Weighty Issues.

In answer to Chad's comment on my recent blog post re weight gain whilst on steroids.

I forgot that 'Statesiders' describe their weight in pounds only, so clarification is needed when using the British term "Stones". My weight is currently 12 Stones exactly (written 12st). A stone is the UK Imperial Measurement for weight and is made up of fourteen pounds - so my weight is 168 pounds (168lbs) (12 x 14lbs).

It's a silly measurement in the same way that the old British currency was silly (240 pennies in a Pound (£)) but still widely used, although we should now have adopted the European standard of Kilogrammes I suppose, but I haven't got a clue what a pound or a stone equates to in Kilogrammes. (How anti-European Union of me!!)

Gary