holdover from british rule. before we switched to decimal currencies, a penny was one-two hundred fortieth of a british pound sterling. the ‘d’ symbol comes from the old roman coin, a denarius (an old silver coin, worth about one-twenty fifth of a roman gold coin (or ten asses) and the equivalent of about $4 us in today’s currency, but that changes throughout time as the currency was manipulated).
fun fact i just learned: the average british penny is worth between three and four hundred times less than it was in the middle ages; most of that inflation has happened in the last hundred years.
Scumbag lawyers are just looking for a payday. I know where they can stick a 4x4 - or even a 6x6…
This lawsuit is probably brought to you by the same people that necessitate frozen pizza packaging being marked with verbiage warning you to cook the pizza before consuming.
Or, you know, skip the big-box store and buy “actual dimensional” lumber from a real lumber mill.
PT wood is safer than it used to be, but it is still full of pesticides, and I still avoid it if possible. Don’t burn it in your campfire, avoid using it as mulch in your garden.
Great little Lumber Primer here, for those that have never had this stuff taught to them.
“actual dimensional” lumber is nice if you’re building something from scratch and can afford to pay the often higher prices. dimensional lumber is fine for matching with pre-existing forms and structures, though.
i mean, sometimes you get a deal locally, but ime you more often pay higher prices (admittedly, you get correspondingly higher quality products).
Back in high school and college while working for a carpenter, often the first trip of the day was to the real lumber store, back before the big chains came. I swear, the boards he wanted were always in the bottom of the pile. I stand there picking up every 2x4 and showing it to him and he either accepted or reject.
I wouldn’t have a problem with their argument if they weren’t asking for so much money. I think it’s reasonable that not everyone knows lumber dimensions are nominal, especially considering that home depot is geared more towards nonprofessionals than professionals. Fine. Change the labels to read something like 4×4 - 3.5"×3.5."x10’ . It’s clearer so everyone can understand. Sweet.
What absolutely doesn’t make sense is why there’s a class action lawsuit about it. I read a couple of articles. No one got hurt by it, nothing fell down. Literally all that happened was some people bought some lumber for their projects, got home, realized it was smaller than they expected, and felt cheated. That’s it. How can they justify how much they’re asking for?
in re subway, i think that’s more obviously nearly fraudulent; i mean it’s not like there are huge sandwich industries standardized around an 11-inch sandwich. but still ridiculous.
at least it was before it was cooked; i’d consider it a real trick if subway somehow shrank sandwiches in the midst of plopping turkey ham on their 11-inch buns
