old enough to know what it was like before metric.

Yeah, it happened before I was born and I'm not that young.

[bush_cheney2004]

Nothing is permanent on this globe and with metric China taking Americas No 1 position sooner, or later, it is pretty sure that Americans have to adapt if they want to survive economically.

China can't even build it's own commercial airliners yet, metric or not. The Americans dominated the industry so long that aviation certified parts and fasteners stayed inch-pounds long after the jump to metric by the auto industry. Ditto for Airbus....using inch parts. Boeing still hasn't completed the conversion, and nobody really wants to buy aircraft grade fasteners from China (yet)!

Edited February 27, 2012 by bush_cheney2004

[WWWTT]

China can't even build it's own commercial airliners yet, metric or not. The Americans dominated the industry so long that aviation certified parts and fasteners stayed inch-pounds long after the jump to metric by the auto industry. Ditto for Airbus....using inch parts. Boeing still hasn't completed the conversion, and nobody really wants to buy aircraft grade fasteners from China (yet)!

Airbus is the largest manufacturer,are they from America?

Bobardier is the third largest by the way,are they from America too?

WWWTT

Edited February 27, 2012 by WWWTT