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DerbyDad03 wrote in news:b36ccf58-9517-437f-8d6f-
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On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 8:36:53 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:03:55 -0800, Electric Comet
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On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:39:09 -0800
pyotr filipivich wrote:

Or in this case: how many boards did they wreck learning what
was the "right amount"?

rhetorical i know

but it is wood so they still have failures

just a reminder
wood has no imperfections but only misuse or miscalculations or in other
words incorrect expectations in its use


Wood has no imperfections? I've certainly come across a crack or two.
I've also come across hidden internal stress, which caused havoc when
it decided to relieve itself.


Wait for it...

EC is going to say:

user should have accounted for stresses

crack should have been prepared for

wood was perfect user wasn't


I'm surprised that there are still some of you left that haven't killfiled him...