"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 10/01/2019 21:54, soup wrote:

My favourite is 4 X 2 wood (nominally 4 inches by 2 inches) yet sold in
metre lengths so you get things like :-


Was it ever 2" x 4"?

my carpenter tradesperson, who can't be over 35, calls 50 by 50mm - 2 by 2

tim