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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-01-27 00:42, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 23:28, Warin <<a
href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The only problem is the
'ton'.<br>
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I n the USA 2,000 pounds<br>
In the UK 2,240 pounds.<br>
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Resolving this? units 'ton us' and 'ton uk' ???<br>
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<div>Why not use the terms that they are well known by when it
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<div>between them? The US ton is known as the "short ton"
(which the original poster</div>
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The metric ton is the "tonne."</div>
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<div>Yes, there are other tons around, like the longweight and
shortweight tons, but they</div>
<div>are archaic (as the long and short tons should be).</div>
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<div>Paul</div>
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<p>I've also always known them as "short ton" and "long ton" and I
agree whith your choice, but...</p>
<p>actually "short ton" and "long ton" are the terms used in the
U.S., while AFAIK Brits distinguish between "imperial ton" and
"cental ton", so maybe we have a problem...</p>
<p>Sergio<br>
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