Ron Beaufort
Lifetime Supporting Member
I've always had a question about something - but then I asked a couple of students from Chile (they said that they used the metric system down there) ...
when you go to Lowes or Home Depot (or whatever happens to be the overseas version of a lumber yard) do you ask for a two-by-four (in inches) or maybe a 5.08-by-10.16 (in centimeters) ? ...
according to Hector and Pedro - in Chile you ask for a two-by-four ...
and incidentally - a two-by-four isn't really a full two inches by a full four inches anyway ...
when you go to Lowes or Home Depot (or whatever happens to be the overseas version of a lumber yard) do you ask for a two-by-four (in inches) or maybe a 5.08-by-10.16 (in centimeters) ? ...
according to Hector and Pedro - in Chile you ask for a two-by-four ...
and incidentally - a two-by-four isn't really a full two inches by a full four inches anyway ...