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And then you ask their weight, and they start talking about rocks.
Then you ask about rocks and
JESUS CHRIST MARIE, THEY’RE MINERALS!
Maybe I'm just being dense rn, but... huh?
Breaking Bad reference
Please add Breaking Bad to your watchlist. And then after that, check out Better Call Saul. But promise me you'll stick it out through the first season of Saul and continue on to the second. I promise you it's worth it. Breaking Bad is one of the greatest shows of all time, and Saul is even better if you have the patience to let the story slowly build itself up.
I tried watching it once, but I lost interest after two seasons. It's just not my type of show. That being said, after looking it up, I do remember the minerals thing. xD
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).
I know they use mph. Do they use km for distance or miles? I think they use meters for shorter distances so I've no clue.
MPH for speed, liters for fuel, MPG for efficiency...
Some road signs are still in yards and feet as is height but length of cars/buses are often described in meters.
Weight is flat out weird, very few places sell by the pound nowadays, it's usually by the kilo or half kilo. But most people are more familiar with Stones... even if they're not quite sure how that breaks down into the smaller weights.
Road distances are in miles, speed in mph, heights in feet & inches, anything else is a hot mess generally trending towards metric the younger you are (or if you're in STEM)
I'm starting to hear people talk in km but nothing official
We use lb and stone at home for weight but medical its kg
Personally I was taught in the 80s and early 90s they trued to teach us both metric and imperial. I also did an apprenticeship in metric on imperial lathes and mills
I have no clue how less than an inch works past 40, thou being 1mm I struggle with my weight in kg. Miles might as well be a unit of time as beyond telling you how long it takes to get somewhere miles are useless
Bonus anecdot
When I moved out of my parents I had to ask for help buying minced beef because growing up I learned I needed 1/2 lb of minced beef but it was packaged I'm 500 grams
Four score and seven stone = 1218 pounds
EDIT: Whoopsie, forgot to include the 7 before multiplying, it's actually 1316.
Google says 87 stones = 1218 pounds so I think you got it right the first time?
You ask an American how much they weigh, and they tell you in money. Typical American capitalism.