On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:33 -0500 (EST), Justan Ohlphart
wrote:

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On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:43 -0500 (EST), Justan wrote:True North Wrote in message: Just got in from walking the dog. Temp is minus 14 C with a strong northerly wind.Hard to walk into it..especially into the strong gusts. Weatherman says we should get relief around the end of March.Oldest son is flying to Europe from Toronto tomorrow with an hour and a half stop in Iceland.Toronto is expecting 15 cm of snow tomorrow and Iceland is expecting strong winds. Hope he's able to get there without major delays.Your numbers don't computr in America===I appreciate that you're just busting chops but in case not, this willhelp:https://www.google.com/search?source...K0_rAb0---This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com

If he wants to talk to Americans, let him do the translatin.

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"Except for the few Americans who wanted to continue living in the dark
ages, we'd be totally on the metric system now like the rest of the
civilized world. It will happen eventually anyway but it's taking a
lot longer than it should have. Some of the arguments presented
against converting were right out of the lunatic fringe."


Bingo!
Your lagging makes it a bit tougher on us also.
When we changed the idea was so we could trade easier with the rest of the world. Trouble is, the US has remained our biggest partner by far.
Of course that could change if Trump continues his disastrous ways.