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Subject: Re: [motm] Screw Dimensions

From: "mcb, inc." <mcbinc@...>
Date: 2006-11-16

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, timothy cooper wrote:

> I Believe the "8" is the thickness of the screw(milimeters maybe?

Millimeters? None of that damned commie nonsense here. We like
to multiply and divide by numbers other than 10. How many slugs
does your girlfriend weigh? What's the speed limit in furlongs
per fortnight. That's the stuff for us. :-) And as particular as
Paul is about parts selection, I was always slightly disappointed
he doesn't use Whitworth fittings....

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Monty Brandenberg