On Thu, 15 May 2008, Dave Land wrote:
> On May 15, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>
>> At 11:58 AM Thursday 5/15/2008, Dave Land wrote:
>>> On May 15, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I become the Evil Overlord, one of my first 300 or so measures
>>>> will be to impose fixed sizes for everything, with the punishment
>>>> of organ removal for those that don't comply (of couse, using
>>>> Imperial units will be punishable with the removal of _both_
>>>> kidneys).
>>>
>>> Hence, Shylock's demand for 2.2 kilograms of flesh...
>>
>> Why would he want 0.1505 slugs (weighing 4.84 pounds at 1 g)?
>
>
> Yup. I got my conversion backwards, proving why it is a very bad idea
> to have multiple weight systems around.
>
> What I meant, of course was 0.0714 stones.
I love the blank looks I get when I give my weight in stones....
(9 1/2, roughly.)
Julia
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