[time-nuts] Obscure terms

[David Forbes]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> Ohh, and I almost forgot: US cooling engineers measuring energy 
> in "tons".
> 

As they also measure the load capacity of the truck that has to carry said air 
conditioning unit, not that those two types of tons have anything in common with 
the 2000 pound type of ton. (A 1/2 ton truck can carry 1.5 tons if you're in a 
low-income area.)

--David Forbes, Inchland