On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:56:41 -0400, rickman  declaimed the
following:

>
>One thing that metric has not dealt with is the ton.  There is a metric
>ton, but there are also many, many other types of tons which may or may
>not be defined in metric, but vary from the defined 1000 kg.

 That is a tonne, in common usage.

 The common (short) US ton is 2000lbs. I think the long ton is 2400lbs
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