Re: [CH] Fwd: Ananova - Mum loses seven stone on diet of chillis
Tony Flynn (tony@nzol.net.nz)
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:47:09 +1300
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From: tucker <tucker@ticon.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] Fwd: Ananova - Mum loses seven stone on diet of chillis
>
> Ok, am I just too much of a sheltered American here, or what? I
> understand she halved her dress size (I hope she wasn't a size 4), but
> what the he&* does losing "seven stone" mean???? Is this some kind of
> bizarre foreign system of weight measurement? If so, what happened to
> the metric system??? What's going on??? I'm so confused...
>
> HELP!!!
>
> --
> Erich
> C-H # 2099
>
Oh Dear!.Oh Dear !
Olde English measurement for 14 pounds, or approx 7.3kg to the metric users.
Now very few remember here in NZ as we went metric. in about 1967 ?
Tony Flynn
Grandad. retired at the beach. Bay of Plenty. New Zealand