Just talking roughly John, I think they use pounds to try and make it sound bigger, bit like those plonkers on telly who make crazy comparisons like, "that is the same as 50,000 penguins laid end to end or some such ludicrous cpmparison.
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The good old USA is I think the only country still with Imperial measurements.
But the same with cars, at one time we talked in horse power now engine size in metric.
Petrol no longer in gallons, even in UK in metric.
Future generations will know no better and John 14 stone 2 pounds is 90kilo and 1.73 meters tall.
But of course 90 sounds a lot more than 14.2