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From: Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net>
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:13:12 -0400
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Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:

> On 6/17/2025 1:05 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:
>> Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>> 
>>> But OK, I can probably cram in that 98 pounds = 7 stones.
>> "7 stone", not "7 stones".
>
> Huh. OK, I can try to remember that too.
>
>>> (Do they have an actual stone stored away somewhere, like they used to
>>> have an actual kilogram?)
>> No idea.  Different scales of weight for different items was once
>> considered natural. Troy ounces and pounds still survive.  12 Troy
>> ounces per pound, of course.  "Grain" for gunpowder or drugs is also
>> still in use, although in the case of drugs I think it's mostly just
>> aspirin labels.
>
> The SI system is _so_ much more logical!
>
> Although users often make the inverse of our usual force vs. mass
> mistake, by using kilograms as a measure of force.

True, ordinary everyday SI users almost always use Kg as a unit of
either mass or weight interchangeably.  Maybe when we live on different
planets the difference will be more intuitive.

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