[LMB] Miles's exact height?

[Kalina Varbanova]

On 8/2/06, James <cessnadriver at gmail.com> wrote:
> Which then begs the question, does anyone regularly give their weight
> in stones versus pounds these days? Or do people actually actively ask
> for a person's weight in stones?
>
> Or do people do it to be fancy?

Good question. Especially since giving one's weight in Stones seems to
be very popular on, say, Yahoo! Answers. I guess you get to say the
least number, like, 10 stone, instead of 70+ kg... Btw, considering
the kinds of questions asked, I think people who regularly ask there
are a strange lot. It's quite often that I burst in laughing at the
gist of a question.

Myself, I give my info in metrics... I didn't learn Imperial until I
got to Winnetou, I think. Well, maybe a bit in The Three Musketeers,
but I don't recall weight units there... By that time, I think second
grade or so, the metric system was pretty-well settled.

Greetings:
Kalina
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