----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Demetrication
> marie heaster wrote: > >> Further to that, I was in a lumberyard only a few days >> ago and everyone still talks about 4x2s, 4x8 plywood, >> etc. > > Whn I lived in Cheshire I used to use a woodyard who supply 4x2s in 2 or > 3m lengths... > > Steve > NB Bream It is only recently (well, within the last few years!) that floor coverings have been sold in metric widths. They used to be measured in feet wide and metres long. Dorothy
