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You can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to km (europe.pub)

submitted 5 days ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/lifehacks@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: there's quite a lot of countries that use "mixed metrics", with no real rhyme or reason for what uses old ancient imperial and what uses new shiny metric

UK - Miles for long distances, switch to meters for distances less than a mile, always use km in air and sea. Milk in pints, petrol in liters, water in ml, beer in pints. Human heights in Feet Inches, building heights in Meters. Human weights in a unit even Americans don't use anymore (Stone), animal weights in kg/g.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Really? Do people walk around in the UK and say "I weigh 11 stone"? "I lost 3 stone on this diet"?

[–] cheesyxpickle@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Canadian here, I watch some UK fitness shows, can confirm.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Canada another that does the Mixed Metrics, but with entirely different sets of arbitrariness

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

Yessir, stone and lbs usually.

So 12 stone 8 for example. 14lbs to the stone.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah man, it's fucking nuts