Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1304arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoMy BIL still gives his weight in “stone”. As in, “I’m 12 stone, 7 lbs and 3 ounces”. I joke with him that only makes sense to people who are comfortable with Pounds, Shillings and Pence, too.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoThe American system of exclusively using lbs for body weight really gets me. Is 180 lb heavy, or what?
minus-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoIt all makes perfect sense
My BIL still gives his weight in “stone”. As in, “I’m 12 stone, 7 lbs and 3 ounces”.
I joke with him that only makes sense to people who are comfortable with Pounds, Shillings and Pence, too.
The American system of exclusively using lbs for body weight really gets me. Is 180 lb heavy, or what?
It all makes perfect sense