What are " stones"

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  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    They're the maguffin in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
  • LauraSmyth28
    LauraSmyth28 Posts: 399 Member
    It's a bit like Americans using "cups" as a measurement in recipes. WTF is a cup? (I now know it's 8oz, or around 230ml but a 'cup' to me is something you drink from).
  • Molly_Louise
    Molly_Louise Posts: 503
    It just makes us Brits appear lighter. 14 stone sounds far better than 196lbs.

    Haha! This! I much prefer to say my weight in stones

    I'm the opposite! I prefer to say I'm 146.5lbs than 10 stone 6.5lbs as no one I knows uses just lbs as weight measurement and so they don't know how much I weigh! Ha.
  • sammyjbray
    sammyjbray Posts: 146 Member
    Stones are always used here in the UK :)

    But for some odd reason only when referring to a person's weight. When shopping or in the kitchen people in the UK use kilos (now some odd person will come and say they use pounds).

    --

    Or ounces in the kitchen :)

    Mrs Beeton know best. ;)
  • BigAardvaark
    BigAardvaark Posts: 43
    It's a bit like Americans using "cups" as a measurement in recipes. WTF is a cup? (I now know it's 8oz, or around 230ml but a 'cup' to me is something you drink from).

    Or something I would wear to protect the old "crown jewels" during a game of cricket ;-)
  • Z_I_L_L_A
    Z_I_L_L_A Posts: 2,399 Member
    It just makes us Brits appear lighter. 14 stone sounds far better than 196lbs.

    That's because it is lighter, lol 14 stone is 140lb :)

    Um, nope, 14 stone is 196lbs (14 x 14)


    @lisaamartin1 - Ok topic changes over to beer,ale,lager now because you are drinking one....I want a pint. Why call it a pint?
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    Do you use feet in America, or are people measured in inches?
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    And where do people stand on chains and furlongs?
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    BTW I am English and use stone for weight, and lbs and kg (or more often oz and g) interchangeably in the kitchen. I also use both cm and inches, and km and miles. For some reason despite being taught both in the UK we don't get confused about it.
  • stephenatl09
    stephenatl09 Posts: 186 Member
    And where do people stand on chains and furlongs?
    I don't know but I like whips and chains..does that count??? (joking)
  • Z_I_L_L_A
    Z_I_L_L_A Posts: 2,399 Member
    It's a bit like Americans using "cups" as a measurement in recipes. WTF is a cup? (I now know it's 8oz, or around 230ml but a 'cup' to me is something you drink from).


    Ok why call a beer and pint, here a pint is 16oz? Which is 2 cups.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    It just makes us Brits appear lighter. 14 stone sounds far better than 196lbs.

    That's because it is lighter, lol 14 stone is 140lb :)

    never mind.....................
  • AtticusFinch
    AtticusFinch Posts: 1,262 Member
    I wouldn't describe my height in inches, but that would be more descriptive than describing it in yards.

    That's just another step up, doesn't invalidate the Feet and inches, Stones and pounds point. Anyway, a yard and a meter are practically the same length, and most of Europe would measure itself in Meters and centimeters, so nerr :tongue:
    So does 20+ stones equal a boulder? lol

    No, it equals obesity
    ... and that means using Kgs in place of pounces, ounces, stones etc. But most (older) people still think in terms of pounds and stones

    How many ounces are there in a pounce, and doesn't it depend on the size of your p*ssy ?

    :happy:
  • sailorsiren13
    sailorsiren13 Posts: 460
    I learned about Stone by watching BBC America love Watching "You are What You Eat" Jillian cracks me up!!! She also has some great tips and tricks!!
  • mixtaplix
    mixtaplix Posts: 74 Member
    So let me get this straight......in the UK: 10 stone = 140 pounds = bar total for a crazy night at the pubs.....
  • katysmelly
    katysmelly Posts: 380 Member
    OK, so this stupid American wants to make sure he understands.

    In America we use pounds.
    In Britain they use 'stones'.
    And kg are used everywhere else?

    Yup!

    Well, to be more exact: stones are only used for human weight. Foods are in metric (although some people still think of food in pounds - you'll see it in butchers shops, alongside the metric.)

    Newborn babies are "pounds" though. The doctor will record the weight officially in kg, but the parents will say "She weighed 8 pounds!"
  • BrettWithPKU
    BrettWithPKU Posts: 575 Member
    Stones, furlongs, chains: a lot of these units of measurement Americans hear in sports.

    The weight of professional boxers is often given in stones before a match.
    Furlong is a measurement used in horse racing.
    And chains? Hmm. In America, chains represent 10 yards in American football :)
  • LisaJ2904
    LisaJ2904 Posts: 157 Member
    I learned about Stone by watching BBC America love Watching "You are What You Eat" Jillian cracks me up!!! She also has some great tips and tricks!!

    Jillian McKieth is INSANE ! x :explode: lol x
  • AtticusFinch
    AtticusFinch Posts: 1,262 Member
    I learned about Stone by watching BBC America love Watching "You are What You Eat" Jillian cracks me up!!! She also has some great tips and tricks!!

    Jillian McKieth is INSANE ! x :explode: lol x

    ^^ This, and she has an unhealthy obsession with other people's *kitten*. (And she used to claim a Mickey Mouse doctorate).
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    Surely there are only 6 stones: Mick, Keith, Charlie, Ronnie, Bill and Brian :smokin:
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    I got the moves like Jagger.
  • onedayillbeamilf
    onedayillbeamilf Posts: 966 Member
    I can't google yet.. I don't have cream for my coffee :( which means no coffee.. which means i'm not exactly awake yet.

    You can't google without coffee but you can figure out how to post a thread? :huh:
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    I learned about Stone by watching BBC America love Watching "You are What You Eat" Jillian cracks me up!!! She also has some great tips and tricks!!

    Jillian McKieth is INSANE ! x :explode: lol x

    ^^ This, and she has an unhealthy obsession with other people's *kitten*. (And she used to claim a Mickey Mouse doctorate).

    She is the unhealthiest health guru I have ever seen, looks tired, bad posture
  • LauraSmyth28
    LauraSmyth28 Posts: 399 Member
    I learned about Stone by watching BBC America love Watching "You are What You Eat" Jillian cracks me up!!! She also has some great tips and tricks!!

    Jillian McKieth is INSANE ! x :explode: lol x

    ^^ This, and she has an unhealthy obsession with other people's *kitten*. (And she used to claim a Mickey Mouse doctorate).

    She is the unhealthiest health guru I have ever seen, looks tired, bad posture

    "If you are what you eat then Gillian Michaels has eaten a shrew", Dara O'Briain.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    That's just another step up, doesn't invalidate the Feet and inches, Stones and pounds point.

    Sure it does, it emphasizes my point.

    In yards, the average man and an NBA player are the same basic height. In stones an obese person and a healthy person are in the same range.

    Height in inches may be cumbersome, but it is descriptive :)
  • boston6
    boston6 Posts: 158 Member
    But when you describe your weight in stones, 145 lbs would be "10 stone, 5pounds". You would not round it to 10 stone.

    Also, there have been 10 stones, Rolling Stones that is:

    Members
    Mick Jagger
    Keith Richards
    Charlie Watts
    Ronnie Wood

    Past members
    Brian Jones
    Ian Stewart
    Tony Chapman
    **** Taylor
    Bill Wyman
    Mick Taylor
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    That's just another step up, doesn't invalidate the Feet and inches, Stones and pounds point.

    Sure it does, it emphasizes my point.

    In yards, the average man and an NBA player are the same basic height. In stones an obese person and a healthy person are in the same range.

    Height in inches may be cumbersome, but it is descriptive :)

    There is no way an obese and a healthy weight person would be in the same stone range, and as the previous poster said, you say for instance, 8 stone 10 lbs, which is what I am. I wouldn't say I weighed 8 stone, because I don't, but the dealing with smaller numbers does make it easier to make a quick judgement on the weight involved. I know I should weigh between 8 and 10 stone. Those are easier and quicker numbers to deal with than 115 - 140 lbs or whatever.
  • LauraSmyth28
    LauraSmyth28 Posts: 399 Member
    Yesterday I was 10 stone even.
    Today I am 9 stone 13lbs. Happy happy.

    See how much better this sounds than I was 140lbs, now I am 139lbs. Just doesn't sound as good.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    Stones are always used here in the UK :)

    They are but I've set my scales to pounds. So much easier to calculate loss when I'm bleary eyed in the morning!
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    So let me get this straight......in the UK: 10 stone = 140 pounds = bar total for a crazy night at the pubs.....

    We pay each time we buy a round rather than running a tab. I've never spent anything like that on a night out!

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