Discussion»Questions»Diet and Fitness» Who says their wife (EX) weighs any amount in STONE? Like 13 stone? How much is ONE stone anyway? I thought all stones weighed differently
nd I still see people using it as a unit of weight, at least when talking about peoples weight. It is kind of perfect for that because the stone is an integrer umit (it does not support decimal points and a more precise measurment) allow people to gain and loose several pounds daily as the eat, drink, and go to the loo For trading of course, the Stone i pretty useless. There you need more precise measurents.
I weigh between Eight and a half stone and nine stone.......you hear that and know exactly how heave a person is......say the same in kilos and gramms and I have no idea...... i had to learn metrication school....with measure and weight it's easier in imperial though ...I have instant recall of how big ,how heavy and low long things are..... metric is just a mass of numbers and the numbers can become confusing to remember......
My dad and grand fathers all still use imperial measures....I like it and make far. less mistakes measuring things.... Dopey foreign measurements are confusing....
E'stonia is the heaviest I think ,some say it really Rocks there.......Bolder county USA come close though......one mustn't forget the Rockies either........hehe
Some people still use it. When I was in Scotland a little while back my friend, Clem, talked about deer in terms of how many "stone" they weighed. I barely remembered hearing that once or twice when I was in grade school, probably in old movies.
JakobA the unAmerican. 