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iwillbe

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Apr 10, 2009, 7:25:29 PM4/10/09
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why is there a B in plumbing?

Bob Wheatley

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Apr 10, 2009, 11:04:05 PM4/10/09
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"iwillbe" <iwi...@newsguy.com> wrote

> why is there a B in plumbing?>


Stands for 'Bob'.

Bob Wheatley

jeff22

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Apr 11, 2009, 4:25:10 PM4/11/09
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iwillbe wrote:

> why is there a B in plumbing?

Comes from "plumbum", the latin word for lead. Goes back to the daze
when most piping was made of lead.

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele082.html

Jeff

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