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Old 11-08-2009, 02:15 AM   #16
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straight from the encylopedia while it may not be a legal measurement of wood it does have a definition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_cord
Wikipedia means NOTHING. I can go on there today and say that a face cord is a line on your forehead. Big deal.


There is no jurisdiction in the United States or Canada that defines face cord as a legal measure of wood sale.
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"Then" is used to indicate time. "That was then, this is now."

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Old 11-08-2009, 02:48 AM   #17
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Okay, your silly "definition" of "face cord" on Wikistupida has been corrected. It now reads this way:

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The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used in Canada and the United States to measure firewood and pulpwood. A cord is defined as 128 cubic feet (3.62 m3), [1] corresponding to a woodpile 4 feet wide 4 feet high 8 feet long. Any other arrangement of linear measurements that yield a volume of 128 cubic feet is acceptable. Because of the widespread use of non-standard terms such as "face cord" and "rick", etc., a cord is sometimes also known as a "full cord" or "bush cord". This is equivalent to expressing distance in "full miles", or "country miles", or some other non-standard measurement. Since there is a well established definition of a cord, other terms are superfluous, and in fact, only cause confusion. Therefore, such terms should be avoided. In Canada, it is legally defined by Measurement Canada.[2] In the United States, the cord is defined by statute in most states. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, section 2.4.1.2[3] defines a cord and provides uniform regulations related to the sale of fireplace and stove wood. In the metric system, wood is usually measured in steres or cubic metres: 1 stere = 1 m ≈ 0.276 cords.

Other non-legal definitions of firewood volume include standing cord, kitchen cord, running cord, face cord, fencing cord, country cord, long cord, and rick. As none of these terms is a legally defined measurement, they are all subject to local variations, and their use should be avoided. According to the Weights and Measures Act in Canada, the only correct measurement of firewood and pulpwood is the cord, and fractions thereof (e.g., half cord, quarter cord, etc.).

The name "cord" probably comes from the use of a cord or string to measure it.[4]

Now what? Your "definition" is gone! Oh, no! Yesterday you were right! Today you are wrong! Tomorrow???

Tomorrow, or sooner, some ignorant twit will probably change it back. The day after that, some reasonable person may correct it again. And the editing wars will go on. (Without me. I can't be bothered with the stupid thing.)


What does that prove? Exactly NOTHING.


How anybody can think there is any value at all in Wikistupida is beyond me.
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"Lose" rhymes with "booze". If you lose your saw, you don't know where it is.

"Loose" rhymes with "goose". If you loose your saw, you untied it. I hope you didn't drop it out of a tree!

"Then" is used to indicate time. "That was then, this is now."

"Than" is used for comparisons. "Tom Hall is 2 years younger than I, but looks 15 years older."

The apostrophe is used for contractions and the possessive form (Tom's 441 won't start.), NEVER for plurals.

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