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27th December 2013, 12:56 AM #16Taking a break
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I'm lost. How does board feet relate to lineal/linear feet?
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27th December 2013, 01:05 AM #17Novice
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I've always said lineal. A couple of mates say linear. At the end of the day we all know what we're on about
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27th December 2013, 01:07 AM #18Taking a break
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27th December 2013, 10:16 AM #19Skwair2rownd
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Look you buggers and pedants, I settled this argument with my first post. So there!!!!
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27th December 2013, 10:22 AM #20
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27th December 2013, 11:42 AM #21.
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I don't recall ever hearing a scientist or mathematician using the term "lineal".
I've heard a few engineers use lineal but most use linear.
Where I have heard it being used the most is by old school tradies
This graph shows that usage of Linear overtook Lineal in the early 1800's and you can see the use of lineal is slowly dying.
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27th December 2013, 11:54 AM #22
Potaitoes, potaaatoes.
Tomaitoes, tomaaatoes.
I'm sure there are differences between the two (and I guess thats what this debate is all about), but if used in context (purchasing timber), you would still get your point fully understood if you used either.
Steven.
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27th December 2013, 01:06 PM #23.
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27th December 2013, 06:24 PM #25Banned
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But
Yebbut - would we be understood irregardless?.
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27th December 2013, 08:20 PM #27Skwair2rownd
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Typical scientist Bob.
Bring out the graphs and stats!!
Why can't we just have a good old fashioned discussion-cum-argument
that has little, if anything, to do with logic and is based on anecdotes and
experience!!!
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27th December 2013, 09:14 PM #29SENIOR MEMBER
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Ham.
Ham for Christmas Lunch and later for breakfast Boxing Day.
Ham bought by the kilogram and purchased with dollars and cents.
Ham. Always ham.
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27th December 2013, 11:02 PM #30
Yaa, ham, ham is good, is Don! is good!
Back to the other....Dad always talked about lineal (feet or metres) of total length required for a given floor especially when it required a number of widths to complete the floor, and linear referred to a measurment which has direction and magnitude as Bob says in science and maths.
Pete
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