spitfires
[Top] [All Lists]

RE: Chromework and rechroming (getting slightly off topic

To: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>,
Subject: RE: Chromework and rechroming (getting slightly off topic
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:09:58 -0400
At 03:02 PM 6/23/2003 +0100, Gosling, Richard B wrote:
>...No need to worry, in this rather odd isle we work on both metric and
>imperial...
>
>A building suppliers I used to go to occasionally would sell you a 2 metre
>length of 2"x4"- that always cracked me up.  I'd be surprised if they don't
>still do that, although with the nonsense regulations we have now they'd be
>forced to call it 51x102mm...

If your regulations are honest, they would be required to call it a 35x80mm...

Doug Braun
'72 Spit 

///  spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list
///  or try  http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
///  Archives at http://www.team.net/archive


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>