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To: traumer

what weight system is “stone”

4 posted on 07/28/2009 5:00:43 PM PDT by LiveAnotherDay

To: LiveAnotherDay; KoRn

Don't know why you haven't seen it if you're read Sherlock Holmes or Dorothy Sayers.

A stone is 14 pounds. It's an ancient agricultural measure.

16 posted on 07/28/2009 5:05:14 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))

To: LiveAnotherDay; KoRn

Ye olde Brit measurement.

Generally agreed-upon; fourteen pounds.

21 posted on 07/28/2009 5:10:17 PM PDT by sinanju

To: LiveAnotherDay

what weight system is “stone”

Imperial, as in English
one stone = 14 pounds so
38 Stone = 532#
22 Stone = 308#

This woman is a slug (x 10)

24 posted on 07/28/2009 5:10:55 PM PDT by dmcnash (y)

To: LiveAnotherDay; Slings and Arrows

The average weight of a rock in England is 14lbs.

36 posted on 07/28/2009 5:20:41 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)

To: LiveAnotherDay

14 pounds avdp

60 posted on 07/28/2009 7:14:03 PM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)

To: LiveAnotherDay

what weight system is “stone”

Former standard, derived from bartering/trading of farm products in Great Britain and Ireland, equal to fourteen lbs.

75 posted on 07/29/2009 10:14:49 AM PDT by jla

To: LiveAnotherDay

“what weight system is “stone””

for her, probably a grave marker!

85 posted on 07/29/2009 11:53:29 AM PDT by dalereed

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