But mostly empty!

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Bill Fairchild
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ...

Alaska equals two times the size of Texas plus one Wyoming.

Bill Fairchild

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Staller, Allan
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ...

*EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!


<snip>
>> ...  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.

If I had to guess, it's because the UK is a lot more humid and the
lumber wouldn't shrink as much? <g>

Makes me wonder whether dimensional lumber in Seattle is bigger than in
Texas.
</snip>

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