 Driving rules of the road in Canada vs. US
On Jun 16, 6:09 pm, MI <quilchenap...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> On 6/16/08 5:59 AM, in article 485663a2$0$5144$4c368...@roadrunner.com,
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> "sechumlib" <sechum...@liberal.net> wrote:
> > On 2008-06-15 19:54:39 -0400, "garciyala...@m"
> > <garciyala...@m> said:
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> >> a good rule with the metric system is to double it, and add 32....
>
> > Oh, right. And that works with feet, pounds, gallons, degrees...the
> > whole schmear? Eh?
>
> Nope. Only partially works with temperature. Celsius to Fahrenheit. Someone
> posted the the main ones for speed limit. You'll be collecting lots of
> tickets and points if you try the above for speed. E.g. 30mph---Above
> method. 30 x 2 = 60 +32 = 92. 30mph = 50kmh in reality.
>
> --
> Martha Canada
lol...the important part of my post was cut....It is a joke, bob and
doug mckenzie, discussing metric beers...
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