Metric vs. Imperial brain

[shootingstar]

My british relatives that tell me how many stones they weigh confuse me.

Why would you want to multiply by 14 to get how many lbs?

So I understand there was previous older stone measurement, where 1 stone used to be 16 lbs.

[Cataboo]

Oh, well I'd much prefer to multiply by 16.

[PscyclePath]

So I understand there was previous older stone measurement, where 1 stone used to be 16 lbs.

I think that was up in the north end of the Old Country, where the rocks were a lot bigger... ;-)