Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 12, 2012
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Transcript:
A cord is a measurement used to determine the dry volume of firewood. One cord equals 128 cubic feet (3.62 meters cubed). Fauja Singh of London, England, completed Toronto, Canada's, 2011 Waterfront Marathon at the age of 100! Tripod fish use their elongated fins to stand on the deep sea floor!
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jennifer almost 13 years ago
Hmmmmm …. Define dry volume. Depending on the humidity, wood shrinks as it loses moisture, while dry wood expands as it absorbs moisture.
tcumming almost 13 years ago
8×4×4 feet … yeah, that’s an official cord of wood.Most often, it’s sold as a ‘face cord’ 4×8 feet, with the depth being the length the customer can burn in their stove/fireplace — usually something between 16-20 inches. Sometimes “full cord” is advertized, but that is more often two “face cords” … doubling up that 16-20 length leaves an unmentioned hole missing in the middle.
trixnnort almost 13 years ago
a cord of split wood contains more wood than an unsplit cord as there is less space between pieces. a face cord measures 4 feet by 8 feet by about 1 foot. and then there is the “pickup load” depending on the truck and the bed size.
tahoeh2o almost 13 years ago
The space in between each piece of stacked wood should be just big enough for the squirrel but too small for the cat…
Trainwreck_1 almost 13 years ago
Why has there never been any limit on what the size each piece of wood should be? I ask only because if someone stacked a pile of what I would twigs or very small pieces to the required 8×4×4 would that still be a cord? I had heard that each piece should have a diameter no smaller than 4" Or is it a matter of Consumers Beware
PappyFiddle almost 13 years ago
You cut a bunch of wood and stack it over there. Or buy it, then you need to say how much. You burn it all winter. Come spring, if you’re froze dead, it wasn’t enough wood. Precise cords are for lawyers
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
Baby, he was born to run.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
I ‘wood’ hope that everybody is in ‘a cord’!
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
That Tripod Fish has a lot of ‘fin’!
bobviously almost 13 years ago
Defining a cord of wood goes on a “Believe it or Not”? That may be the lamest one ever.
gocomicsmember almost 13 years ago
In defense of Ripley’s, a lot of people have no idea how firewood is measured or even that there is an official standard. Perhaps it would have been better presented as “Believe it or not, there are official measurements even for firewood,” but then you get into the problem of how wordy you can get in the small space newspapers allot to any cartoon.
natureboyfig4 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
That is one impressive accomplishment! 100 years old, and not only did he compete in a marathon – he completed it, AFTER crossing the ocean! Well done!