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Date:         Thu, 30 May 1996 07:41:51 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <raven@halcyon.com>
Subject:      RE: Metric Ton (was Stoopid Parts Stores)

1 metric ton = 1000 Kg = 2204.6 lb = 1.102 short ton

A short ton is what we (in the USA) commonly call a ton.

---------- >From: rusty vanbondo[SMTP:vanbondo@primenet.com] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 1996 7:25 AM

========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Re: Metric Ton (was Stoopid Parts Stores)

As a follow up to Bob Hoover's FLAPS counter person spweing "Oh, you mean AMERICAN metric fittings."

I was out running around yesterday on a much deserved "sick-day" <insert fake coughing> when I noticed the Toyota T-100 pickup truck which I was following had a tailgate badge that read "Metric Ton." I haven't done the simple homework to find the answer but had to laugh to myself that it was like a Swahili inch or something. Isn't an inch an inch and a ton a ton? Where is the standard here?

I vote for the metric system and a four day work week. I can hear all of the possible "inch" jokes that we all have heard creeping out of the dusty corners of my mind. I will spare you all if you promise to return the favor. -rusty\


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