The higher the gauge, the thinner the material will be, and the thinner the roof's profile will be. For most residential homes, the gauge of galvanized steel roofing should be either 24 or 26. The thickness of the zinc coating is also important.
Full Definition of HUMBUG. 1. a: something designed to deceive and mislead b: a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person. 2. : an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception.3. : nonsense, drivel.4. British: a hard usually mint-flavored candy.â humÂ·bugÂ·gery \-ËbÉ-g(É-)rÄ\ noun.ull Definition of HUMBUG. 1. a: something designed to deceive and mislead b: a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person. 2. : an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception. 3. : nonsense, drivel. 4. British: a hard usually mint-flavored candy. â humÂ·bugÂ·gery \-ËbÉ-g(É-)rÄ\ noun.
However, in 1930 an adulterated version of the spice caused thousands (if not millions) of cases of paralysis. The term jake leg, eg, came to mean the hobbling walk of someone who had been injured by the product. Obviously, any use of jake to mean excellent would have been tossed out the window. It may have snuck back over the years, but is not a popular term.