▲ 659 ▼ How to measure things like a Canadian? (lemmy.zip) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/canada@lemmy.ca 170 comments fedilink hide all child comments Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.
[+] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 36 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 14 points 3 years ago (2 children) Can you even buy appliances like ovens that display °C instead of °F in Canada? Recipes are still all pretty locked into sharing imperial units with the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Numpty@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) I tried 3 years ago. Wasn't possible. It's F only. Edit. I was wrong. Turns out I CAN switch my oven to C. I didn't poke the settings enough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] saigot@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 years ago I've never used an oven that didn't have a setting to switch between them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Random_user@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago I'm in the US. I work in metric if I'm at home and doing my own project but I need to speak imperial if I go to the hardware store, lumber yard, or talk to literally any other person around me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 14 points 3 years ago (2 children) Can you even buy appliances like ovens that display °C instead of °F in Canada? Recipes are still all pretty locked into sharing imperial units with the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Numpty@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) I tried 3 years ago. Wasn't possible. It's F only. Edit. I was wrong. Turns out I CAN switch my oven to C. I didn't poke the settings enough. permalink fedilink source parent [–] saigot@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 years ago I've never used an oven that didn't have a setting to switch between them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Numpty@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) I tried 3 years ago. Wasn't possible. It's F only. Edit. I was wrong. Turns out I CAN switch my oven to C. I didn't poke the settings enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 years ago I've never used an oven that didn't have a setting to switch between them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Random_user@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago I'm in the US. I work in metric if I'm at home and doing my own project but I need to speak imperial if I go to the hardware store, lumber yard, or talk to literally any other person around me. permalink fedilink source parent