I'm thinkin' ol' Ed had tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
>
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