> > One what? Any statistic that depends on the units used seems rather
> >arbitrary to me. If I compute the range of weights of a group of people
> >(in kilograms) I ought to get the same actual *weight* as an American
> >using pounds or a Brit using stones.
>
> On a lighter note - sorry - Brits can't use stones as however
> reluctantly we are now metricated. Selling things in pounds and stones
> is against the law - though I suppose that using the measure is not -
> yet! I just tell students I'm B.C. - Before Centimetres.
The main thing measured in stones surely used to be people (as in my
example) and selling people has been highly illegal for a long time now.
-Robert
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