[Qcwa] interesting facts

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However interesting that explantion is, it's folklore. "Rule of Thumb" has
to do with craftsmen being so good at their trade that they could measure
things with the length or breadth of their thumb instead of using a ruler or
measuring stick.

No where near as thought provoking as the other explantion.

73,

Mark W1EOF

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Robert and Janeth
> Harvey
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 4:50 PM
> To: 'Discussion of QCWA'
> Subject: RE: [Qcwa] interesting facts
>
>
>
> 	Those are great!  I've seen some of that list before, but there are
> several new ones.  I wonder if they are true, and if anyone has validated
> them?  One that is conspicuously missing is the following:
>
> In old England, men were forbidden from beating their wives with any stick
> thicker than their thumb, hence the Rule Of Thumb.
>
> 	I wonder if that got edited out by the PC police?  I always thought
> it was one of the most suprising of the list.
>
> 73,
>
> Harv
> K2PI
> Brussels, Belgium
>
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