Fifty percent of people use algebra at least a few times a week

According to this survey, fifty percent of people out there use algebra at least a few times a week. So all of that algebra I'm teaching these kids in class does have use in the real world.

I have over a stone of cat

Scruffy went to the vet today to receive his microchip, and though Shadow already has one, I took her along for the opportunity to weigh her on their scale. Scruffy weighed in at 7.5 pounds; Shadow at 8.2. If a stone is fourteen pounds, I have 1 and 1/10 stone of cat.