How to measure things like a Canadian?

Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.

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This chart has been around for a long time and is getting out of date. It should now be called: How Older Canadians Measure Things. Younger Canadians are getting a lot more metric.
For example none of the younger people at my office know their weight in imperial. The most they knew were some baby weights they had to convert to imperial for their parents.
- The one that stands out for me, I've never used imperial to measure distance for work. All our "mileage" is done in km's.
  
  As was stated by someone else, this should be "construction" specifically. All our lumber is shared with the US, so it's measured in inches/feet. I think most buildings have wall stud spacing measured in inches here to match lumber sizes like 2x4"
  
  By work they mean things like small measurements related to tooling eg what size is the socket
  
  I got very confused the other day when I discovered some of my furniture needed imperial allen wrenches. I didn't realize that was a thing.
  
  I have metric and fractional wrenches, hex wrenches, etc. I'd love it if the US would stop holding out and join the 21st, or 20th, or 19th century and finish converting to metric. Yes it would suck a little bit, but since I have to convert every second thing one way or the other anyways, it would at least be a light at the end of the tunnel.
- Really? I find that surprising. I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk about their weight in kilos, aside from in medical contexts. I'm 37, but I work with teenagers; weight doesn't come up often, but I'll pay closer attention.

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