"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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Roy Lewallen wrote:

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In some states (Oregon included, IIRC), pi _is_ legally equal to three
-- at least for the purposes of calculating the number of board feet in
a log, and most likely as an informed decision to make calculation easier.


"I know you are a logger, sir, and not a common bum,
'Cause no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb."

Maybe the reason for the rounding down is more obvious than that!