Canada went through the convertion to metric, sometimes in the 1980s...
Back then, I often landed in Gander for refueling. They asked "how many liters"...
My flight engineers had to suffer converting POUNDS to VOLUME.
Many were confused by the difference of IMPERIAL gallons to US gallons.
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So after 27.5 minutes of advanced mathematics, we got a number.
My flight engineer said "we will take xxx
Imperial Liters"...
I do not think our Canadian friends appreciated his American humor...
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Happy contrails
P.S. -
Have you ever been stuck in YQX...? You would love it.
Town is crowded, some 100 people or barely more. They all know each other.
One or two motels. Bars...? - Molson or Labatt, nothing else...
Congenial ladies looking for husband to marry and take them OFF the island.
Worst was, their local time (Z minus 3.5) did not exist on my Seiko Worldtimer.
And if you dont like it, I invite you to Iqaluit (Frobisher, Baffin Island).