"a hunk of wood about yay big" is the correct terminology for construction
lumber of ANY dimension not actually used for construction.
"that hunk o wood there" is an acceptable substitute.
And, ...would you believe (to quote a Mr. M. Schmart".... that in the early
80's that a 4x8 sheet of 1/2" plywood was ACTUALLY referred to as . get this
1220 x 4880 x 12.5 mm.
Who invents this crap?!?
Dave T
I didn;t realise until now why you 'mericans didn;t get the Honda Civic Si
model - because Si stands for "Systeme Internationale" aka Metric!!
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