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Canada and metric

Jan 5th, 2026
by Craig.
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I see that now, in 2026, about half a century after Canada officially (but halfheartedly) went metric, the CEOs of big companies are whining about how America is being mean to them, and they now (did I mention that it’s 2026?!) want “free cash from the Canadian government” to do something they were supposed to do half a century ago because their biggest customer is (and was) the troglodytes in the US! If that isn’t a textbook case of corporate welfare, I don’t know what is.

And it’s not just lumber companies; I just had an experience trying to order a piece of glass with measurements in millimetres, and the guy taking my order had to stop me to get out his calculator to convert my millimetres to inches! And he didn’t sound like he was over about 23! (And then they cut the wrong size anyway!)

(If you want to know how serious screwing up a metric/imperial conversion can get, read about the “Gimli Glider“!)

Next time somebody complains about tax rates in Canada, someone should point out to the complainer that they’re high because of corporate welfare cheats.

Warning! Broco Glass in Richmond and Coit Cleaners

Dec 23rd, 2025
by Craig.
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Despite the big “residential” section on their website at https://www.brocoglass.ca/store/5-richmond/ advertising, “Our wide selection of products and services range from custom glass tabletops to sliding doors”, the heavily accented person I spoke to at Broco Glass informs me that they do not cut glass! So no “custom” anything. To me that’s a basic function of a glass business!

Broco Glass website.

Broco Glass website.

My second choice was Island Glass, where the guy had to convert from millimetres to inches! A quarter of the way through the 21st century! But he quoted me and I’ll be collecting my cut glass on Monday. (It’s now Monday night and I picked up my glass today, but they had trouble converting from millimetres to inches, so it’s the wrong size.)

That comes after Coit Cleaners stood us up on Thursday. They gave us a four-hour window in which they told us they’d be here, but texted us at the four-hour mark to cancel.

It seems that these days you can’t count on anyone to do what they say they do, such as cut glass or show up when they say they will. Of course, Coit won’t make up for the hours we spent sitting around doing nothing (and will again tomorrow [Friday]), waiting for them. Nope, they’ll just expect us to show up again tomorrow and they’ll charge us full price. Despite being a repeat customer, that will be the last time they’ll get a penny out of us!