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Title: Did You Know?
Post by: jon12345 on November 05, 2005, 05:26:20 PM
Maybe some of you have already seen this, but I thought it was interesting.

A cord of wood yields:
7,500,000 toothpicks, or
30 Boston Rockers, or
12 dining room tables (each table seats eight), or
1,000 pounds of paper, or
460,000 personal checks, or
89,870 sheets of letter head bond paper (size 8 ½" s 11"), or
61,370 standard #10 envelopes, or
14,384,000 commemorative-size postage stamps, or
1,200 copies of the National Geographic, or
2,700 copies of the average daily paper (35 pages), or
250 copies of the Sunday New York Times, or
942 one-pound books, or
the heating value of one ton of coal, or
the heating value of 200 gallons of fuel oil.

Fromhttp://www.state.sc.us/forest/refmgt.htm
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Furby on November 05, 2005, 05:41:25 PM
Trying to figure out how many cords of wood I have in my book/magazine/newspaper collection. smiley_headscratch
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Coon on November 05, 2005, 08:34:21 PM
With all of this info on this site how many cords of wood would it equall to?????  Did you guys ever think of that one?
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Ianab on November 05, 2005, 11:20:17 PM
QuoteWith all of this info on this site how many cords of wood would it equall to??  Did you guys ever think of that one?

Difficult to measure in Cords.

I'd say the forum contains a Whack of info  :D
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Jeff on November 05, 2005, 11:24:06 PM
 A Whack. Definitely a Whack
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: ScottAR on November 06, 2005, 12:17:25 AM
Quite a healthy whack at that....  Nearly two whacks... 
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Ga_Boy on November 06, 2005, 06:41:33 AM
But....

How many servings of grits does it equal?
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Sawyerfortyish on November 06, 2005, 07:06:20 AM
If a cord of green oak weights 5500 but only produces 1000 lbs of paper what happaned to the other 4500 lbs :-\  :o. Is that whats left after the paperwork,beurocrats,and enviromentalists get done  :-\.
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Frank_Pender on November 06, 2005, 01:11:54 PM
Amen, Sawyer 40ish. :'(
Title: Re: Did You Know?
Post by: Jodi on November 06, 2005, 07:37:32 PM
Quote from: Ga_Boy on November 06, 2005, 06:41:33 AM
But....

How many servings of grits does it equal?

That would probably depend on your idea of how big a serving is. ::) Personally, I wouldn't be able to eat a serving of grits if it was any bigger than my pinkie finger...  smiley_smug01 I'm sure other members would consider a "serving" in a significantly larger size. ( or smaller for that matter...)  8)