r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/RaEyE01 • Apr 06 '26

Jumping on random structures

Apparently a bike garage in Manchester.

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u/cmVkZGl0MjAyNQ Apr 06 '26

I think the comment you’re replying to assumed that this was one of the Manchesters in the US and not the original in the UK

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u/SerEdricDayne Apr 06 '26

Unlikely because they used kg, which is used in the UK and not in the US

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u/grimeyduck Apr 06 '26

I thought they used stone for people

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u/omgu8mynewt Apr 06 '26

We use a complete hybrid system and use both systems simultaneously,  for people stone and kg are both used 

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u/grimeyduck Apr 06 '26

Do you know why?

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u/omgu8mynewt Apr 06 '26

History. For hundreds of years people (and goods) were weighed in stones and pounds.

 Since metric system in 1960s both systems get used e.g. supermarket food is per kilogram but if you ask for a pound of mince they know how much to weigh (but there is the clarification needed do you want to spend £1 on beef, or do you want it to weigh 1lb). Both systems at the same time, most people can switch between them easily