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Well done indeed PB! I too am struggling with the imperial - metric conversion. Looking at the table of results, the numbers mean absolutely nothing to me. Did a majority of us REALLY choose metric? I know what a kilo of plums is, but 55.45 of me is meaningless, perhaps because of the double translation of stones + lbs into lbs and THEN into decimal point kilos.Quote:
Originally Posted by plodding bear
Come on now. We've had nearly 50 years to get used to it. If we keep pandering to people who stick with imperial, it'll be another fifty years before we make any progress ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexandra
I am intrigued by the people giving their weight to two decimal places. Unless your scales really are accurate to the nearest 100g (4 ounces)...
People give their weight to 2 decimal places because they, like me, weigh themselves in lbs and then convert laboriously into kilos and fractions of kilos.Quote:
Originally Posted by whichwaytothepub
A kilo of plums? that'll be 2.2 lbs, then!
I am getting it easy because my target of 70Kg is almost exactly 11 st.
I am 47 today (happy birthday Pat!) and I was taught metric for almost my entire school life. It is just society that forces me to use imperial.
Something I hate is using feet to measure mountain heights outside the British Isles. Feet are only used to make our piddle little mountains seem bigger. 8800 metres for Everest is plenty high enough with out having to use twenty-something thousand feet.
Many Happy Returns Pat.
Have a great day.
Just a smidge over twenty-nine thousand feet, I believe?
Well done on dipping under 15 stone PB. Just to give you some encouragement, I did that back in Sept/October. I was 14stone by the time we met at Giants Tooth. Am now just a over 13 stone 7.
My new weight is 86 kilos. Please adjust table for me Dr Pat. Thank you.
Nice to hear from you, MOTM. I'm looking at the long game here, so yes I'm quietly pleased with the way things are going. If I can just discipline myself to do some proper hill running/training, who knows what next year may hold? Or even just later this year?!
I should probably just make more use of our club nights to train, shouldn't I? excellent facility, people to run with...
...all I need are some shoes that aren't fell shoes!
Name Start Wt (kg) Target Kg Current Wt (kg) Remaining Alexandra 55.45 54 54.88 0.88 Antisocial 73 69.5 73 3.5 barrierfreeman 72 65.5 70 4.5 Biara 77 72 77 5 Big Compass 77 68 76.5 8.5 Bionicbetty 70 57 70 13 Brotherton Lad 73 71.5 72.5 1 Conan187 78 75-80 76.3 ? Derby Tup 81.7 75 77.3 2.3 Dew Claw Lassalle 69.5 66 69 3 Daztheslug 84.5 80 83 3 Dominion 67 61 65 4 DrPatrickBarry 75 70 72 2 Eleanor 68 60 66 6 Fnstein 82.1 76.2 80.7 4.5 Kathf 60 55 59 4 Manonthemoors 87.9 82.5 86 3.5 Nelly 88 82 85.9 3.9 Noel 65 61 65 4 plodding bear 100 86 94.6 8.6 Rice Pudding 81 76 80 4 Rodders 85 80 84 4 Stagger 81.5 73.5 79.5 6 Stolly 76 73 75.45 2.45 Splatcher 70 65 68.5 3.5 That_fjell_guy 82 76 80.5 4.5 Whichwaytothepub 92 82 88.5 6.5 Woodzy 79.37 76.2 79.37 3 Zoothornrollo 70 65 67.5 2.5 extra extra