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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by geo1005
And a 'footlong' sub is referring to the pre-finished size of the bun. Same semantics.

And there was a time when a 2x4 was the dimension of the finished product... that standard was tossed out the window thirty years+ ago.
They current standards were established in 1902
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