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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Metric system
From: "Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:07:32 -0400
References: <004F4261-DE41-11D7-B8B0-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

I'd say something about that's really mean to Canadians, but I'm too polite
to tell you. Peacekeeping and all that ;-)
(tongue in cheek, really. And if I offended you, I'm sorry ;-) )

But I see you have a .ca extension, so, it's ok, eh?

From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca>

> Yep, it is no longer noon but, the metric equivalent, toon. An example
> of its use in conversation -- say by Irene to Ted -- would be:
>
> Hey Dude, it's toontime come and have some bannock and cute little seal
> nuggets.
>
> To which Ted would reply:
>
> Oh Totally eh.
>
> John Collier
>
> On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Jim McIntyre wrote:
>
> > Canadians, of course, have had the metric system for years. Driving at
> > 100
> > won't get you a speeding ticket, and 32 degrees is not cold, but hot.
> > The
> > hardest thing was the metric time. Having lunch at 10 instead of 12
> > took
> > some getting used to.
>
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