Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5

• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah sorry. The tree was originally 50ft tall so we call the pieces that. But you only get 3ft

  Is like buying 1200lbs steaks because that’s what the cow weighs before it gets parted

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Better example would be raw vs cooked weight of a 1/4lb paddy.

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    • AmidFuror@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Exactly. Because it is easier to weigh the correct amount before cooking than find out you were wrong after.

      But you should probably be feeding Patrick more.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s a very small area to grow rice in.

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      • EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Or a very offended Irish person.

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    • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A full bag of crisps, but a third is just air

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• dukatos@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  90 mile beach

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• maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s not a 2x4 it’s a “2x4.”

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  • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And if you’re a fan of quotation marks you could call it a “2"x4”."

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    • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You have to escape the quotes…

      “2\"x4\"” or use differing quotes ‘2"x4"’

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      • mortimerkahn@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I think this is an excellent time to point out that curl quotes (“ ”) are what are typographically used for quotations and apostrophes and hash marks (" ‘) are what are used for feet and inches. So it would look something like:

        “ 2"× 4’ ”

        (Spacing is still a bit ugly, I’d kern me some quote marks)

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      • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        In CSV, you escape a double quote with a double quote.

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    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You did that on purpose, you misanthrope.

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  • lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    ah the infamous NaN lumber 🤣

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    • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      [Object][Object]

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  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    nominal

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• lgmjon64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This one of those things that sounds correct, but isn’t even remotely true. Like not at all, not even based on anything even.

    Wall finishes varies in thickness, and the milled wood also varies in final dimensions depending on moisture content.

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    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Their comment made me almost consider posting an emoji on Lemmy.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The singular is emojus.

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wall finished vary in thickness wildly

      When I was designing kitchens, I and literally everyone in the construction industry around me all assumed that drywall was 1/2”

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fire rated partition wall? 2 layers of 5/8 each side for a total thickness of 6”

        Image

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Factually incorrect; the board is 2 inches by 4 inches (or whatever the marked dimension is) when rough sawn. After kiln drying and milling, it will be 1.5" thick and 3.5" wide. It still took 2 by 4 inches of the tree to make so that’s what you pay for.

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    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Do I get the sawdust in a bag with it?

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Maybe, if you ask the sawyer nicely.

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