Re: fast tires

On 6/18/2025 10:13 AM, Radey Shouman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
 

On 6/17/2025 1:05 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
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But OK, I can probably cram in that 98 pounds = 7 stones.

"7 stone", not "7 stones".

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Huh. OK, I can try to remember that too.
>

(Do they have an actual stone stored away somewhere, like they used to
have an actual kilogram?)

No idea.  Different scales of weight for different items was once
considered natural. Troy ounces and pounds still survive.  12 Troy
ounces per pound, of course.  "Grain" for gunpowder or drugs is also
still in use, although in the case of drugs I think it's mostly just
aspirin labels.

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The SI system is _so_ much more logical!
>
Although users often make the inverse of our usual force vs. mass
mistake, by using kilograms as a measure of force.

 True, ordinary everyday SI users almost always use Kg as a unit of
either mass or weight interchangeably.  Maybe when we live on different
planets the difference will be more intuitive.
 

Like sidereal time.
Is there a problem here at roughly sea level on earth where weight vs mass discrepancy is significant?  I really don't know.
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