28 May
2010
28 May
'10
1:15 p.m.
Chuck Guzis [cclist at sydex.com] wrote:
Am I the only person who objects to a _weight_ being quoted in kg? When I
was asekd for my body weight, I gave it in newtons :-)
This from someone who lives in a country where
body weight is still
quoted in stone;
But you'll hear kg for most other weights: it's really only body weight that is measured in pounds. Get measured in hospital
and it will be
recorded
in kg (unless you've just been born, must be something special about
Odd.. When I was weifght in a hosptial, it was measured in stones and
pounds (and the nurse had a conversion table to kg).
I'm sure
other examples
abound. So I take any UK-related claims of the metric system being
wonderful with a crannock of salt.
Like it or lump it it's the law. Except in pubs, where you will be