Maths & Metrication
Blackberry Harvest Begins Tue Jul 27th Wed Jul 28th View from one of the Gibsons shopping malls reminds me of Northern Exposure! Canada has gone metric, sort of. Many will remember market traders and greengrocers in the UK holding out against metrication and still selling fruit and veg in imperial measurements. That was until a few fines were handed down and other than a few die-hards, decimalisation won and most are now metric. It is slightly more confusing in Canada. Distances on roads, speeds and fuel is metric. Length and size in builders merchants is imperial for plumbing, timber, fixings and tools (spanners etc), but not loose nails which are sold in kg. The imperial measures are the US influence. You can by a litre of milk, a pound of butter (Canadian) or 2kg of sugar or 2lbs of BC apricots. Having been schooled in imperial, then switching to metric, my wood purchases will be in imperial measures. The maths challenge h...