Darn...wish I would have thought of that one.
For instance, a 2×4 must be followed with a disclaimer
Morons.
I was thinking the same thing....”tubuhfor” has always been that size, right?
Got some in my house that really are 2x4”. That wood is so old it’s like iron.
/johnny
It isn’t about labeling, it was a shakedown.
I want to whack any person that clueless upside the head with a one-and-a-half by three-and-a-half...
goofy.
Gee is a 2X4 made of wood? they kill trees to make 2X4’s who do I sue??
I always find it interesting that wood products are “rounded up” in the measurements, but metal bars are exactly sized. If you buy some steel or aluminum in 2” x 4”, that’s what you get.
I was about 16 when I discovered that a 2x4 is not really 2” x 4”. I confess I was ticked about it.
But I didn’t sue anybody, nor did it cross my mind.
So, if I get beat by a cat o’ nine tails can I sue because it wasn’t really a cat with nine tails?
Can I sue if I got a “baker’s dozen” from the bakery and they gave me one extra?
All you can do is laugh at our situation. I mean that. Well, that and recite the last words of Revelation.
The moron judge, who probably never bought or even touched a 2X4 in his/her life, is the one who is at fault here. No one with so little street smarts should be on any bench.
Well, maybe a park bench.
Ping to your interest.
Liberalism really is a mental disease.
They are sucking the lifeblood out of the economy.
“Fatty, fatty
One and a half by three and a half
Can’t get through the kitchen...
Eff’n lawyers F up everything.
LOL - best comment of the day!
What Lowes should do is state that they will start selling 2x4’s that really are 2” x 4” and then calculate the extra trees that will have to die each year to make that happen. Put out ads showing the plaintiff’s face saying that X-million extra trees will die every year for this guy.
MY GOD! Anyone smart enough to wield a hammer SHOULD know that 2X4 has always been the NOMINAL size BEFORE the final sizing at the mill.
The ACTUAL was once 3 5/8” x 1 5/8” which was dropped to 3 1/2” x 1 1/2” a number of years ago.
Is it me or are those around us just getting more and more STUPID?? It IS California, however!
I give you Barack Obama as POTUS and rest my case.
God only knows what comes next but it will not be good!
Just wait until these idiots discover things like warp, twist, wind, bow, knots and such. Maybe they might discover things like shims and wedges and legislate exact dimiensions for those as well.
STOP THE STUPID!
Typically green logs are sawn to 2” X 4” dimensions. The boards are then kiln dried, and planed to the final dimensions (1.5” X 3.5”). The drying and planing are valuable improvements — but, if you really wanted to, you could buy fresh-sawn wet 2 X 4’s.
Similarly, a McDonald’s “quarter-pounder” patty starts out with 4 oz. of raw meat. It weighs significantly less after cooking (about 3 oz.) — but, that’s not considered false advertising, because everyone knows that the 1/4 pound refers to the precooked weight.
The country has really gone down the toilet..