I remember the confusion when Canada switched to the metric system. My grandpa always said senseless instead of celcius.. Its 32 degrees sensless, then we try to figure how much that was in english, we just knew it was hot. Roadsign would say 171 kilometers to the next town, we'd look at each other wondering how far that was. Then he got the little round kilometer stickers to put over mph numbers on the speedomotor glass so he could tell approximately how fast he was going. lol
He blamed it on the Frogs.(french) "Pretty soon they will be making us speak french" he would say.
I was teenager working in a grocery store at the time. Everything on the shelves got smaller and cost more. Lot of disgruntled people.
Last edited by bushrat; 10/19/23.
