Yea they are 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 which is better than 2x4 if you have to carry a pile of 'em.
When I was a kid my mother kept buying old ratty houses, refurbashing them and selling them. She did most of the work herself. She would go to the local hardware store and say "I need (however many she needed) 2 X 4's". The guy (you never saw women working in lumber yards then) would say "There really isn't a 2 X 4; it's a 2 X 31/2" ( some other fractional dimension). He would then continue lecturing her like she didn't know how to look up or down. She finally got so sick of getting the lecture, she would walk in and say "I need the 2X...gee, I can't remember the other dimension!" The guy would ALWAYS say "You mean a 2 X 4"?
I think the sexism in the trades is getting better. My problem is that I start trying to explain something to Mr. or Mrs. Homeowner like they have been building all their lives and their eyes start to glaze over because they don't get the lingo.
