▲ 145 ▼ Pabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer inside (abc7.com) submitted 1 day ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MacStache@sopuli.xyz 34 points 23 hours ago (2 children) Why is the beer measured in weight? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mkwt@lemmy.world 39 points 23 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MacStache@sopuli.xyz 8 points 21 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 17 hours ago It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer? permalink fedilink source parent [–] huquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 16 hours ago Fine! It's ~18,000kg for you mass purists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 39 points 23 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MacStache@sopuli.xyz 8 points 21 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 17 hours ago It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MacStache@sopuli.xyz 8 points 21 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 17 hours ago It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 17 hours ago It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 16 hours ago Fine! It's ~18,000kg for you mass purists permalink fedilink source parent