• Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Apparently the UK still uses stone as a step above pounds. Then again, the UK is a hot mess when it comes to units…

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      8 months ago

      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.

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        8 months ago

        The part I love is when you talk about the odometer in a car. They use kilometers to measure the milage. I guess kilometage just wouldn’t roll off the tongue.

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        8 months ago

        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.

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        8 months ago

        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)

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          8 months ago

          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

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      8 months ago

      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.