No, John. It's simply 8 stone (i.e., 8 x 14 lb).
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of kilopascal
> Sent: March 16, 2001 15:18
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:11666] RE: last night in the House of Commons
>
>
> 2001-03-16
>
> If there is a US hundredweight, then it is obsolete and out of
> use. I have
> never heard of it or seen it in use. I'm sure if I asked around, people
> would give me an odd look. Maybe there is some fringe group or industry
> that uses it, but I doubt one will find a scale around calibrated in this
> odd unit.
>
> It seems that the British hundredweight of 112 lb is very close
> to 50 kg. I
> wonder if that was accidental or planned that way?
>
> John
>
> Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
> frei zu sein.
>
> There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely
> believe they
> re free!
>
> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, 2001-03-16 01:42
> Subject: [USMA:11651] RE: last night in the House of Commons
>
>
> > I really wonder how many people in Britain know what a cwt
> (hundredweight)
> > is. We should ask the BWMA and these MP's how many people who 'prefer'
> > Imperial know that the cwt is equal to 112 lb. How would Mr Delaney and
> Mr.
> > Linacre make up an invoice with ton.cwt.qr. lb and old pre-1971 British
> > currency?
> >
> > At least in the US this is logical: a cwt is 100 lb.
> >
> > Han
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 6:37 AM
> > Subject: [USMA:11650] RE: last night in the House of Commons
> >
> >
> > > 2001-03-16
> > >
> > > If someone told me that a 140 lb of pigmeat produced 100 cwt (whatever
> > that
> > > is) of bacon, I would simply ignore it as most would. I'm sure he
> assumes
> > > that because people don't question him when he spouts this nonsense,
> that
> > > they understand what it means.
> > >
> > > I'm sure more people would understand that 80 % of pigmeat is
> bacon that
> > the
> > > other rubbish. In fact it does translate better in SI. 100 kg of pig
> > meant
> > > produces 80 kg of bacon. It also implies that 20 % or 20 kg/100 kg
> either
> > > goes into other products or is wasted.
> > >
> > > You are right, he is a dummy. But, I think he is trying to
> impress the
> > > "other dummies" out there with fancy words that mean very
> little to most
> > > people.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der
> irrtümlich glaubt
> > > frei zu sein.
> > >
> > > There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe
> > they
> > > are free!
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, 2001-03-15 23:37
> > > Subject: [USMA:11648] RE: last night in the House of Commons
> > >
> > >
> > > > >From the debate:
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow):
> > > > It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend
> > > > the Member for Billericay (Mrs. Gorman).
> > > > Taking a leaf out of her book, I should like to
> > > > tell the House that 140 lb of pigmeat makes
> > > > 1 cwt of bacon. Many people in Britain today
> > > > are familiar with such equations. I could not
> > > > give the metric equivalent of that equation,
> > > > but I make that point to show that I have been
> > > > in business, which, regrettably, not too many
> > > > hon. Members these days have.
> > > >
> > > > What a dummy. That doesn't even need to be expressed in metric,
> either.
> > It
> > > > simply reduces to "80% of pig meat is bacon." That has to be simpler
> > than
> > > > his statement.
> > > >
> > > > Bill Potts, CMS
> > > > San Jose, CA
> > > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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