On Apr 30, 2008, at 1:02 AM, matthiasm wrote:
> Just to make this thread even longer still without giving you any
> measurements (Newton's at home today): I was quite surprised when I
> bought a bunch of "2x4" building studs in a HomeDepot in California
> the first time in my life. I was quite surprised that they measured 1
> 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches instead of 2 by 4 inches. In the light of that, I
> believe the Newton screen is 10 by 18 inches large ;-)
>
Yup. That's been the standard size for a tubafore since I was a kid,
and if I remember him saying so correctly, since my stepfather was a
kid as well. I don't know what the logic is, but at least it's
consistently illogical. =^)
Steve
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