I’m in Canada and the barber always asks in inches.
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henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
Interesting. Is this often what is used in other countries perhaps? I’m an American and I’ve always been asked in terms of inches. I’d guess centimeter would be used most other places.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
can@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Canada all over the place when it comes to units of measure.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
True as hell.
Small distances? Inches and feet.
Large distances? Kilometers.
Outdoor temperature? Celsius.
Oven temperature? Fahrenheit
I feel like liquid volume is the only one we’ve truly went all in in metric (oz and gallon aren’t really used day to day)
can@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Still can’t be sure when buying set ofnmesaurijf spoons though. Is it a metric cup?
smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
In NZ, they asked what number, and it’s a single digit number number 3 or number 5. 3 is cut shorter than 5, but I don’t know what the unit of measurement is
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 weeks ago
I assume they’re asking what length of blade guard to use, as those do come in MM measurements.
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
always IME. What else could it be?
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 weeks ago
I just got a haircut, here in the US they commonly use some unclear numbering system. They said to me “Do you like it at a 4? We could start there and go to a 3”
I looked it up and apparently they’re 1/8ths of an inch so there’s at least some sense to it.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Could be fractional inches, but I’ve never seen it; arbitrary numbering is pretty common on cheap razors though
cheddar@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
I can confirm that’s the case where I live.