Scott if you didnt find one - I have one with metric stuff on both sides .. but it is a cloth one not a metal retractable one. (152 cm/60" long - if it is of any use I'll just mail it to you - call it a lagniappe on the darkroom stuff you bought.
David J Brooks wrote: >LOTS here in Canada.:-) > >Available in all our hardware stores Scott. > >I would imagine they would have them in the US as well. > >Dave > >On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:12 PM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>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. >> >> >> > > > > > -- 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.
