Re: French

John West Wrote:
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> The other issue that we
> found interesting was the capacity of the fuel
> tanks. They were labeled something like 3000 gal,
> but we yanks said to ourselves they sure look like
> 4000 gal tanks. They were in Imperial gallons.
>
> JBWX

In round numbers, our old Imperial Gallon was about 1.2 US Gallons so yeh, a little bigger. And it must have been quite a while since you visited because we've officially been metric since 1975. Not everything could be changed over immediately of course, but today fuel and other liquid measures are in litres (about a quart).

Distances are in kilometres, which is about 2/3 of a mile. And a metre is about a yard. My kids and grandkids have no concept of what a foot or inch is. But interestingly, railway mileposts are still in miles - go figure.

Cheers,
Ralph

“My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I’ll not be knowing;
Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take, No matter where it’s going.”
- - - - - - - “Travel”, by Edna St. Vincent Millay