Pieter: Don't be too hard on poor 'ol Ed - I think he's even older than I am!
boB Nicholson _______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > If you buy 33 lengths of rail, you OBVIOUSLY cut the last one in half to lay > both rails. > > The contrary question is, how many people lay track in exact increments based > on the number of feet of rail in whatever bundle is available. If the seller > sells by the piece of rail, how long before someone asks to buy it by the > foot, or inch? > > How about we let Dave know how much support he has for this potential > product, rather than nit-picking it to death? > > OTOH, If the driving force is getting Tom's Turnouts back in production, > maybe a compromise rail joiner that would allow existing code 125 rail to > make to SHS rail would be a more economical solution. > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Mon, 4/9/12, Ed <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > how many bundles of rail (each > > 36" long - 33 rails per bundle) will you commit to purchase > > <snip> > > > > Since train track has TWO rails, I have often wondered why > > rail is sold in bundles with an ODD number of rails. A > > bundle with 33 rails will always be one rail too many or one > > rail too few. Why not sell bundles with 32 rails or 34 > > rails? That would make more sense (to me, at > > least). Just a thought. Ed L. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
