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minus-squareTheGoldenV@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 month agoTwo pounds sugar to one ton concrete? 1 yard of concrete is about 2-2.5 tons and one truck holds between 8-10 yards. That’s between 32 and 50 pounds of sugar per truckload. Thats a lot of sugar.
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoYou can get a 50 pound bag of sugar at Costco for under $40.
minus-squarecheesybuddha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoBut not in occupied France, which kinda makes me suspicious of the post.
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoOccupied France as in WW2? This post specifically says 1980s. I’m fairly sure they had normal access to groceries during that time.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIt would have been in kilograms by then though.
Two pounds sugar to one ton concrete? 1 yard of concrete is about 2-2.5 tons and one truck holds between 8-10 yards. That’s between 32 and 50 pounds of sugar per truckload.
Thats a lot of sugar.
You can get a 50 pound bag of sugar at Costco for under $40.
But not in occupied France, which kinda makes me suspicious of the post.
Occupied France as in WW2? This post specifically says 1980s. I’m fairly sure they had normal access to groceries during that time.
Yes I definitely missed that.
It would have been in kilograms by then though.