> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:41:55 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ...
> To: [email protected]
> 
> ...  Two by four construction lumber is still the same dimensions (more like 
> 1.6in by 3.2in).
> 
And in the UK, they still call it four-by-two (otherwise Cockney rhyming slang 
wouldn't make sense) and it is a lot closer to its nominal dimensions.  
                                          
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