Comments on: just had to share… http://happymama.stblogs.com/2008/06/13/just-had-to-share/ "We MUST have an unconditional readiness to change in order to be transformed in Christ." --- Dietrich von Hildebrand Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: happymama http://happymama.stblogs.com/2008/06/13/just-had-to-share/#comment-6962 happymama Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:54:43 +0000 http://happymama.stblogs.com/2008/06/13/just-had-to-share/#comment-6962 cool! I learned something! Thanks for sharing. cool! I learned something! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Paul Galbraith http://happymama.stblogs.com/2008/06/13/just-had-to-share/#comment-6882 Paul Galbraith Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:52:32 +0000 http://happymama.stblogs.com/2008/06/13/just-had-to-share/#comment-6882 Sara Below is the answer to Caleb's question why the abbreviation for pound is "lb" It's no accident that the word pound represents both a measurement of weight and the currency of England. One pound sterling was originally worth the same as one Troy pound of sterling silver. So, at one time, 10 pounds (currency) was actually the equivalent of 10 pounds (the weight) of silver. The basic Roman unit of weight was the libra pondo; libra means "scales or balances," and pondo comes from pendere, meaning "to weigh." Pondo became pound, and libra became the abbreviation lb., reflecting the medieval custom of keeping accounts in Latin. Incidentally, this also explains why the zodiac sign for Libra is a set of scales. Sara
Below is the answer to Caleb’s question why the abbreviation for pound is “lb”

It’s no accident that the word pound represents both a measurement of weight and the currency of England. One pound sterling was originally worth the same as one Troy pound of sterling silver. So, at one time, 10 pounds (currency) was actually the equivalent of 10 pounds (the weight) of silver.

The basic Roman unit of weight was the libra pondo; libra means “scales or balances,” and pondo comes from pendere, meaning “to weigh.” Pondo became pound, and libra became the abbreviation lb., reflecting the medieval custom of keeping accounts in Latin.

Incidentally, this also explains why the zodiac sign for Libra is a set of scales.

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