On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:52:10 +0000, "
wrote:

It is not uncommon to see fruit hawkers at markets sell fruit on the
premise: "A pound of weight for a pound sterling."

"A pint's a pound the world around..."

People are still weighed in stone, with 1 stone equalling 14 pounds.

Those of us who survived engineering school in the 1950s (even in "the
colonies") can still resonate with the stone-furlong-fortnight system
of units.
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Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR
PNW Beburg MP 28.0 - OE District