Forty years ago, Celsius came to Canada. Its reception? Brrrrrrrrr

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I think it was a mistake to change. I am a product of both and am fluent in both but the reasons for change are silly. If I had to pick one from the start, I would do metric. But once you choose, you should be done.

The thing to remember is that even without changing, our volumes were not the same as the Americans. Our gallon was bigger (4.6 litres vs Amercian gallon being 3.8 litres).

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I think it's a Francophone conspiracy.

 

[B00Mer]

Nobody?

I'm 200LBS, have no clue what I am in KG. Don't care.

I hear 19C, 25C there is no reference point for me..

35F frigging Cold

50F it's cool need a jacket

65F Nice out need a sweater

75F almost perfect

85F perfect, short sleeves

100F off come the shirt

120F there is only so much you can take off before you offend the neighbor.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I'm 200LBS, have no clue what I am in KG. Don't care.

I hear 19C, 25C there is no reference point for me..

35F frigging Cold

50F it's cool need a jacket

65F Nice out need a sweater

75F almost perfect

85F perfect, short sleeves

100F off come the shirt

120F there is only so much you can take off before you offend the neighbor.

I know how many litres my car takes on a fill. Have to convert for gallons.

I am 5' 11". I drive @ 120 kph

I use F & C interchangedly but only because sometimes the audience is American and can't understand C.

For weight I am almost exclusivly imperial except I know how to convert to and from kgs.

 

[#juan]

Back when I was a kid we had a we had an old thermometer that gave both scales so I'm used to either. The C scale is handy in that water freezes at zero and boils at a hundred...... otherwise it doesn't matter.

 

[B00Mer]

I know how many litres my car takes on a fill. Have to convert for gallons.

I am 5' 11". I drive @ 120 kph

I use F & C interchangedly but only because sometimes the audience is American and can't understand C.

For weight I am almost exclusivly imperial except I know how to convert to and from kgs.

I lived in the USA 17 years, I gave up on Celsius. Other than driving, 110 kph on HWY 2, or just run 75 MPH (120kph like everyone else)

 

[Johnnny]

metric is awesome. it actually makes sense and when im calculating densities using specific gravity i don't have to multiply anything by 6.24

i totally messed this up 62.4 lbs/cubic foot

wow ADHD, no wonder i check my math tests like 5 times before i submit the damn things

 

[eh1eh]

Mass, volume, length, width and even time. They are all the same regardless of the lines on your piece of wood or the gears in your spring loaded mechanism.

Measurement is subjective.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I was here, then. I grew up with Fahrenheit but I think in Metric temperatures, now. For the most part, I use Metric. The exception is that building materials, screw sizes, "blueprints" often are still in feet, inches.

I often see architectural plans for new construction and it is interesting that virtually all of them coming from "conservative" Western Canada are in Metric but here in the mysterious East, they are mote likely to use ancient Roman measures.

Go figger.

 

[WLDB]

Ha! Thats not even the freezing point. If its above freezing, its warm.

 

[wulfie68]

OK, I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I never learned anything other than metric in school, but as others have stated I measure my body in ft/inches/lbs and distance in km.

As far as temperature, anyone claiming Fahrenheit as superior to Celsius is on crack.

Water freezes at 0 not 32
Water boils at 100 not 212

For simplicity of use, it doesn't get any easier.

The reason "older" people complain is that "its not what they grew up with". Its our level of indoctrination.

That does not inherently make things better.

Blacksheep is going on about regular people using things, etc... in my house, I have a cupboard full of cups and none of them are the same damned size, and the same goes for "tablespoons". When I buy a piece of lumber, I dont care if its in inches or cm, as long as the damned thing fits like it is supposed to: the units on the tape measure or ruler are irrelevant. And sorry, I am all for making things less complicated for people like engineering professionals who are building our society rather than more mundane pursuits...

 

[taxslave]

Ha! Thats not even the freezing point. If its above freezing, its warm.

Still way too cold. Especially when it is wet.

Europe is supposed to be metric but we have all these new machines that give pressure in Bars and torque in newtonmeters. All my dual gauges are PSI and Kg/cm and torque wrenches are LBS/F and Kg/M. Go figure.

 

[Blackleaf]

Blacksheep is going on about regular people using things, etc... in my house, I have a cupboard full of cups and none of them are the same damned size, and the same goes for "tablespoons".

Typical metric user. Everything has to be measured incredibly precisely, right down to the micron. "Which cup do I use? Do I use this one, or do I use that one which is a bit larger?" Jesus.

I'll tell you one thing, metric users would never have been able to survive in prehistoric times, when ingredients were measured out in cupfuls and spoonfuls. They'd never hack it, not being able to get all the measurements in their recipes right down to the nanogram.

I'll go on measuring things in good old cupfuls and teaspoons and tablespoons like it says in the recipes in my students' cookbook and like people have been doing since the dawn of time without any great upheaval.

As for measuring weather temperature it Celsius - it's just too daft and silly to put into words. Farenheit seems more normal to me. When it's a scorching hot day in Britain, we say it's 90F. A nice high number for a nice high temperature. Whereas in those countries which measure temperature in Celsius, they would say "It's a scorching hot 32C today". Whereas, to us in Britain, used to saying temperature in Farenheit, 32 degrees is a fairly cold day, not a hot one.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

It's not surprising that a German would want to use a measurement invented by a German.

 

[Blackleaf]

It's not surprising that a German would want to use a measurement invented by a German.

I'm not German. I'm British (thank God. Germany is a dreary, dismal place).

 

[wulfie68]

Typical metric user. Everything has to be measured incredibly precisely, right down to the micron. "Which cup do I use? Do I use this one, or do I use that one which is a bit larger?" Jesus.

We're talking about a STANDARD (or set there of) for measurement. Of course it needs to be precise. Thats the purpose of the system. If you want approximations, you can just fall back to "how hot is it? warm, very warm, hot, really hot, melting my skin off my face".

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I'm not German. I'm British (thank God. Germany is a dreary, dismal place).

Yes, you're a descendant of the (German) Angles, the (German) Saxons, and the (German) Normans. You speak English, a Germanic language that used to be called Low German or Low Dutch (who are also German), and your monarchy is pretty much pure German, though derived from several different German sub-groups.

Schwartzblatt, you couldn't be more German if you were dressed in Lederhosen and munching on a Rostbratwurst mit mittelscharfer Zenf.

 

[Blackleaf]

Yes, you're a descendant of the (German) Angles, the (German) Saxons, and the (German) Normans. You speak English, a Germanic language that used to be called Low German or Low Dutch (who are also German), and your monarchy is pretty much pure German, though derived from several different German sub-groups.

Schwartzblatt, you couldn't be more German if you were dressed in Lederhosen and munching on a Rostbratwurst mit mittelscharfer Zenf.

The Dutch, Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, Frisians (who speak the most closely-related language to English) and Icelanders all speak Germanic languages but they're not German.

I was born and brought up in Britain and the longest period I've ever spent in Germany was around half an hour at Munich Airport in 2004.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

The Dutch, Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, Frisians (who speak the most closely-related language to English) and Icelanders all speak Germanic languages but they're not German.

I was born and brought up in Britain and the longest period I've ever spent in Germany was around half an hour at Munich Airport in 2004.

Well, it's good you got to go home for a little bit. Munich is in Bavaria. It's bordered on the north by Saxony.

Which is where the Saxons are from. See? Saxony - Saxons. I figured I'd have to make the connection for you.

 

[Zipperfish]

OK, I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I never learned anything other than metric in school, but as others have stated I measure my body in ft/inches/lbs and distance in km.

As far as temperature, anyone claiming Fahrenheit as superior to Celsius is on crack.

Water freezes at 0 not 32
Water boils at 100 not 212

For simplicity of use, it doesn't get any easier.

The reason "older" people complain is that "its not what they grew up with". Its our level of indoctrination.

That does not inherently make things better.

Blacksheep is going on about regular people using things, etc... in my house, I have a cupboard full of cups and none of them are the same damned size, and the same goes for "tablespoons". When I buy a piece of lumber, I dont care if its in inches or cm, as long as the damned thing fits like it is supposed to: the units on the tape measure or ruler are irrelevant. And sorry, I am all for making things less complicated for people like engineering professionals who are building our society rather than more mundane pursuits...

Farenheit kind of made sense because most people live in a climate between 0 and 100 F.