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Re: Wire Gauges
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Bill Jurgenson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 2 Feb 2008 04:50:13 +0100
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:38:41 -0600, David Pickett wrote:
> I have never met the stone as a unit of weight in the USA.

My father (born 1903 in Story City Iowa) used it at times, but only for 
horses for which he also used the unit "hand." But he was a "horse 
man." He was in the calvary, rode turnament dressage, played polo on 
the 1930 Army team and had an umpire's license.

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