Guy stuff...

That's the funniest thing I've read in a while :p:p:p

Thanks, I needed that...:p
 
We (the consumers) are allways royally screwed (and we dont even get to kiss)

I.e. when we went from Guilders to Euro which happened January 2002 .... 1 euro = 2.20 guilder.
Guilder prices from 6 years ago, euro prices today
1 Bread 1.80 guilders... 1.69 euro now (3.72 guilders)
1.5 liter Coca Cola 1.89 guilders... 1.35 euro (2.97 guilders)

Salary.... 2000 guilders 1000 euro :(
 
I wonder what the exchange rate will be when we're forced to change to pesos :(
 
Originally Posted by Brianwarnock
What's plywood?


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

Is this an American thing, youngster thing, or am I a bit slow, or all 3? :)
But I don't get it. :confused:

Brian
 
We (the consumers) are allways royally screwed (and we dont even get to kiss)

I.e. when we went from Guilders to Euro which happened January 2002 .... 1 euro = 2.20 guilder.
Guilder prices from 6 years ago, euro prices today
1 Bread 1.80 guilders... 1.69 euro now (3.72 guilders)
1.5 liter Coca Cola 1.89 guilders... 1.35 euro (2.97 guilders)

Salary.... 2000 guilders 1000 euro :(

I have heard this complaint from Greece to Spain and all places in between.

Brian
 
Originally Posted by Brianwarnock
What's plywood?




Is this an American thing, youngster thing, or am I a bit slow, or all 3? :)
But I don't get it. :confused:

Brian
I think it's all 3 Brian. But, the joke was on the fly...I didn't even know what it meant until I wrote it...but now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense actually. Especially on workdays. :rolleyes:
 
It's getting funnier by the minute... :p
 
Well....I am known for being a very serious and sarcastic prik...so I guess I've redeemed myself here. :)
 
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?

Standard distance between joist centres is normally 450mm or it can be 600 to account for the change to metrication:mad:
 
That's how I put two & two together - :p

So is that the size of your plywood?

Hey Ken,

Don't know if this is the correct answer but I can tell you that if you buy say Baltic Birch plywood, here (stateside), the dimensions will be 5' x 5', most of the time, and the reason it is, is because it is from Europe. Now, I don't know if that is the technical answer of that is the size in Europe. It may be 5' x 5' to make it easier to ship here, for all I know.

Shane
 
I've never ever seen a 5x5 sheet of anything here, 8x4 or the metric equiv is the norm;)
 
I've never ever seen a 5x5 sheet of anything here, 8x4 or the metric equiv is the norm;)

Wonder where the 5' x 5' size comes from then? Shipping reasons? Could be cost reasons too, though. Baltic Birch is very good quality but it is also very expensive.
 
Wonder where the 5' x 5' size comes from then? Shipping reasons? Could be cost reasons too, though. Baltic Birch is very good quality but it is also very expensive.

Maybe they're short stubby trees ? :p
 
I never made it to Europe until a few years ago,after the Euro was established. My wife, who is Austrian is a seasoned traveller.
She loves to tell the stories of the old days when you would travel to several countries in Europe and have to change money at each stop.
It seems the old Austrian schillings were pretty much useless anywhere outside Austria.
Going through customs and passport control each time was another fun experience.
 
My wife, who is Austrian is a seasoned traveller.
She loves to tell the stories of the old days when you would travel to several countries in Europe and have to change money at each stop.

I'll bet the nights just fly by in your house. . . . .

Col
 

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