Actually, the pound is a unit of force in English units. I believe weight is measured in stones.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 4:23 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? > > You have the same mass versus weight issue with pound. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!JmPEg > BY0HMszNaDT!6qfIOAdssnfWNb9bnHdVr6MfJemAcckz1N2FLwezCZtDcak8bJ > a3JHuDBIGmlQ$ > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on > behalf of Tony Thigpen [t...@vse2pdf.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:05 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? > > See! SI is a "FANTASTIC" improvement over old stuff. It's all > standardized and everyone talks in the same way. (NOT!) > > Thank you France. > > Vive la pound, and inch, and mile... > > (This post was posted with sarcastic mode set to "on".) > > Tony Thigpen > > Paul Gilmartin wrote on 7/22/20 5:58 PM: > > On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:05:29 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > > >> I took me a while before I realized that, of course, kg is a unit of mass, > >> not > of weight; you weigh tings in kilogram-force (kgf or kgF). > >> > > Which of the following would you envision and welcome as an idiomatic > > alternative?: > > o ... how many kg I mass? > > o ... how many kgF I weigh? > > o Other (specify)? > > > > Should an outfitter sell climbing ropes rated in Newtons? > > > > (BTW, what's the SI unit of Specific Impulse? And the formula for ∆v? > Ugh!) > > > >> ________________________________________ > >> From: Jackson, Rob > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:21 PM > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Bob Bridges > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:16 PM > >> > >> [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening > attachments.] > >> > >> ... I'd have to calculate to tell you how many kg I weigh. > > > > -- gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
