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I'm a Canadian who started school when the change happened. Grade two, 1977: new rulers!
I think it's fair to say that we all ended up hybridized. Some things I measure intuitively in metric, others in imperial.
People's height? feet and inches.
Grocery weights? pounds. If it's in Kilograms, I quickly convert it.
Grocery volumes (Milk, dairy products, shampoo, basically anything purchased in a container)? litres.
Gasoline? Gallons or litres. Either is fine. But fuel economy is mpg.
Temperature? Celsius outdoors, Fahrenheit indoors. We had an old thermostat when I was growing up.
Carpentry measurements? Inches.
Wrenches? whatever fits!
Distances? It took a long time, probably fifteen years, but at some point, I stopped converting kilometres to miles. Now I just think in kilometres.
Distances? These are measured in time
Fair. Regular hours, not French revolution decidays.
That being said, today is the 10th day of Thermidor.
Hello fellow midwesterner?