It's a strange thing. Nobody in the UK born after about 1970 knows anything but metric measurements, but for some reason, bathroom scales are still in stones and pounds. Possibly this is to improve self-image, since the result is that nobody actually understands how much they weigh. ;)
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Date: 2013-01-28 11:47 pm (UTC)It's a strange thing. Nobody in the UK born after about 1970 knows anything but metric measurements, but for some reason, bathroom scales are still in stones and pounds. Possibly this is to improve self-image, since the result is that nobody actually understands how much they weigh. ;)