Gunner Asch fired this volley in
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Ive been working in commercial machine shops on the west coast since
1996..and have heard NO ONE use the term "mil" when refering to
anything other than thickness of garbage sacks and sheet plastic.
Not in Aridzona, not in California, not in Washington, Idaho or Oregon

Perhaps its a east coast thingy...shru

Although you're ALL broken down, you must be younger than you look or
act.

You must not remember that in the 1960s and 1970s, all machinists used
that jargon, as well as did their purchasing agents and vendors to them.

Anyone even remotely involved with the space program spoke it, even if
they had no machining background. All insulative sheeting like Mylar and
Kaptan stock were sold by the mil. Wiring was spec'd in area of cross-
section in "circular mils' (still is).

LLoyd