"Fun fact," says the guy at the liquor store. "When the government tried to go metric in the 1970s, only the alcohol industry went along."
@1bobcohn Bob -- Canada went metric then -- it wasn't too hard and we are glad we did it!
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@cafreeland@1bobcohn In 70s we 'Mericans did start deregulating tho, trucking, air travel, then finance, fracking, telecom, we're not gladThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cafreeland I resisted at the time: Chicago is neatly laid out eight blocks to the mile, a fact that helped me navigate the city as a boy. -
@1bobcohn@cafreeland ha! You really think it's 8 blocks to the mile? Actually it's 5 blocks to the kilometer. 200m per block.
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