Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHamsterRage@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month 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-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt all makes perfect sense
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThe American system of exclusively using lbs for body weight really gets me. Is 180 lb heavy, or what?
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.
It all makes perfect sense
The American system of exclusively using lbs for body weight really gets me. Is 180 lb heavy, or what?