tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post8319450856810534254..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: TGFSIL!!*loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-37680440689348301172018-07-01T23:17:04.019-04:002018-07-01T23:17:04.019-04:00The researcher in you is showing! lol Thanks. I re...The researcher in you is showing! lol Thanks. I remember changing here too, so I was in high school I think. You've given me an idea for my MM post on A Separate Life! Thanks a second time! Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-35215892727445748622018-06-30T11:27:38.508-04:002018-06-30T11:27:38.508-04:00A couple of relevant articles, fyi: ;)
(I forgo...A couple of relevant articles, fyi: ;) <br /><br />(I forgot that the system was implemented gradually... so I was a teenager/young adult when changes were still being implemented... and yes, there was a lot of resistance!) <br /><br />https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metric-conversion/<br /><br />https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/03/29/forty-years-ago-celsius-came-to-canada-its-reception-brrrrrrrrr.html<br /><br />https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/im-immeasurably-challenged-by-imperial-and-metric/article572827/<br /><br />https://wernerantweiler.ca/blog.php?item=2015-01-01<br /><br />http://metricviews.org.uk/2017/05/the-american-influence-on-canadas-metrication/<br /><br /><br />loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-48707667275124442262018-06-30T10:09:31.107-04:002018-06-30T10:09:31.107-04:00Not that shocking... I was 12 years old when the m...Not that shocking... I was 12 years old when the metric system was adopted here. I still find myself converting Celsius to Fahrenheit & miles to kilometres in my head from time to time, and I know I am not alone! Anyone much younger than me grew up immersed in metric, but anyone older like me thinks & uses both systems. Both systems still get used to some extent (even younger people will tell you their height in feet & inches and their weight in pounds, and we cook using Fahrenheit temps in the oven & teaspoons & cups, etc., in baking), although metric is the officially sanctioned system. Most thermostats have both C & F settings -- for whatever reason, we've always had our thermostat set at F even if we think of the temps outside in terms of C. Don't forget we live next door to the U.S. and regularly hear Fahrenheit used on their TV newscasts, etc.! <br /><br />I hate sleeping in hot weather too. :p Although it wasn't too terribly bad at 77-78F, and the furnace fan was running. loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-14840924027137756042018-06-30T02:47:38.058-04:002018-06-30T02:47:38.058-04:00That sucks! The worst thing about heat is having t...That sucks! The worst thing about heat is having to sleep in it. I can't adjust. I'm also shocked you're using Fahrenheit. I can tolerate that (just) on US blogs, because they don't know any better. But Canadian? lol<br /><br />And yay, SIL. She deserves that big hug.Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.com