Re: fast tires

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 6/16/2025 1:40 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:
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... I didn't remember
whether a stone is 12, 13 or 14 pounds. I still tend to forget.

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Just remember the "98 pound weakling" trope.  Seven stone exactly, 49*2.

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My brain's already storing facts like 12 inches per foot, 36 inches per
yard, 5280 feet in a mile, 88 ft/s = 60 mph, 231 cubic inches per
gallon, 43560 square feet per acre etc. ... all done by memory.
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But OK, I can probably cram in that 98 pounds = 7 stones.
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(Do they have an actual stone stored away somewhere, like they used to
have an actual kilogram?)
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 It’s not used for technical purposes so probably not! And is a much older
system, so the idea of having the stone that all others must conform to is
unlikely to be a thing.
 Roger Merriman