4 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Growing up, it seemed like all our neighbors worked for FoMoCo. My friends (their kids) always insisted it meant First On Race Day. This was in the 60's, so we really didn't know who was first on race day for several weeks after the race. Al hadn't invented the internet yet.

I've heard it as "First Out Race Day" 

 

I'm an AMC/Chrysler retiree, so I've heard plenty of them. 

Factory Ordered Road Disaster

Flipped Out Random Destruction 

On ‎10‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 9:21 AM, John Morris said:

My Ford is on my driveway, with a dead steering wheel. It can only go forward and backward. Up the driveway and down the driveway.

John,

Can you Magilla Gorilla the steering at all?

If not check the linkage on top of the steering column. 

IIRC the linkage works both the ignition switch, and the steering column lock plate.

2 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

John,

Can you Magilla Gorilla the steering at all?

If not check the linkage on top of the steering column. 

IIRC the linkage works both the ignition switch, and the steering column lock plate.

No it won't budge Larry, it's stuck soft like, not a hard stuck like the steering wheel is locked, but a soft stuck, I can turn the wheel either way about an inch, that's it. The tires don't move at all.

@John Morris

 

Good thing you weren't driving it when it locked up.

Herb

Edited October 7, 20187 yr by Dadio

BU... Bevel Up..

BD... Bevel Down

@John Morris

ERC = EASTERN Red Cedar

WRC = WESTERN Red Cedar

But if everyone uses the word instead of whatever then there is no mistaking what the poster might be trying to say saying. A few seconds more to type a post the correct way. I often try sign language but some of you are beyond that!

53 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

But if everyone uses the word instead of whatever then there is no mistaking what the poster might be trying to say saying. A few seconds more to type a post the correct way. I often try sign language but some of you are beyond that!

Thank You!

 

When I start to read a post filled with seemingly unrelated capital letters, I move on to the next. I don't have the time or inclination to lookup or hover over an entry to try and figure out what the poster is trying to say. 

57 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

But if

it's continuing education... surly you haven't a problem w/ CE...

 

This is a list of standard lumber abbreviations that are commonly encountered in the buying and selling of lumber in the United States. (and there are other lists)

AAR  Association of American Railroads

AD  air dried

ADF  after deducting freight

AF  alpine fir

a.l.  all lengths

ALS  American Lumber Standard

AST  antistain treated; at ship tackle (western softwoods)

AV or avg  average

a.w. all widths

AW&L  all widths and lengths

B1S  see EB1S, CB1S, and E&CB1S

B2S  see EB2S, CB2S, and F&CB2S

B&B  B and Better

B&BTR  B and Better

B&S  beams and stringers

BD  board

BD FT  board feet

BDL  bundle

BEV  bevel or beveled

BH  boxed heart

B/L, BL  bill of lading

BM, b.m.  board measure

BSND  bright sapwood no defect

BTR  better

CB  center beaded

CB1  Scenter bead on one side

CB2  Scenter bead on two sides

CC  cubical content

cft or cu. ft.  cubic foot or feet

CF  cost and freight

CIF  cost, insurance, and freight

CIFE  cost, insurance, freight, and exchange

CG2E  center groove on two edges

C/L  carload

CLG  ceiling

CLR  clear

CM  center matched

Com  common

CONST  construction

CS  calking seam

CSG  casing

CV  center V

CV1S  center V on one side

CV2S  center V on two sides

DB Clg  double beaded ceiling (E&CB1S)

DB Partdouble beaded partition (E&CB2S)

DET  double end trimmed

DF  Douglas-fir

DF-L  Douglas fir, larch

DIM  dimension

DKG  decking

D/S, DS, D/Sdg  drop siding

D1S, D2Ssee S1S and S2S

D&M  dressed and matched

D&CM  dressed and center matched

D&SM  dressed and standard matched

D2S&CM  dressed two sides and center matched

D2S&SM  dressed two sides and standard matched

D4S  dressed four sides

E edge

EB1S  edge bead one side

EB2S, SB2S  edge bead on two sides

ED  equivalent defects

EE  eased edges

EG  edge (vertical or rift) grain

EM  end matched

EV1S, SV1S  edge V one side

EV2S, SV2S  edge V two sides

E&CB1S  edge and center bead one side

E&CB2S, B2S, BC&2S  edge and center bead two sides

ECM  ends center-matched

E&CV1S, DV1S, V&CV1S  edge and center V one side

E&CV2S, DV2S, V&CV2S  edge and center V two sides

ES  Engelmann spruce

FA  facial area

Fac  factory

FAS  free alongside (vessel)

FAS  Firsts and Seconds

FAS1F  Firsts and Seconds one face

FBM, Ft. BM  eet board measure

FG  flat or slash grain

FJ  finger joint (end-jointed lumber)

FLG, Flg  flooring

FOB  free on board (named point)

FOHC  free of heart center

FOK  free of knots

FRT, Frt  freight

FT, ft  foot or feet

FT. SM  feet surface measure

FURN  furniture stock

G or GR  green

G girth

GM  grade marked

G/R, GR  grooved roofing

HB, H. B.  hollow back

hdwd.  hardwood

HEM  hemlock

H-F  hem-fir

Hrt  heart

H&M  hit and miss

H or M  hit or miss

IC  incense cedar

IN, in.  inch or inches

Ind  industrial

IWPI  daho white pine

J&P  joists and planks

JTD  jointed

KD  kiln dried

L  western larch

LBR, Lbr  lumber

LCLless than carload

LGR  longer

LGTH  length

Lft, Lf, lin. ft.  lineal foot or feet

LIN, Lin  lineal

LL  longleaf

LNG, Lng  lining

LP  lodgepole pine

LR  log run

M  thousand

MBM, MBF, M.BM  thousand (feet) board measure

MC, M.C.  moisture content

MCO  mill culls out

MERCH, Merch  merchantable

MG  medium grain or mixed grain

MH  mountain hemlock

MLDG, Mldg  moulding

Mft  thousand feet

M-S  mixed species

MSR  machine stress rated

m.w.  mixed widths

N  nosed

NBM  net board measure

No.  number

N1E or N2  Enosed one or two edges

Ord  order

P  planed

PAD  partially air dry

PART, Part  partition

PAT, Pat  pattern

Pcs.  pieces

PE  plain end

PET  precision end trimmed

PP  ponderosa pine

P&T  posts and timbers

P1S, P2S  see S1S and S2S

Qtd.  quartered

RDM  random

REG, Reg  regular

Rfg.  roofing

RGH, Rgh  rough

R/L, RL  random lengths

R/W, RW  random widths

RES  resawn

SB1S  single bead one side

SDG, Sdg  siding

S-DRY  surfaced dry (19 percent moisture content or less)

SE  square edge

SEL, Sel  select or select grade

SE&S  square edge and sound

Sftwd.  softwood

SG  slash or flat grain

S-GRN  surfaced green (in excess of 19 percent moisture content)

SGSSND  Sapwood, gum spots and streaks, no defect

SIT. SPR  Sitka spruce

S/L, SL, S/Lap  shiplap

SM  surface measure

Specs  specifications

SP  sugar pine

SQsquare

SQRSsquares

SR  stress rated

STD, Std  standard

Std. Igths.  standard lengths

STD. M  standard matched

SS  Sitka spruce

SSND  sap stain no defect (stained)

STK  stock

STPG  stepping

STR, STRUCT  structural

SYP  southern pine

S&E  side and edge (surfaced on)

S1E  surfaced one edge

S2E  surfaced two edges

S1S  surfaced one side

S2S  surfaced two sides

S4S  surfaced four sides

S1S&CM  surfaced one side and center matched

S2S&CM  surfaced two sides and center matched

S4S&CS  surfaced four sides and calking seam

S1S1E  surfaced one side, one edge

S1S2E  surfaced one side, two edges

S2S1E  surfaced two sides, one edge

S2S&SL  surfaced two sides and shiplapped

S2S&SM  surfaced two sides and standard matched

TBR  timber

T&G  tongued and grooved

UTIL  utility

VG  vertical (edge) grain

V1S  see EV1S, CV1S, and E&CV1S

V2S  see EV2S, CV2S, and E&CV2S

WC  western cedar

WCH  West Coast hemlock

WCW  West Coast woods

WDR, wdr  wider

WF  white fir

WHAD  worm holes a defect

WHND  worm holes no defect

WT  weight

WTH  width

WRC  western redcedar

WW  white woods (Engelmann spruce, true firs, hemlocks, pines)

YP  yellow pine

just in case I missed some...

 

Common Lumber Abbreviations:

BFBoard feet (1 BF = 1"x 12"x 12")                           

BEVBeveled

BNBull-nosed

BTRBetter

LFLineal feet (per foot)

ComCommon

CLRClear

CVCenter V

DIMDimension

EEdge

FJFinger Jointed

FTFoot (or Feet)

G1SGood One Side

G2SGood Two Sides

GRGreen

INInch

KDKiln Dried

No.Number

NHNo Hole

PETPrecision End Trimmed

RGHRough

RDMRandom

RLRandom lengths

RWRandom widths

RLWRandom lengths and widths

S1SSurfaced one side

S2SSurfaced two sides

S4SSurfaced four sides

S1S2ESurfaced one side & two edges   

SESquare Edge

S-GRMore than 19% water by weight (More likely to warp if not installed quickly)

S-DRLess than 19% water by weight (Less likely to warp)

STDStandard

SQSquare

SLShiplap

T&GTounge & Grooved

VGVertical Grain

 

Species:

CDR   Cedar     

DF   Douglas Fir

DF-LDouglas Fir, Larch

GDFGreen Douglas Fir

HEM   Hemlock, Fir

LP   Lodgepole Pine

RW   Redwood

SPF   Spruce-Pine-Fir

SYP   Southern Yellow Pine

WC   Western Cedar

WRC   Western Red Cedar

WF   White Fir

YP   Yellow Pine

 

Grades:

#1BTR#1 & Better

#2BTR#2 & Better

#3BTR#3 & Better

B&BB & Better

CON COMConstruction Common Redwood

CON HEARTConstruction Heart Redwood

STD BTRStandard & Better

Common Terms:

Checks: Gaps or separations along the length of a wood member, crossing the annual rings. Caused by rapid shrinkage or uneven seasoning of the wood.

Shake: Shakes are gaps parallel to the annual rings. Unlike checks, shakes occur before the felling of the timber. Caused by uneven stresses along the trunk.

Pitch: Pockets of tree sap. As the lumber cures, the pitch pockets empty or harden leaving an imperfection in the wood.

Knots: Knots occur at the intersection of trunks and branches. Wood grading limits the presence and location of knots in the lumber.

How about BS............. That is what I think of it all.

Herb

4 hours ago, Dadio said:

How about BS............. That is what I think of it all.

Herb

You think about a Bandsaw?

7 hours ago, lew said:

Thank You!

 

When I start to read a post filled with seemingly unrelated capital letters, I move on to the next. I don't have the time or inclination to lookup or hover over an entry to try and figure out what the poster is trying to say. 

you want TPW to give up it's individuality and be more ''like'' FB/Twitter...

now this...

 

2 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

you want TPW to give up it's individuality and be more ''like'' FB/Twitter...

now this...

 

Not at all. I'm just not impressed by posters using too many acronyms in a veiled attempt to astound me with their supposed knowledge.

 

As far as the "Like" emoticon goes, I never implied that the Patriot should get rid of it- quite the opposite-

"Seriously, Cliff, I see truth in what you say. To me, the emoticons do provide some feedback to the author by acknowledging that I have at least read their post. Sometimes, I really don't have anything to add, that hasn't already been said, or am not knowledgeable enough to comment, so the "Like" option make sense to me."

5 minutes ago, lew said:

As far as the "Like" emoticon goes, I never implied that the Patriot should get rid of it- quite the opposite-

"Seriously, Cliff, I see truth in what you say. To me, the emoticons do provide some feedback to the author by acknowledging that I have at least read their post. Sometimes, I really don't have anything to add, that hasn't already been said, or am not knowledgeable enough to comment, so the "Like" option make sense to me."

my apologies...

BION=Believe It Or Not

Sorry I don't agree or like these Acronyms, too much like government orders or military orders.

Axcept for one Go HF !!!!!

Herb

1 hour ago, Dadio said:

Axcept for one Go HF !!!!!

Ditto!