Posted by oldtanker on June 23, 2017 at 13:28:15 from (66.228.255.59):
Read all the way through all that and I got to thinking.
What would you say if you went to fill your car/truck up and it took way more than you thought it would then noticed a sign that said "nominal gallon"? Or if that pound of butter said "nominal pound"?
We have been conditioned to nominal sized lumber but does that make it right? Shouldn't you get a 2X4 if you pay for a 2X4?
Makes me think we have been getting ripped off for decades!
Don't laugh at these people who don't know. This all started back in the late 40's and 50's. People were at work. Good paying work. We were the only industrialized county in the world that didn't have to rebuild after WWII so we exported to everyone! People with good paying jobs didn't have to do their own repairs. So they never taught their kids. I saw this as a kid in NJ. Most of our neighbors in the 60's couldn't do much around the house. They hired it done. My dad was tight with money so he did everything and I was his forced gopher. But I learned. Lot of you guys grew up with dads like mine. But most of the kids I went to school with had no idea.
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