17 points | by bookofjoe 3 days ago ago
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Also, Stonehenge was built (partially) from parts of other stone circles, from as far away as Wales: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56029203
25-tonne stones for 18km in case you wondered
Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches.
For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.
Imperial is confusing at the best of times, but couldn't they have said 24.5 tons instead of 55,000 lbs?
They could have said 3300 stones stones ...
That rocks.
That's the way they like it. American road signs have mad shit like "No trucks over 15,000 lbs".
Surely they don't actually like drill bits measured in fractions of an inch, do they?
That's because we measure weight in tonnage.
This must be the origin of the saying, “People who start stone rows shouldn’t build glass houses”.
Also, Stonehenge was built (partially) from parts of other stone circles, from as far away as Wales: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56029203
25-tonne stones for 18km in case you wondered
Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches.
For anyone confused, British people would generally use tonnes (or tons, but maybe not know the difference exactly) and miles.
Imperial is confusing at the best of times, but couldn't they have said 24.5 tons instead of 55,000 lbs?
They could have said 3300 stones stones ...
That rocks.
That's the way they like it. American road signs have mad shit like "No trucks over 15,000 lbs".
Surely they don't actually like drill bits measured in fractions of an inch, do they?
That's because we measure weight in tonnage.
This must be the origin of the saying, “People who start stone rows shouldn’t build glass houses”.