Who moved the boat at Big bay point?

[jiveturkey]

So am I, and my first deco stops are deeper than that

Maybe he meant meters.

 

[Graeme Tolton]

Maybe he meant meters.

Americans don't know what meters are!

 

[The Chairman]

Americans don't know what meters are!

Sure we do... they are for measuring volts, amps and ohms.

Give a Canadian an inch and they'll take a kilometer! Eh!?!

 

[Steve SDI/TDI HQ]

Americans don't know what meters are!

Which begs the question, why are you using the American spelling... a meter is a measuring device, while a metre is a measurement of distance.



I work in the US for a US-based company and we have a real cocktail of nationalities here at TDI. Mostly Yanks but Brits, Canadians, South Americans, and others. We speak both metric (SI units actually) and imperial. Our textbooks are metric first imperial second. The US uses nominally imperial units but SI units are the norm which more and more government, quasi-government and technically-oriented organizations (I mean scientific/engineering). In the mil-spec stuff that occasionally lands on my desk (usually Navy but Air Force too), SI units are always used...

What I don't understand are the blank stares I get when I go to a Canadian dive shop and ask for my cylinders to be filled to X number of bar.

 

[divingbuddy]

What I don't understand are the blank stares I get when I go to a Canadian dive shop and ask for my cylinders to be filled to X number of bar.

But Steve, don't you know that as Canadians we can 'only' use imperial when diving. We drive to the dive site at umpteen km/h, and discuss weather in Celsius, but as soon as we drop below the water surface it is all suddenly Fahrenheit and feet of depth.

Tell your average Canadian diver that the water temps are 11 degrees Celsuis and just watch the math-brain at work. Go figure!:consolation:

 

[Steve SDI/TDI HQ]

But Steve, don't you know that as Canadians we can 'only' use imperial when diving. We drive to the dive site at umpteen km/h, and discuss weather in Celsius, but as soon as we drop below the water surface it is all suddenly Fahrenheit and feet of depth.

Tell your average Canadian diver that the water temps are 11 degrees Celsuis and just watch the math-brain at work. Go figure!:consolation:

Well they do say you can tell a Canadian diver because s/he gives you the air temperature in Celsius but the water temps in Fahrenheit!

Wait until I get you on a rebreather mate... you'll have to go full metric then!

 

[lowridersvt]

Are the divers not being an asset to the economy? Restaurants, etc?

Hey send all your dive shops to the welland scuba park .I know its a little longer drive from toronto but we have lots of parking .

 

[The Chairman]

Hey send all your dive shops to the welland scuba park .I know its a little longer drive from toronto but we have lots of parking .

Is there a web site for this place? When I Google it, I mostly find ScubaBoard references.

 

[lowridersvt]

Well the only real info is another message board no real site up at the moment .I dont know if they are working on another site or not

www.Scubaontario.ca

 

[jiveturkey]

Which begs the question, why are you using the American spelling... a meter is a measuring device, while a metre is a measurement of distance.

I started that and it was intentional. More practical for translation.