uhhh... what's the silver ratio?
The ratio given by the sides of an A4 piece of paper. It has the nifty property that if you cut the paper in half crossways, the sides of the new (half-sized) pieces of paper are in the same ratio.
IOW, if the A4 paper has sides of length A and B (210mm and 297mm respectively, FTR), and C is half the length of B, then the ratio A/B is the same as the ratio C/A.
Edit: And thus you have a whole 'A' series of paper. Sheets hald the size of A4 in the same proportion are A5, sheets twice the size of A4 are A3. And so on in both directions. The series starts at A0 (otherwise known as big honkin' sheets of paper), which is itself not arbitrary - the area of an A0 sheet of paper is 1 square metre.
On the plus side, in Europe they have these really cool paper-and-elastic portfolio thingys that I like. You can get them here, but they are hard to find and pricey.
They fit the funny-sized paper, or it fits them.
I agree, many Euro-binders are pretty crappy, a problem I feel is exacerbated by using a hole punch with only 2 holes so everything flops around. OTOH, many USian binders suck too.
sumi - you can look it up here:
Ireland Postal Service
I tried, but you have to have the complete address.
Okay, I went to that site - - is it the "where's your post office" area? Because I'm not finding a straight forward enter address - get postal code place.
Let me look at it again. I know I found it in there somewhere.
Heh. OK, ok, maybe A4 paper is magical and wondrous. I leave you to it. I'm just irritated by the binders.
I'm feeling very curmudgeonly today. Partly because it's raining, I had no breakfast, I was woken at 6AM by stupid squirrels trying to get through my ceiling, and I need to pay bills today but I forgot my chequebook (look, I spelled it funny just cause I'm in this thread!) and by the time I get home, the post office will be closed and my car payment will be late. GRR!
Royal Mail
You have to sign up, but you get 8 free searches in a 24 hour period, I believe. Sorry Sumi, sent you to the wrong place the first time.
Heh. OK, ok, maybe A4 paper is magical and wondrous. I leave you to it. I'm just irritated by the binders.
One day your nation will join us in the 21st century. By all means bring your binders.
