Lets Settle it - pounds, grams, or stone? pick one!?

Question

using kg/grams i feel like im in mexico or some 3rd world nation. stone sounds fun but it makes me mad nonetheless. i think pounds speaks volumes;) (har har har).

Answer 1

Grams it is then.

Answer 2

Since most of the world uses the metric system, you have no reason to feel like you're in a "third world nation." However, when you use pounds, you should feel like the odd one out who no one can understand the gibberish you're speaking.

PS--Stop being so lazy and ignorant (yes, your question speaks volumes about you). Get the hell over it and realize that the vast majority of the more than 6 billion people on this planet use the metric system, and they couldn't care less which you think sounds better.

Answer 3

I prefer the pound system over the metric, even if everyone seems to think that the math is so much easier. It may seem complicated to the rest of the world, but Americans aren't stupid - we know how to divide by 12 and 16 to figure out feet & inches and pounds & ounces. I prefer the Fahrenheit scale over the Celcius as well - there are 180 degrees between freezing and boiling, not a mere 100, so it is almost twice as precise.

Answer 4

I ll go with Grams.

The gram is today the most widely used unit of measurement for non-liquid ingredients in cooking and grocery shopping worldwide. For food products that are typically sold in quantities far less than 1 kg, the unit price is normally given per 100 g.

Most standards and legal requirements for nutrition labels on food products require relative contents to be stated per 100 g of the product, such that the resulting figure can also be read as a percentage.

It is commonly used in cooking and food labeling.

Answer 5

1 st 10lb = 24 lb = 10.9 Kilograms or 10900 grams, if you want to put it into a postal price calculator - i have said it before and I will carry on saying it..... anyone who uses 3 or 4 figures of decimal place - for a calculation which doesn't warrant it - knows nothing about how mathematics interacts with the real world {edit] 6.9 kilos is WRONG the error that you are making... to get 6.9 kilos, is that you are putting in 1.10 stone 1.10 stone is a decimal equivalent to 1 stone + 0.1 stone - or 15 pounds 1 stone 10 lbs is 14 lbs (stone) + 10 lbs = 24 lbs = 10.9 kilos

Answer 6

Grams sound like a third world nation? Excuse me but, the "first world" (an outdated term itself) does not consist solely of the United States of America.

Grams are by far the most viable unit of measurement. One thousand grams is one kilogram. What could be simpler than a unit that fits evenly into out place ten numerical system? 1.1 kilograms is one kilogram and one hundred grams. Much simpler 1.1 pounds equaling one pound, 1.6 ounces.

Answer 7

It's not just 3rd world nations that use metric.
Britain used to measure in grams. Australia, New Zealand and other developed former British colonies still use grams.

Grams. Hands down. It's the easiest to use ( just multiply by 10s).

Answer 8

Since most of the world uses the Metric system and therefore grams, let's jump into the 19th century (never mind the 21st) and use them as well.

Settled. Happy?

p.s. a "stone" is 14lbs in the old English system.

Answer 9

I just feel more comfortable using the pound system, I don't like the metric system and I think most of America agrees, the metric system was suppose to go into effect 3 years ago here , but it sort of fizzled out.

Answer 10

You think you're in a third world country with kilograms? Wow! You mean a third world country like Germany, France, or Japan?
If you want to be practical, the metric system is the only way to go. To convert from larger to smaller, you simply move the decimal point over.
If you want to convert ounces to pounds, you have to divide by 16. Trust me, dividing by 10, as the metric system does, is far easier.
Same with distance. If you want to convert inches to feet, you have to divide by 12. Feet to yards, you have to divide by 3. Yards to miles, you have to divide by 1,760.
In metric, if you want to convert centimetres to metres, you just move the decimal point over two sports. To convert metres to kilometres, you just move the decimal point over three spots. It's MUCH easier on your brain. You can do it in your head, which is certainly more than most people can do with the Imperial system of weights and measures.

Answer 11

I vote for metric...all the way.

Just one problem with that here in the U.S. though. There's this very well-monied (lots of $$$ that is) group of people--very influential--dedicated to making sure that we NEVER convert over to the metric system. Really. They're called: Engineers.