Comment by dmichulke 8 hours ago 25-tonne stones for 18km in case you wondered 13 comments dmichulke Reply SECProto 6 hours ago Or 3928 stone stoneshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(unit) walthamstow 5 hours ago Stones are the Fahrenheit of weight. Useful for the human body but fuck all else. lostlogin 2 hours ago Are they useful for human bodies?We have a dumb system here in New Zealand. Most people seem to know their height in feet/inches and weight in kilograms. wuliwong 2 hours ago I initially read the title as 55,000 one pound stones. I was thinking, huh that does seem like a lot of work. (>▽<) nickt 6 hours ago Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches. gnufx 6 hours ago That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-onl... frereubu 5 hours ago It's a shame it's not about area then at least we could agree on Wales as a unit. tantalor 5 hours ago It's not too prosaic, it's just too imprecise. There is no standard size, and some regulations even allow a range of sizes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch 2 replies → blater 6 hours ago to clarify for those of a nautical bent - that's about half a blue whale for about 4/5ths of a dozen nautical miles robertlagrant 7 hours ago For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.
SECProto 6 hours ago Or 3928 stone stoneshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(unit) walthamstow 5 hours ago Stones are the Fahrenheit of weight. Useful for the human body but fuck all else. lostlogin 2 hours ago Are they useful for human bodies?We have a dumb system here in New Zealand. Most people seem to know their height in feet/inches and weight in kilograms.
walthamstow 5 hours ago Stones are the Fahrenheit of weight. Useful for the human body but fuck all else. lostlogin 2 hours ago Are they useful for human bodies?We have a dumb system here in New Zealand. Most people seem to know their height in feet/inches and weight in kilograms.
lostlogin 2 hours ago Are they useful for human bodies?We have a dumb system here in New Zealand. Most people seem to know their height in feet/inches and weight in kilograms.
wuliwong 2 hours ago I initially read the title as 55,000 one pound stones. I was thinking, huh that does seem like a lot of work. (>▽<)
nickt 6 hours ago Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches. gnufx 6 hours ago That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-onl... frereubu 5 hours ago It's a shame it's not about area then at least we could agree on Wales as a unit. tantalor 5 hours ago It's not too prosaic, it's just too imprecise. There is no standard size, and some regulations even allow a range of sizes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch 2 replies → blater 6 hours ago to clarify for those of a nautical bent - that's about half a blue whale for about 4/5ths of a dozen nautical miles
gnufx 6 hours ago That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-onl... frereubu 5 hours ago It's a shame it's not about area then at least we could agree on Wales as a unit. tantalor 5 hours ago It's not too prosaic, it's just too imprecise. There is no standard size, and some regulations even allow a range of sizes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch 2 replies →
frereubu 5 hours ago It's a shame it's not about area then at least we could agree on Wales as a unit.
tantalor 5 hours ago It's not too prosaic, it's just too imprecise. There is no standard size, and some regulations even allow a range of sizes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch 2 replies →
blater 6 hours ago to clarify for those of a nautical bent - that's about half a blue whale for about 4/5ths of a dozen nautical miles
robertlagrant 7 hours ago For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.
Or 3928 stone stones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(unit)
Stones are the Fahrenheit of weight. Useful for the human body but fuck all else.
Are they useful for human bodies?
We have a dumb system here in New Zealand. Most people seem to know their height in feet/inches and weight in kilograms.
I initially read the title as 55,000 one pound stones. I was thinking, huh that does seem like a lot of work. (>▽<)
Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches.
That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-onl...
It's a shame it's not about area then at least we could agree on Wales as a unit.
It's not too prosaic, it's just too imprecise. There is no standard size, and some regulations even allow a range of sizes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch
2 replies →
to clarify for those of a nautical bent - that's about half a blue whale for about 4/5ths of a dozen nautical miles
For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.