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Comment on everything actually important is already metric

When I was young I lived in Puerto Rico for a few years (1980’s). Milk was sold in either one litre cartons or one gallon jugs. Distances in road signs and road markers were in kilometers but speed was in miles per hour. Fuel was sold in litres but fuel usage is in miles per gallon.

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Enk1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I believe Canada and the UK do similarly.

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- Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Milk yes, car distance no, fuel usage no
  
  Km and L/km are used in Canada.
  
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  - Omgpwnies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Gallon jugs aren’t as common as 4L bagged milk here though
    
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    Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Depends on the province, bags are common in Quebec, Ontario, the Maritimes but not in the provinces west of Ontario and in NFL
    
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  - Enk1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Do you say kilometers per litre or miles per gallon?
    
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    Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No, liters per 100 km, just as I wrote
    
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BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Seems like a good way to become proficient in both so that you’re more adaptable.

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- JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Nah. People just talked distances in fuel tank fractions or fuel dollars. For example, “how far is the mall?”, ‘about a quarter tank’. Or “how far is San Juan?”, ‘$5 will get you there’.
  
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Jyek@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The US sells beverages in 2 liter bottles and milk in gallon jugs. Also any food packaging shows the weight of contents in both standard and metric.

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