Scales of Stones

I was reading an article on the BBC website the other day and learned that the average British woman weighs 11st. Doesn't sound like much, does it?

11st. That's 11 stones.

A stone. Once the official measurement of weight used in Northern European countries before metrics and still used in the UK sometimes - obviously used currently to determine the average weight of a British woman. Some habits die hard.

Like the use of imperial measure in the U.S. The British, who started the whole thing, moved on like the rest of the world, but we Americans just can't let it go :-\

The stone was mostly used for agricultural purposes, but wasn't standardized until 1824. Prior to that a stone in London was 8 pounds while a stone in Scotland weighed 16 pounds.

I've been pretty happy with my weight in metrics. Kilos just sound so much better than pounds. A 100 pounds is only 45 kilos. How great is that?

Well, as great as it is, I'm now in the market for scales of stones. That 45 kilos is only 7 stones! Of course, I don't weigh a mere 7 stones, but still. It's all about perception.

Wondering what you weigh in stones?