The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWe may never knowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1881arrow-down110
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minus-squareIron Lynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoApparently the UK still uses stone as a step above pounds. Then again, the UK is a hot mess when it comes to units…
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoYep, I’m about 13 stone 1. Which I know is about 83kg. But I have no idea how many pounds in a stone. I do know that there’s about 2 and a quarter lb to a kg. Therefore I must be about 186lb.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoOne stone is 6,35kg or 14 liberties (that’s what the lb means, right?)
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months ago liberties (that’s what the lb means, right?) You got me interested what it stands for. It’s the Roman libra (meaning balance).
Apparently the UK still uses stone as a step above pounds. Then again, the UK is a hot mess when it comes to units…
Yep, I’m about 13 stone 1. Which I know is about 83kg. But I have no idea how many pounds in a stone. I do know that there’s about 2 and a quarter lb to a kg. Therefore I must be about 186lb.
One stone is 6,35kg or 14 liberties (that’s what the lb means, right?)
You got me interested what it stands for. It’s the Roman libra (meaning balance).