can someone explain "stones" to me?

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm sure there are Google explanations but just real quick, how do stones compare to pounds??

[dramabird]

I believe it is 14 pounds.

[nini]

Huh, cant we all do metric LOL

1 stone = 6.35 kg = 14 pounds.

Another confusing thing: 1 imperial pound = 453 gramm. (this is the one the calculation is based on)
BUT 1 metric pound = 500 gramm. (this is what all continental Europeans would refer to *sigh*)

Having been raised and having lived in UK and Europe in turns, I still dont get it. Welcome to my world.

[ELP]

yep, in the UK its 14 pounds (lb) to the stone, and I think 16 ounces to the pound (lb). On a slightly different note...Do the US measure new babies in KG's??? or LB's????

[Another princess]

Yea 1 stone = 14 lbs. Sorry I told u my weight in stones he he.

[rainbowflower]

yep, in the UK its 14 pounds (lb) to the stone, and I think 16 ounces to the pound (lb). On a slightly different note...Do the US measure new babies in KG's??? or LB's????

from the baby shows on Home & Health (Sky channel) it seems they weigh babies in KG in the US! I constantly have to Google to see how much they really weigh in lbs lol

[3Pink1Blue]

In medical charts do they sometimes list the baby in g but we usually measure babies in lbs and oz. In conversation it's always lbs and oz.

[nuthinbutpink]

Our birth announcements go out with pounds and ounces.

[purplepoet20]

I like stones better because it makes me seem lighter ;)

[ELP]

Thanks ladies:agree: But I'm right in thinking then that adult weight is done in KG's in the US? Isn't it nice how the lb's have stuck with the babies even after you chucked us Brits out :rofl:

[atomic sagebrush]

No, I've never weighed myself in kg in my life! Only pounds!

Rainbow, I think that show must have been edited because on our tv shows, babies are listed in pounds. The doctors and nurses may use kg but they def. tell you pounds and ounces at birth and appointments.

Thanks you guys!! A lot of people were using stones and I didn't really know what they are.

[zanacal]

My babies' weights were all recorded in kgs in their records and whenever they're weighed post birth - the first thing I ask is for the same weight in lbs and ozs so I can understand it! I think in medicine they work in kgs but people in general (at least people my age!) still work in stones and lbs ... but grams for cooking. We are weird!

[3Pink1Blue]

Ooh I wish we weighed in kg, I be much lighter lol

[queen-of-harts]

all pounds in the US.

[fresas]

Actually, everything for medical purposes in the US uses the metric system, but is converted to the English system for patients. Your hospital and medical records, your child's birth records (length, weight, etc) are all metric measurements, but things like birth certificates will contain English measurements, and so will conversations with the doctors or nurses. Things will be talked about in English terms, not metric.

We don't use stones or other weird apothecary measurements for the most part.

I wish the US would ditch the English system and teach all things metric.