I've been asked by a friend to build a planter box made with Northern
White Cedar. I was given dimensions of the box as 61" x 18" x 26.5".
There were no indications of length height and width, but obviously
the box will be 61" long. Without benefit of W and H indicators, what
would be the protocol for reading 61" x 18" x 26.5"? Should the height
be 26.5 or is that the width? My friend is unavailable for
consultation on this. The planter will hold LLEX Crenata (a species of
Japanese Holly, to 4 feet high.

Thanks.

John

Only my opinion:

A planter would be 61" long (left to right), 18" deep (front to back) and
26.5" high to hold a hedge-type group of plants, otherwise it's rather
shallow and more square which makes less sense to me.

Unfortunately your friend might accidently get what he specified -- it's
good of you to question it.

--

Stephen

"John" wrote in message
...
I've been asked by a friend to build a planter box made with Northern
White Cedar. I was given dimensions of the box as 61" x 18" x 26.5".
There were no indications of length height and width, but obviously
the box will be 61" long. Without benefit of W and H indicators, what
would be the protocol for reading 61" x 18" x 26.5"? Should the height
be 26.5 or is that the width? My friend is unavailable for
consultation on this. The planter will hold LLEX Crenata (a species of
Japanese Holly, to 4 feet high.

Thanks.

John

Sun, Sep 26, 2004, 4:29pm (EDT+4) From:
(John)
I've been asked by a friend to build a planter box snip 61" x 18" x
26.5". There were no indications of length height and width, but
obviously the box will be 61" long. snip

Why "obviously"? Too many people nowadays expect you to read their
mind. Give him/her exactly what was asked for, a box made to those
dimensions. With 61" being the height. Then when your friend bitches,
just say, "You shoulda said then". You should pay for it, because you
didn't bother to ask in the first place; but, in that case, you put
shelves in it after, and use it as a bookcase or something. Anyway,
odds are, no matter which you pick, 18" or 26.5" wide, you'll be wrong;
so. long as you'll probably be bitched at anyway, you might's well have
some fun with it. Or, you could just wait and ask. I'm thinking I'd
probably go ahead and make it, 61" tall. Hehehe



JOAT
We will never have great leaders as long as we mistake education for
intelligence, ambition for ability, and lack of transgression for
integrity.
- Unknown

"John" wrote in message
...
Without benefit of W and H indicators, what
would be the protocol for reading 61" x 18" x 26.5"? Should the height
be 26.5 or is that the width?


Protocol for corrugated boxes is L x W x H I would imagine this is the
same.

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 04:51:50 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"John" wrote in message
.. .
Without benefit of W and H indicators, what
would be the protocol for reading 61" x 18" x 26.5"? Should the height
be 26.5 or is that the width?


Protocol for corrugated boxes is L x W x H I would imagine this is the
same.


I would have to agree...

Thanks for your input. I could be wrong, but I'd almost bet you are a
"Toughy Love" advocate. :-



(J T) wrote in message ...
Sun, Sep 26, 2004, 4:29pm (EDT+4) From:
(John)
I've been asked by a friend to build a planter box snip 61" x 18" x
26.5". There were no indications of length height and width, but
obviously the box will be 61" long. snip

Why "obviously"? Too many people nowadays expect you to read their
mind. Give him/her exactly what was asked for, a box made to those
dimensions. With 61" being the height. Then when your friend bitches,
just say, "You shoulda said then". You should pay for it, because you
didn't bother to ask in the first place; but, in that case, you put
shelves in it after, and use it as a bookcase or something. Anyway,
odds are, no matter which you pick, 18" or 26.5" wide, you'll be wrong;
so. long as you'll probably be bitched at anyway, you might's well have
some fun with it. Or, you could just wait and ask. I'm thinking I'd
probably go ahead and make it, 61" tall. Hehehe



JOAT
We will never have great leaders as long as we mistake education for
intelligence, ambition for ability, and lack of transgression for
integrity.
- Unknown

My thanks to Stephen, JT, Edwin, and Terry. Now I know. It's L x W x
H. Now lets hope that the next person who wants something built know
it, too.

Thanks again.

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:29:21 GMT, John
wrote:

I've been asked by a friend to build a planter box made with Northern
White Cedar. I was given dimensions of the box as 61" x 18" x 26.5".
There were no indications of length height and width, but obviously
the box will be 61" long. Without benefit of W and H indicators, what
would be the protocol for reading 61" x 18" x 26.5"? Should the height
be 26.5 or is that the width? My friend is unavailable for
consultation on this. The planter will hold LLEX Crenata (a species of
Japanese Holly, to 4 feet high.

Thanks.

John