time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer insideabc7.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down14
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkPabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer insideabc7.comtime2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·2 months 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-up11·2 months 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-down1·2 months agoIt says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer?
minus-squareBurninator05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHow much is that in terms of algae filled reflecting pools?
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?