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by cuttysnark 1347 days ago
1 stone = 14lbs. Learned this "whilst" (another chiefly British word) at study abroad in England. Ever after thought of the Bush album "Sixteen Stone" in a different light.
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Of course I never remember that a how much a pound is.

From my d&d days (when we mix and matched Italian and English material) I remember that 2.5lbs is about 1kg, but that's a very rough approximation. Similarly I remember that 10ft is ~3m.

A pound is 7000 grains, hope that helps
Ah, so just a touch under 292 pennyweights. That makes sense :D
For a few seconds i read 'grams' and I thought it was on the heavy side. Well played!