The Website
SensibleUnits.com has the tagline "
Convert boring units to real objects as you type!" When I input my weight, it told me I was the equivalent of:
- 41 average physics textbooks (I wouldn't know; I never took physics)
- 14 average domestic cats (my favorite!)
- 9.4 men's shotputs (this is probably appropriate with the Olympics coming up)
- 3.8 microwave ovens (REALLY heavy ones-over 40 pounds each!)
I was also:
- 68 kilograms
- 10.7 stone
- 6.94 hyls
- 5.36 quarters
- 4.66 slugs
- 1.5 hundredweights (short)
- 0.068 tonnes (metric)
- 0.067 tons (long)
Who knew there were so many ways to measure something!
I just checked out the site. It's pretty cool, you can convert objects to other objects. For example, I found out that 2 dual layer DVDs are big enough to hold 6.3 copies of English Wikipedia or 5.3 human genomes!
ReplyDeleteSo, I wonder how 14 Average cats would convert to "Jacksons". I think that Jackson may be a little overweight, but he really seems to have slimmed down over the past 6 months or so (must be from him running so many laps around the downstairs).
Lud I don't think there are enough physics textbooks for me :-) interesting though.
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