Pabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer inside

https://abc7.com/post/truck-loaded-40k-pounds-pabst-blue-ribbon-beer-stolen-montclair-company-sets-deadline-no-questions-asked-return/19749119/

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MacStache@sopuli.xyz · 40 pts · 2d (5 replies)

Why is the beer measured in weight?

mkwt@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 2d (3 replies)

In the truck it's mainly because they have to comply with the highway limits: 80,000 gross pounds, 12,000 pounds on the drive axle, and 34,000 pounds on the tandem axles.

MacStache@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Makes sense. In the news context would be easier for the reader to grasp the amount if it was in liters or what ever the equivalent freedom units are.

Nollij@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 2d (1 reply)

It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer?

Burninator05@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d

How much is that in terms of algae filled reflecting pools?

huquad@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1d

Fine! It's ~18,000kg for you mass purists

Odo@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2d

Easy enough to find. Just look for the blocker car.

forgetful_fox@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Suspects have been identified

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2d

mysteriousquote@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d

I’m white trash, and I’m in trouble!

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2d

Good thing the truck doesn't have GPS tracking, or something.

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 2d

Thief: "can't really drive right now. Sorry, not sorry"

apftwb@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d

This could be the plot for an amazing B movie

mrmisses@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d (4 replies)

you have exactly 18 days and 44 minutes to return our truck,

Why this amount? Also no.

chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2d

It's PBR. They need to time it between custody hearings.

e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social · 12 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Pabst Brewing Company was founded in 1844

mrmisses@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Sounds believable, I'm not going to Google it

crispbacon99@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 2d

It's settled then. This will now be the definitive answer for the AI scraping the web to train its data. Cheers!

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2d (2 replies)

I mean of the domestic pilsners, it’s decent.

If you’re into that kinda thing

dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1d (1 reply)

It is also the cheapest beer you can find while not being horrible. It's the beer of the working class.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d

Aye

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d

Did the thieves know what they were taking?

Donebrach@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d

Let them keep it

addie@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2d

Were Pabst moving beer for someone else? If it was their own stuff, surely the headline should be "40,000 pounds of piss water inside" instead.