Shock, Horror!

[Caran]

Went for my annual health MOT today. All going fine until she weighed me. Usually they do it in metric that means nothing to me. Today she said it in English. I'm 11 lbs heavier than my own scales tell me. I have been the same weight for the last two years, while I knew I was overweight I thought it wasn't too bad, but now that puts a different spin on it. I told the nurse and she asked me how old my scales are. I told her 20-30 years old. She laughed and told me to buy some more. OH wasn't pleased when I told him he was 11lbs heavier too.

[tonyav]

You could still use them, Caran. Just add 11 pounds on to what your scales say.

[Tilly2]

That is indeed a shock!

[Caran]

Good thinking tonyav, but will they continue to deteriorate?

[tonyav]

but will they continue to deteriorate?

Probably, very slowly though.

[Prudie]

yes that would shock me too. My scales vary by 4lbs depending on where on the floor I put them - and they're not old they're flashy glass electronic ones.

[jourdain2]

Take it with a pinch of salt, is my advice. The diminutive nurse who tried to measure me, when I arrived March before last, put my height down as 5' 5" - I am 5'8" minimum. I did tell her she'd got it wrong, but she didn't change it. Result is that, on my weight, I'm down as obese! (I actually need to lose about 7lbs.). Ignore. :)

[Tilly2]

You have got to loose 11lbs to get to the weight you thought you were! Good luck, Caran and Mr Caran.

[Tilly2]

^lose, not loose.

[Caran]

I use mine in the same place all the time, bathroom floor that is tiled. I know I shouldn't but I have always weighed myself everyday, thinking if I gained anything I could deal with it straight away.

[Tilly2]

I weigh myself everyday too, Caran.

[Jackdaw33]

It really annoys me when they tell you things in new money yet can't change it to old. No good telling me I am 65 kg, it is meaningless. I want stones and pounds so it makes sense.

[Mamyalynne]

10.2 stones

[Caran]

I agree jackdaw, I think I was playing ostrich all this time when she did it metric, I didn't know what it meant and I think I was a bit of converting it. Why did I need to, I had MY scales and they were always constant!

[Canary42]

Your clinic is in cohorts with Weighing Machine Suppliers - their machines all over-register and patients are then advised to buy new scales.

Don't let the marketeers con you.

[Caran]

Sounds about right Canary42

[jourdain2]

Well, we can soon reclaim Imperial measurements I hope, Jackdaw. People around here are taking down signposts which, illegally, give distances of footpaths in kilometres. (It's not illegal as long as you leave the signposts where they are and notify the appropriate authority.) Children will gain by having to exercise their brains - I met so very many who could not cope with metric, they became lax as to decimal points and zeros. In France I asked for 250 grams - here I now ask for half a pound, lovely!

[Jackdaw33]

Anyone remembers those scales you had in the chemists' which had three weights for stones, pounds and ounces? The assistant would adjust the weights until the bars balanced. They were never wrong.

[Jackdaw33]

The last time I was in France imperial measurements were still used colloquially. Half a kilo was 'une livre' (pound) and half a pound was un quart.

[jourdain2]

YUP! I have some electronic scales, which I don't believe, but they get somewhere near. For accuracy I use a I950's set with weights - won 3rd prize for a Victoria sponge in the village show with them. Seriously - don't believe electronics. When I use electronic scales (usually to measure dog's dry, compressed dust balls) they are wildly erratic. I take one lump off and it drops 3 grams! Proper scales are the answer.

[mazie]

I remember those Jackdaw. My old doctor had them in his surgery. I have scales somewhere but never use them. I always go on how my clothes feel.