Hi Veecee and Smoggy, I work with someone who gave us all weekly bulletins throughout her weight loss in terms of pounds lost, so yes it is usual. However, she was much more delighted to be able to tell us in terms of a stone rather than a pound (lb) here and there. Her eventual loss of three stones was something to be proud of ! Babies birth weights (unless this has changed very recently) are still given in lbs and ozs. However, in school maths and physics metric (SI) units Kg, metres, litres etc. are used, ie metres per second^2 (can't write squared any other way) is the compound unit used for acceleration of a falling body due to gravity (9.81 metres per second per second or more commonly now per second squared).
Oh yes, I remember the case where a greengrocer was prosecuted for selling produce in lbs rather than kg. I think they eventually decided that either can be used because there was a public outcry over the case. We still like our lb of spuds (just can't afford them any more 
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Last edited by JaneCo (August 14, 2012 12:34 pm)
