Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTruly inspirationallemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down118
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minus-squaregerryflap@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down2·11 months ago21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·11 months agoI’m impressed that it only took a quarter of a dozen fortnights.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWow I could travel so many furloughs in that time period.
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoStone only makes sense for people used to pounds, shillings and pence. For instance, “This costs 3 pound, 4 shilling and 8”, and, “I weight 12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”.
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months ago“12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”, instead of saying “133.4 kilogram”. Lol. :) But the “being used to it” is always hard to overcome.
minus-squareThranduil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoActually stone is used by the brits instead of americans
21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric
I’m impressed that it only took a quarter of a dozen fortnights.
Wow I could travel so many furloughs in that time period.
Stone only makes sense for people used to pounds, shillings and pence. For instance, “This costs 3 pound, 4 shilling and 8”, and, “I weight 12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”.
“12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”, instead of saying “133.4 kilogram”. Lol. :)
But the “being used to it” is always hard to overcome.
Actually stone is used by the brits instead of americans