calzephyr: Scott Pilgrim generator (tee hee)
calzephyr ([personal profile] calzephyr) wrote2009-01-10 09:12 pm
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[identity profile] fozziewriter.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
What is this Metric? (Tongue in Cheek). I remember a very concerted push to convert over to Metric in the U.S. It failed miserably.....

[identity profile] calzephyr77.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I don't understand the holdout...when Canada converted, and for years after, we would get little pamphlets in the mail, or goodies like metric measuring cups and spoons. Maybe free stuff was the key to success :-)

[identity profile] fozziewriter.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes definitely, free stuff is always the key to success. Our push was just through school with some media. It just died down and went away. Obviously though, all of our medical communication is Metric.

[identity profile] calzephyr77.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I noticed that when I was looking at nutritional values in recipes! I can't imagine using imperial for minute quantities. Even "1/8 of a teaspoon" is crazy.

[identity profile] fozziewriter.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I never thought about it but I'll bet we have more variability in recipes than you do due to this....