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minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago1k lbs is a perfectly cromulent unit of enbiggenment, colloquially known as “Calebs”.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoGive me washing machines or give me death
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoIndeed that’s 10 hundredweight. Which maybe ironically enough is rather intuitive for me, Germany still uses pounds and hundredweight (Zentner) in informal and sectorial use, meaning 500g and 50kg.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI believe that’s 80 stone
minus-squareplatypus_plumba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s a good replacement for the heavy-fridge unit.
minus-squareSimonHoogwerff@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAmerica is slowly switching to the metric system: metric pounds, metric feet, you know…
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI mean, it’s more clear than 0.5 tons, since “tons” doesn’t specify US or metric. Not that it would matter in this specific instance.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut if it doesn’t matter, what’s the problem with tons?
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1k lbs is a perfectly cromulent unit of enbiggenment, colloquially known as “Calebs”.
Give me washing machines or give me death
Indeed that’s 10 hundredweight. Which maybe ironically enough is rather intuitive for me, Germany still uses pounds and hundredweight (Zentner) in informal and sectorial use, meaning 500g and 50kg.
I believe that’s 80 stone
Not a fan of kilopounds, klbs?
It’s a good replacement for the heavy-fridge unit.
America is slowly switching to the metric system: metric pounds, metric feet, you know…
I mean, it’s more clear than 0.5 tons, since “tons” doesn’t specify US or metric. Not that it would matter in this specific instance.
But if it doesn’t matter, what’s the problem with tons?