time2lose@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer insideabc7.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down13
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkPabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer insideabc7.comtime2lose@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareMacStache@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy is the beer measured in weight?
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·1 month agoIn the truck it’s mainly because they have to comply with the highway limits: 80,000 gross pounds, 12,000 pounds on the drive axle, and 34,000 pounds on the tandem axles.
minus-squareMacStache@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoMakes sense. In the news context would be easier for the reader to grasp the amount if it was in liters or what ever the equivalent freedom units are.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoIt says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer?
minus-squareBurninator05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHow much is that in terms of algae filled reflecting pools?
minus-squarehuquad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoFine! It’s ~18,000kg for you mass purists
Why is the beer measured in weight?
In the truck it’s mainly because they have to comply with the highway limits: 80,000 gross pounds, 12,000 pounds on the drive axle, and 34,000 pounds on the tandem axles.
Makes sense. In the news context would be easier for the reader to grasp the amount if it was in liters or what ever the equivalent freedom units are.
It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer?
How much is that in terms of algae filled reflecting pools?
Fine! It’s ~18,000kg for you mass purists