BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down120
arrow-up1446arrow-down1message-squareA metric tonne (1000 kg) should be called a megagram (1 Mg).BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down5·1 year agoWhat is this metric shit? I’m an American! I measure weight in American units like the hundredweight and the truss and the slug!
minus-squareFlightyPenguin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI don’t know what a hundredweight is, but I’m just guessing based on American experience that it’s a unit of volume equal to 132 quarts.
minus-squarejvisick@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago1 hundredweight = (1 qt * 32) + 100.7, of course. It’s very intuitive.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoChevrolet camaros per gun.
What is this metric shit? I’m an American! I measure weight in American units like the hundredweight and the truss and the slug!
I don’t know what a hundredweight is, but I’m just guessing based on American experience that it’s a unit of volume equal to 132 quarts.
1 hundredweight = (1 qt * 32) + 100.7, of course. It’s very intuitive.
burgers per bald eagle
Chevrolet camaros per gun.