LOL I have 3 tape measures here at work & the first thing I check when I buy one is to make sure they have both imperial & metric scales. I've had to measure up enough old boats that it's become a major deciding factor.
It's just easier to write down 18" rather than 457.2mm :-) Cheers, Dave 2008/8/7 Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Howdy! > > Anyone know where I might find a metric tape measure in the US? I want > one that DOES NOT have SAE measurements so I can read the tape from both > sides. It seems that the US distributors and retailers think that > having a gazillion SAE tapes on the market isn't enough, so they have to > go and put it on one side of the the metric tapes, too. Which basically > means that whichever way I'm holding the tape, the wrong side is lined > up with whatever I'm trying to measure. </rant> > > Suggestions are most welcome. Thanks a bunch! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
