Quebec, go figure, mid to late 70s when I learned to drive, and that was in Ontario. I know my parents drove in Quebec when I was a kid, and my dad always cursed the province, but in the backseat I never noticed, or cared. :-)
Yup. I lived in Montreal for 12 years and remember those 70 mph posted speeds.
I stand corrected. First time I actually drove in Quebec would have been around 1987 if memory serves, course nobody here is likely to correct me on that. :-)
Like saying loo when we really mean toilet?
110 kph is normal for twinned highways here in Sask and Alta. I think the Trans-Canada Hwy is 110 for long stretches also, but it's been a while since I've driven it in the prairies.
I *think* I remember 70 mph from my youth in Manitoba, but I could be wrong.
Here the posted limit is 100 kph on major highways, but if you try and drive less than 110 to 115 you get someone running up your ass, conditions apply. :-)
1/3 meter =3D stack overflow.
Because the airplane was an American invention.
Loo? Toilet? Bathroom? or even the OZ Dunny
Nah, it is just a shithouse subject.
A former colleague has a son-in-law who worked as a Mounti in Alberta. Word was they didn't pull anyone over on Hwy 2 between Calgary and Edmonton unless they were doing 140 or better. Too risky otherwise. This was about 10 years back, but I don't imagine it's changed...
Because the airplane was an American invention.
*******************That all depends on whether you are talking self ( air lifted ) powered, man powered, steam engine powered, or internal combustion engine powered Also, depends on the internal combustion engine, whether it was an officially recognised attempt The Wright brothers first flight, was not witnessed
Why? We speak American, a derivative of English.
That's debatable.
Our measurement system is based on metric. Our inch is defined as 25.4mm, the metric measure being the standard.
No, you're not wrong. I remember a trip from Indianapolis to Seattle, via Calgary, that I took with my parents in 1975, less than a year after I started driving. We were limited to 55mph in the U.S., but parts of the Trans-Canada Highway were 70mph. I'm pretty sure that when I drove to Otttawa in 1980, via Niagara Falls and Toronto, that the highway speed limit was 70mph most of the way in Ontario, too, though still limited to 55 here in the States.
So who outside the US made a documented flight before the Wrights?
Comes from the French "gardez le eau!", when chucking the contents of the chamber pot out the window.
Through Toronto, no way, in 1980, 401 had a 60 MPH or 100 KPH limit, I would remember that as I live here and drive the highways now. I do
*not* remember them reducing the limit.
That's only one of many possibilities, see
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It's time for this obligatory story. I moved to the US in 1969. Arriving at JFK Airport, I felt a need. However, I couldn't find a toilet or WC (the European designations I was used to), only restrooms - but I didn't have a need to rest!! Upoon inquiry, my vocabulary was expanded ...
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