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How to measure things like a Canadian? (lemmy.zip)
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Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Don't forget we also measure distance by travel time. I have to Google the KM distance from Ottawa to Toronto but I know it's around 4 hours and 20 minutes traffic allowing.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yep, driving somewhere is almost always expressed as a unit of time. Only time I check distances is planning a trip with the trailer to get an idea of when to stop for gas, especially going up north.

Not to mention if we say miles, we almost always mean kilometres.

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