1 stone is 14 lbs

the best me · February 3, 2005

Okay, not the rock in my back yard...we have some Englanders and others from the far away lands where they measure weight in stone. I know I'm not the only one wondering so I googled and found out that 1 stone is 14 pounds; so when Bright complains that she's still bloody 18 stone, she's 252lbs, give or take a few. Hope that helps!

GeezerSue · February 3, 2005

Yeah, but...at least our weights LOOK/SOUND better in kilos or stones.

Bright · February 4, 2005

Thanks for translating me Kathy! Here in Europe, The World we always measure weight in stone (not stoneS, weirdly!) or kilos - in fact everything is pretty much metric here too except for body weight - so losing a stone (14lbs) is considered a huge achievement! When I was in Weight Watchers, they give you a little glass stone every time you lose a stone - see what they did there!!! I was so hungry I nearly ate them (only ever got 3!)

But now, funnily enough, I think in pounds since I do most of my weight talking here on Lapband Talk or Spotlight - my scales is set to pounds not stone, and my diary/charts are in pounds too - I tell people here I'm down 80lbs from my highest ever - they go "ooooh wow.............em.......what's that mean in stone?" So I go, almost 6 stone, and then get the appreciation!!!

Also want to make clear that i'm IRISH not ENGLISH, in case that wasn't clear from Kathy's post! Top of the morning to ye....

the best me · February 4, 2005

Yes, I wasn't sure if "bloody" was an Irish thing, but I've watched enough bad American TV to know it is at least English, which over here, is simply, over there somewhere. But you are expanding my horizons! and I thank you. I did pick up on the "stone", not "stones", and 8 stone is a hundred weight, 20 hundred weight is one ton, which is also 2240 lbs, exactly what it is in the US. WOW! It was fun exploring, thanks!