Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1312arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days 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-24 days 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-up1·5 days 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