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I thought maybe I had accidentally put the screw in there myself but my only other box of this color I bought is 3-1/2"

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago

Every screw colony has a queen screw.

[-] Sinkbath@lemmy.today 10 points 2 years ago
[-] robolemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[-] Hackworth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The Queen Bean is an excellent name for a coffee shop.

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

In Charlotte

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago
[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I knew I shouldn't have bought my screws at Burger King.

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 29 points 2 years ago

1-5/8"

Just American things

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

^ non-americans' favorite activity

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

We can't help but have our gast flabbered every time we se these abstruse measurements

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Europeans when confronted with a fraction: 🤯

[-] Gladaed@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's a mixed fraction in a foreign units System instead of a number. (Screw sizes are integers here) Edit: we also use 1 1/3 instead of 1-1/3 in germany, making your way of writing it down more difficult to read.

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Both are used and acceptable ways to write it in the US.

Also, are your screw size integers based on any units at all? If so it's just another metric vs standard argument, and if not, it's even less intuitive than even inches, because it's just a case where one just needs to already know and be familiar with that sizing system, like shoe sizes or something.

[-] mortbobort@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago
[-] Thavron@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
[-] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I know how frustrating this is as it's happend to me too. But at least it wasn't a 1 5/8" mixed in a box of 1 1/4". I've seen that too. In the worst way possible way.

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I've had one screw too long when attaching hinges and ran it through the side of a box I had just finished, was very disappointed.

[-] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Yup. Cabinet installation here. Blew right through one into the other. Wouldn't have been so bad but the one had glass doors.

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just wait til you find the 1-1/2" screws

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

This is a perfect example of mildly interesting.

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

Plastic screws?
What coating is it?

[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Metal deck screws with a coating so they don't rust. They're the colour of pressure treated lumber.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago
[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Could also be an epoxy coating from type I've used a couple times.

[-] RedC@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Sounds like they had a screw loose

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Forbidden fusilli

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The guy she tells you not to worry about

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