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Eh?Quote:
weighs 33 stone
:rolleyes:
Right, every american remember this from now on
14 lbs = 1 stone
Metric system = teh r0xors :p
Oh wait, Pix will find me...um...the Metric system rocks
For comparison, I'm 12 stone and I'm fairly average for my height (5 foot 11.5 :p)
stone is not metric ;)
metric is the standard SI unit
Metric is a class, not a unit :)
eh :confused:Quote:
Originally posted by parksie
Metric is a class, not a unit :)
ah, meter is the unit, metric is length measurement :) btw it's called dimension, not class
i always thought SI was an abbreviation for metric...Quote:
Originally posted by kedaman
metric is the standard SI unit
bad boy, now spell it properly :pQuote:
Originally posted by kedaman
meter
I always thought it was an abbreviation for Sports Illustrated.
:)
it is i think, stands for Système InternationalQuote:
Originally posted by Skitchen8
i always thought SI was an abbreviation for metric...
it's Systeme International
No, really?Quote:
Mr Bisad has avoided using the Underground
doh! metre! metre!
don't argue about the accent mark children
You tell 'em, Chris. 'Tis Imperial.Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
stone is not metric ;)
thought I wouldn't notice? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by filburt1
Metric system = teh r0xors :p
Oh wait, Pix will find me...um...the Metric system rocks
All this talk about the metric system, and no one has actually done the conversion.
33 Stones = 462 Pounds (lbs) = 209.560 Kilograms (kgs)
Hmmmm.......the chap looks very tall. Yet the focus is seems to be on his weight? Since I didn't read the article.........how many stones tall is he? :p
stones is a measurement of weight, fool! :pQuote:
Originally posted by Bloodeye
Hmmmm.......the chap looks very tall. Yet the focus is seems to be on his weight? Since I didn't read the article.........how many stones tall is he? :p
He's 7 foot 9, which was indeed the onus of this thread.
Again... :)
7'9" = 236cm = and just over 23 Hand (if I remember that correctly)
People that tall always die young (think of the world's tallest man & woman, Waldow and someone else, I can't remember, they died 23 & 18). That's because of the tumour mentioned in that article.
23Hands.....that doesn't sound like it's enough. Now before I stick my foot in my mouth, how many hands are in a foot? :pQuote:
Originally posted by CiberTHuG
Again... :)
7'9" = 236cm = and just over 23 Hand (if I remember that correctly)
As far as I know, a hand is four inches, so there are three hands in a foot.
1 foot = 3 hands = 12 inches
You could also say he is about two and a half yards tall, or nearly half a rod, but yards and rods are usually used for distance, not height.
3 foot = 1 yard
16 foot = 1 rod
(40 rod is a furlong, and I think 40 rod by 4 rod is an acre)
As long as we're on the subject of measurement units, when military guys say 'half a click', how far is that?
:)
Right between 0 and 1 click. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by crptcblade
As long as we're on the subject of measurement units, when military guys say 'half a click', how far is that?
:)
A click is a kilometre, I think.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...oh, my side hurts...Quote:
Originally posted by sail3005
Right between 0 and 1 click. ;)
:rolleyes:
I'm not sure if the US military ever made the conversion to the metric system. I think a click simply is a mile (or nautical mile, depending on the setting).
I don't remember how a mile is derived, but I just found this site:
http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/length
1 mi. = 8 furlong = 80 chains (new to me) = 320 rod = 1760 yards = 5280 feet = 15840 hands = 63360 inches
mile is named after the latin(?) for a thousand (one thousand foot steps)
Wasn't it French a minute ago?
:confused:
:)
it was but I changed my mind. Since the romans used latin, not French :o
me main man Dave, 'e reckuns 'e is nowin dis geezer ooh is 9 feet big, 'e sed 'e met 'im down da 'orse an' 'ound
i fink 'e is bin da batty boy
Jst to confirm harry's post, a click is most definatley 1 km (Kilometer) :)
I think I'll stick with the metre & gramme scales.
Don't really fancy mucking about with body parts :D
it's not meter,
it's metre !
I expect you all to remember this in future :p