I went to a home imrovement chain for some lumber for a neander project I'm helping my brother with. I know, first mistake, should've gone to the sawmill. But, my sawyer has a small bandmill and is kind of part time, only there on Sunday for a full day. So anyway, back to the story, I'm helping my brother build a train layout and we needed some pine. I start picking through the piles and all I see is junk. You name a defect, it had it. Crooked, cupped, twisted, bowed, cracked, juvenile wood, it had it all and not very cheap either. It took me forever to pick through and find a few nice boards Not only that, 90% of the boards weren't full length. Sorry for the rant, but if you want to sell your lumber as the best available, then you better make it the best available. On a side note, I'll get some pictures of the layout and its progress.