On Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 5:59:20 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 09:43:45 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 03/19/2017 9:39 AM, trader_4 wrote:
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IDK what they used back then, but 2x4s today are not pine, they are Douglas Fir.

Only if you're in the western US or Canada (or Japan/China where most
Doug fir is exported to)...the kids in the lumber yards around here
don't even know what "Doug fur" is; some kind of pet, maybe???
Douglas Fir is WAY too valuable to be used for residential framing,
even here in Canada./

Maybe true in Canada, but HD and lumberyards in the US are full of
cheap 2x4s made of Douglas Fir.