I bought a few 7.5-meter metric-only metal measuring tapes from an online store and sure it said 7.5 m right on the sticker but in fine print at the bottom it says 1" wide... aaarrgh!! hehe. The guys at work thought it was HILARIOUS because I'm Mr. Metric to them.
jdd On Monday 31 May 2004 21:08, Ezra Steinberg wrote: > Was in the local Hi-School [sic] pharamcy and saw a measuring tape listed > as 8 m/26 ft on the sticker pased on the front. When I pulled out the tape, > the inches were marked on the top and the centimeters on the bottom. > > Still, it was a dual-use measuring tape and at least the sticker (if not > the actual tape) listed the SI first. (The measuring tape was made in > Taiwan.) > > Seems like one more small step in the right direction ...
