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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I always find that people of a certain age in the UK use centigrade for cold temperatures - brrr, it's only 1 degree - and fahrenheit for warm temperatures - phew, it must have been in the 80s today. Quite bizarre.
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That's because once you hit -40 degrees, it doesn't matter which scale you use!
Same in Canada. Anything offical is in metric, but most people of a "certain age" or lower will mix, often in the same conversation. Most people above a "certain age" will stick to imperial or yell "Get that metric system off my lawn!"