Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:27:39 PDT
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: H Re: Getting a new libretto screen.
1 Tonne = 1000kg = 2,202 (and a bit) lbs
1 ton = 20cwt = 20*8st = 20*8*14lbs = 2240lbs - at least in England!
But I seem to recall coming across a ton of some sort = 2000lbs, I just
can't remember where.
Neil
>From: "Berlant, Michael S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: H Re: Getting a new libretto screen.
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:11:12 -0700
>
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:07:45 -0500
>From: "Berlant, Michael S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: H Re: Getting a new libretto screen.
>
>Actually, I believe that a tonne is about 10% more than a ton. As I
>understand it (shields up), a ton is 2,000 pounds and a tonne is 1,000
>kilograms. The really sticky part is that the US seems to be the only
>country in the world still stuck using the English system of weights and
>measures (shields down).
>
>At least we have always divided our currency into 100 parts, and not 12 of
>this and 20 of that.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: neil barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 1:46 PM
>To: Libretto
>Subject: Re: H Re: Getting a new libretto screen.
>
>It's like a ton, only a gnat's smaller...
>
>
> >From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: H Re: Getting a new libretto screen.
> >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:21:11 -0700
> >
> >
> >Now, what is a tonne?
> >
> >Pres Waterman W2PW
> >c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc.
> >Long Island Ford and Kia Dealer
> >
> >GO BILLS!
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