METRIC DAY- A Personal Story

Then there was the day in 1934, when Wassily Kastrupsky won the Nobel Prize for proving (within experimental error) that 1 CH_Blitish = 1.0000000000 CH_SI.

That was the beginning of SQC, but nobody remembers that, either.

There was one on southbound I-75 indicating that Dayton was 100 miles or 161 kilometers. That was a handy sign since it helped me remember the miles to kilometers conversion ratio.

A quick Google search found a couple of postings that state that the sign is now gone.

I live in Ohio, and while I remember the metric signage, have to say I haven't seen any recently.

The mnemonic for the conversion factor was a "happy accident" for you, I must admit.

Milo

The NYS Thruway apparently experimented with all-metric in the 70s as well:

I'm a fan of bike racing, despite all the doping. (I guess I need to clarify that bike is biCYCLE racing, since apparently some people feel a need to put motors on their bikes.)

As a result, I'm pretty good at converting km-mi and back, for an American. My guess is that fans of Formula 1 and motorcycle racing also get pretty good at metric distances. Any other sports?