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    were not the only ones with some odd stuff.....

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    Why would a country so bent on the metric system use stone as a unit of weight...

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    Quote Originally Posted by IntheGroove View Post
    Why would a country so bent on the metric system use stone as a unit of weight...
    To whom do you refer? I'm in Australia and I assure you that weight here is measured in Kg's

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    Quote Originally Posted by old kodger View Post
    Like I said " if this question is what it purports to be"
    At the risk of upsetting a very large proportion of the respondents of this forum, Americans have odd ball versions of a lot of things "aluminum, soddering, US gallons" to name just a few.
    WELL, I for one, am so offended that I offer the following as evidence.
    (Not sure as evidence for what, but it is evidence for something!!!! )

    https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/ar...al-gallons.php.

    The History of this is here. https://marketbusinessnews.com/finan...eters%2C%20etc.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...term=Soddering

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...?term=Aluminum

    And just FYI, I am not really offended, you gotta laugh. It is fascinating how things morph as time and distance separate us. Now that most in the world are able to come back together and communicate freely via the internet, we can so easily see how the differences have evolved.

    Now if we could just come together and solve the REAL problems of the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by old kodger View Post
    To whom do you refer? I'm in Australia and I assure you that weight here is measured in Kg's
    To pick nits, kg is mass, NOT weight. Pounds is force that's taken to be mass in the west.

    ie: 1 kg of water is still 1kg in space or on the moon, but 1 pound of water changes even by your location on Earth.

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    Now if we could just come together and solve the REAL problems of the world.
    Yes, we need more chocolate!

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    From Britannia:
    "Stone, British unit of weight for dry products generally equivalent to 14 pounds avoirdupois (6.35 kg), though it varied from 4 to 32 pounds (1.814 to 14.515 kg) for various items over time. Originally any good-sized rock chosen as a local standard, the stone came to be widely used as a unit of weight in trade, its value fluctuating with the commodity and region. In the 14th century England’s exportation of raw wool to Florence necessitated a fixed standard. In 1389 a royal statute fixed the stone of wool at 14 pounds and the sack of wool at 26 stones. Trade stones of variant weights persist, such as the glass stone of 5 pounds. The stone is still commonly used in Britain to designate the weights of people and large animals."

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    I have many stones in my yard,I doubt any weigh 14 pounds or 6.35 kg's. what Im wondering is how many pounds does a stone cost over there?? and how hard can you pound on it?can you pound on it while your stoned? or do you stone it before you pound it? how many pebbles are in a stone?? how much did pebbles flint stone cost?and what about that blarney stone?? where / when does it come into the equation?? all this thinking is making my head pound
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    As I said in a previous post, "by any comparator, I'm getting shorter" an addendum to that is by any comparator I'm also getting heavier. the end product is likely to be a lemon on legs. How do we calculate the mass of a lemon on legs?

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    I always say, when life gives you lemons, put them in a pillowcase and beat the ever-loving **** out of whoever's responsible.

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