Re: [CH] Fwd: Ananova - Mum loses seven stone on diet of chillis

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> > Stone: a unit of weight...

> ... I think it was used as a way of
> measuring horse weight. (Hands high and stones in weight) so mom must
> have been a large woman.



  Thanks to all who helped clue me in on this. I was thinking maybe since it
said she went from 18 to 11, it was probably about ten pounds per "stone".
At least I wasn't too far off...

Thanks again,
--
Erich
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