On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:48:04 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
wrote the following:

I've been having an email discussion with several model railroaders who
are convinced that wood changes length with humidity. It must, because
their track is developing kinks :-).

I've quoted websites and books that prove they're wrong, but it doesn't
faze the true believers. Seems politics and religion aren't the only
areas in which opinion trumps facts :-).

So, have you sold them a januwine Wood Shrinking Unit yet, LB?


OK, it does move a little - according to the wood handbook 0.1%-0.2% from
totally green to over dry. That's about 0.1" in 8'. And I doubt they're
using green wood :-).

OTOH, some of the same folks are convinced that Homasote (a pressed paper
product) does not move from wet to dry.

You meet the nicest people on a keyboard :-).

Say "Halelujah!" and pass the mashed potatoes.

P.S: It's nice to know that the Wreck isn't the only source of cracked
info.

--
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor
the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
-- Charles Darwin