I've gotten my dual system 8 m/26' (labeled in that order) Stanley tape from Home Depot a few years ago. I think they still sell them. Sturdy yellow-black plastic case.
Remek On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 14:52:28 Michael Payne wrote: > > I had a contractor who was from Poland, he was ecstatic when I told him I > > preferred metric because he did as well, he was forced to use inches and > > fractions because that was the status quo. > > I'm more likely to get workers from Mexico than Poland. There are lots of > Hispanics here, many are from Mexico, and many of them work in > construction. > > Maybe I'll get workers who know metric, but don't have a metric measuring > tape. I have a long tape (50 m) and a short tape (7.5 m), also one whose > retractor switch is broken. That's all I have for construction tapes. If > they > go through their normal methods of buying tapes, how likely is it that they > will find metric tapes? > > Pierre > -- > li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du > li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci > >
