[USMA:52640] RE: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

[Henschel Mark]

We have both short tons and long tons. I think the short ton is 2,000 pounds whereas the long ton is based on the hundredweight, which is 112 pounds (sic). So a long ton in the USA could very well be 2240 pounds.
 
Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com>
Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 4:48 pm
Subject: [USMA:52636] RE: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>

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But they got their conversion wrong – 1 tonne is 2209 lbs and an ordinary ton is 2240 lbs (at least that is what I was taught in school in South Africa), or is something different in the United States?   ;-)

 

Martin Vlietstra

 

From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele
> Sent: 08 April 2013 16:25
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:52629] Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread

 

Amazingly, it is an AP article and they are metric tons.

http://news.yahoo.com/germany-thieves-swipe-5-tons-chocolate-spread-103316137.html

BERLIN (AP) — These thieves might really have sticky fingers.

Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5 metric tons (5.5 tons) of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread from a parked trailer in the central German town of Bad Hersfeld over the weekend.