Guy stuff...

[KenHigg]

Just curious; I have a tape measure which has inches on one side and cm's on the other. On the inch side, every 16 inches there are small black triangle marks. I know these are to mark for studs in walls.

On the cm side there are similar marks every 40 cms. Is this supposed to be stud layout marks in a metric system? If so does that mean than in areas where the metric system is used that a sheet of plywood is 120 x 240 cms?

 

[Brianwarnock]

You may have noticed that 40cms is approx 16 ins just a bit less.

 

[namliam]

16 inch = 40 cm ?? Roughly... 41.2 if I remember correctly...

2.575 cm to an inch right??

Edit: Brian beat me to it...

 

[KenHigg]

You may have noticed that 40cms is approx 16 ins just a bit less.

That's how I put two & two together -

So is that the size of your plywood?

 

[namliam]

No clue... Not a carpenter, not by proffesion nore for fun ... I would seem logical to have nice round figures... instead of havin 123 cm actually having 120...

 

[Brianwarnock]

What's plywood?



Seriously I cannot say since its many years since I bought any.

Brian

 

[KenHigg]

What's plywood?



Seriously I cannot say since its many years since I bought any.

Brian

Oh dear... I'm affraid your guy stock just took a serious hit... No wonder they don't trust you with a gun...

 

[Brianwarnock]

No clue... Not a carpenter, not by proffesion nore for fun ... I would seem logical to have nice round figures... instead of havin 123 cm actually having 120...

Not in this country. Now that we have gone metric we have to use that system and can no longer buy milk by the pint , just 568 millilitres, oh yeah that = 1 pint.

I bought racking for the garage last year, it was in some strange measurements, I discovered why when I unpacked it, it was made in the US and was nice round inches, but could not be advertied that way.

Brian

 

[Brianwarnock]

Oh dear... I'm affraid your guy stock just took a serious hit... No wonder they don't trust you with a gun...

We had an item in our paper the other day about an American DIYer who need to drill a hole in a wall but hadn't got a drill, so he got out his gun and tried to shoot one, the bullet richo.. rebounded and killed his wife.

Brian

 

[namliam]

A quick google for multiplex seems to indicate it is 122 cm not 120

But like I said... Not a thing I normaly do....

 

[KenHigg]

We had an item in our paper the other day about an American DIYer who need to drill a hole in a wall but hadn't got a drill, so he got out his gun and tried to shoot one, the bullet richo.. rebounded and killed his wife.

Brian

So was the hole in the wall like he needed?

 

[KenHigg]

A quick google for multiplex seems to indicate it is 122 cm not 120

But like I said... Not a thing I normaly do....

I did the same - Seems that is real close to 48"x96".

 

[Brianwarnock]

So was the hole in the wall like he needed?

LOL

You know what, it never said.

Brian

 

[KenHigg]

LOL

You know what, it never said.

Brian

If you can find a reprint, the calibre of the gun used, type wall, exact positioning of the parties envolved, etc would be interesting to consider

 

[KenHigg]

Something else that I was wondering. Yesterday I saw a roadsign that read "Caution - Bridge freezes before road in winter'. Does that mean that the road freezes before the bridge in the spring, summer and fall?

 

[namliam]

LOL @ Ken

There are many such logical problems out in the world at large

 

[statsman]

I know in Canada when they went to metric in the 70's the manufacturer's screwed us royally.
Example:
1 pint of milk = 568 ml. - price 50 cents
New measure - 500 ml. - price 50 cents.

Did you have the same problems in the UK?

 

[KenHigg]

I know in Canada when they went to metric in the 70's the manufacturer's screwed us royally.
Example:
1 pint of milk = 568 ml. - price 50 cents
New measure - 500 ml. - price 50 cents.

Did you have the same problems in the UK?

Maybe they passed the savings on to the cows - ?

 

[KenHigg]

I know in Canada when they went to metric in the 70's the manufacturer's screwed us royally.
Example:
1 pint of milk = 568 ml. - price 50 cents
New measure - 500 ml. - price 50 cents.

Did you have the same problems in the UK?

There's a difference between being screwed royally and being screwed by the royals, there is a connection but it's not that simple -

 

[ajetrumpet]

What's plywood?

It happens in the afternoon, not in the morning...