Junk Meister
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- Aug 10, 2016
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We had a guy named Francis stacking lumber at the mill He was pushing 80 and had been a carpenter in his day but he had his own way of reading a tape measure...Called one fella six and two thirds. He was the cut man in a steel shop, but couldn't read a tape measure, even after months of training, just couldn't get it. One day one of the welders got tired of the miscuts and asked for a piece of tubing that was in the band saw 6-2/3" long. He went right ahead and cut it. He was Six and two thirds after that. Lol
a Big mark a next size big mark ans a wee size little mark. 13/16" and you get the drift.. He was nearly 80 in the early 70's and was self taught....at least he could read a tape but you had to listen careful cuz he always had a chew of redman or beech in his mouth to talk around