Eric wrote:
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> I get a shudder when I think how I was never sure if it was 16 ounces to
> the pound and 14 pounds to the stone or the other way around (takes me
> some concious thought to be sure) and hence why grams and kilograms is a
> lot easy... all in tens. We speak in pounds and stones for weight so I
> was just being "nice to the Americans" by saying it all in pounds.
> Normall, in my old fashioned way, I would have said they weight in
> excess of 10 stone or over 63 kilograms.
>
> And seeing that I realised I must have got it wrong because that is not
> really all that heavy.
>
> In actual fact, the both weight around 160 pounds (over 11 stone or 72
> kilo) - which makes them MUCH more formidable! Hell, I am 6 foot and
> weigh 80 kilo (and I am trying to lose about 6 kilo on my current diet!).
>
And for all those wondering why Eric is suddenly talking in PIDGIN
ENGLISH ("they WEIGHT around 160 pounds") well it really is after 3:00am
and I have had a very long day :-)
--
Eric
'68MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia
"Nothing overshadows truth so completely as authority"
ALBERTI
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