[TowerTalk] Caps for 3" boom

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AWwwwww, youse guys is 'thick'...er, ahhh, SICK..!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de at thepoint.net>
To: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp at adelphia.net>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Caps for 3" boom


>
>
> Pat Chiles wrote:
>> Which way is True North?  5 times thicker mean 5 times the thickness of 
>> the object being compared.
>
> No .. five times thicker means SIX times as thick. ... what would ONE time 
> thicker mean? .. one time as thick? .. no .. it means TWICE as thick.
>
> [ ] = original thickness
> [ ][ ]=new thickness .. ONE time THICKER .. but TWICE as thick!
>
> Damned advertisers have everyone thinking screwy ..
>
> What gets me are those ads that say "5 times less than ...." ... one time 
> less than something is ZERO of something!
>
> Don
> N8DE
>
>
>
> If the original cap was 1 inch thick then
>> the new cap is 5 inches thick.  That's my story and I am sticking to it.
>>
>
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