Anywhere that doesn't have DST would be an improvement. I lived in Iceland for about a year and it was by far my favourite. They're always GMT.... never bother with DST or anything like that. Constant time that is at the centre of all time zones. Made it really easy to figure out what time it was in other places, just + or - from the current time.

I love metric, 1 metre is approximately 1 of my strides. Makes measuring distance easy.

We put the price in pounds in Canada because it makes things seem cheaper. 99 cents/lb for apples seems a lot better than $2.18/kg... however, the price is usually (and it may be required by law) displayed in $$/kg on the sign as well, usually in smaller print. Furthermore, the price that comes up on the till will be in $$/kg and the price listed on the receipt as well in $$/kg. It's really just a marketing ploy displaying the price on the sign in lbs... I doubt it'd make any difference to anyone if all the signs were changed to display the price only in $$/kg, at least once everyone got over the initial sticker shock.

The sad part, is that surface sonar systems are not even manned half the time, and when they are, modern submairnes int he deep sound channel just run rings around them.

Actually, even in the UK programme would be the wrong spelling when you're refering to a computer program. Programme is used for all the other varients of programme. In the UK it's a Computer Program and a Programme of Musical Study.

Sort of like cheque and check. At least, that's my understanding of the situation.