At 23:02 10/24/2001 -0500, you wrote: >They apparently go up to #12, going down in diameter as they go up in size, >then get HUGE at #13, and go down again from there as the number increases. I >smell the blood of an Englishman in a system this neat and obvious. I suspect >it has something to do with trolls or pookas. > >Ron N ...or... something to do with lignes(lines) or picks. [textile talk, here, picks are number of threads per inch of fabric - originally shuttle throws] Do those higher numbers show any direct inverse relationship with size? Kinda like shotgun bores get smaller as the guages get bigger, or diopter, or f-stops... Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office) === Note new area code === "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin and Hobbes
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