Krudler to Mildly [email protected]English • 1 year agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up1961cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1961imageIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldKrudler to Mildly [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square282fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDem BosainlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoSee also: 2x4s (how is lumber measured in Europe? Are 2x4s called 2x4s? or 50x100s?)
minus-squarejrbaconcheeselinkfedilinkEnglish17•1 year agoNot surprising but: metric units, and they are the units of the finished product not some arbitrary historical size lumber used to be
minus-squareyaklinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year ago47 x 100 as I recall from my days working in a Builders Merchant, still referred to as ‘four by two’ by builders though
See also: 2x4s
(how is lumber measured in Europe? Are 2x4s called 2x4s? or 50x100s?)
Not surprising but: metric units, and they are the units of the finished product not some arbitrary historical size lumber used to be
47 x 100 as I recall from my days working in a Builders Merchant, still referred to as ‘four by two’ by builders though
They reverse it in England, 4x2s