Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.
Where I live its generally imperial for estimating something at a glance, and metric for actually measuring something.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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Yup pretty accurate (quebec)
I use metric for everything but I use lbs for weight.
Many things make sense now
Okay, yeah that all seems correct to me lol. It sure does make us sound crazy though!
I'm pretty happy to have non-zero competency in all the systems lol. I'm a regular hobby crafter, and honestly some projects just work better in metric, some are better in imperial.
Ontario checking in, 100% accurate. Actually I would add home temperature (like the thermostat) under F, but body temperature (like checking if you have a fever) under C. Also we're so used Americans using miles for distance/speed we'll sometimes use it in idioms ("They ran out of here at 100 miles per hour!β). I never realized this change between measuring systems wasn't the norm until I started chatting with Europeans.
I am in Ontario and all me thermostats have been metric. Thankfully too as it's always confusing when it's in imperial.
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This is highly inaccurate. Human height is done in cm.
Itβs only true if you are over 55-60.
Iβm 50, and almost never use Imperial. Especially temperature - like, who TF uses Fahrenheit? It makes absolutely no sense in almost every context.
I'm 53, and I think we started being taught metric in grades 3 and 4. For me, the chart is very accurate.
Whatβs the dial on your stove say? Because I have never used let alone seen a stove in Canada that had C on it. Been that way since I can recall.
I think most food packages also list temps in F (or add C as well but never omit F).
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My head hurts.
Australia we still use some legacy units such as psi instead of kPa or Bar in common parlance. This stems from our parents using this. Kids nowadays will probably adopt kPa, as it's in all the door jams of cars.
Naw, metric for everything except cooking temp and body weight.
I don't know anyone that discusses pool temps in anything but imperial
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the fun thing is that this graph is more-or-less accurate (I don't have a pool so I can't judge that one) for me despite being an American with no connection to Canada.
I came in here hoping to understand how to measure a Canadian. Height or circumference at leastβ¦