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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.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.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. :)
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!
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.