Aka "lots of elbow room".
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT measures was Re: Out damn'd GMT ... > > But mostly empty! > > > -----Original Message----- > 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> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search > the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
