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1 hour ago, Chanmenie said:

I do that, also with stanly knives 

Ah well ; I’ve got 1 fat max blade to hand as I’m paranoid about losing it . But I know I’ve got another 2 somewhere ….. 🙄

Currently only have 1 hammer - but must have at least 4 lost in the “ self build void of tool disappearance “ 

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when I joined a company they had boxes of obsolete marketing material that they said to just chuck.

this included 5 boxes of 12 tape measures, so they all found there way to our bin (shed).

by the time we gave them to family, friends, visitors, postman and anyone that would take one I can't find one anywhere 😞

 

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If you have only one tape, any errors are proportional and you may never know there is inaccuracy.

Stanley 30m tape measured 30.1 on a Silverline. Could have been very expensive.  So needed a 3rd tape to check.

TS agreed that I bin theirs.

 

I thus learnt that there are 3 rated levels of accuracy, and then silverline tapes.

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This is why I measure everything incorrectly. Basically different brands of tape measures lie . The Makita one I got is the shitest for sure . Hell it’s not even the expected putrid blue 

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On 28/02/2023 at 13:20, SteamyTea said:

Same tape measure my Father had.

 

 

My Father gave me a load of tools he'd acquired during his time with the RAF in WWII. My favourite was a big adjustable spanner he said came from an on-board B-17 tool kit:

 

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When I did a search I found both plane and spanner dated to 1935 so seems plausible.

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On 28/02/2023 at 13:17, joe90 said:

When I retired I had 10 tape measures, I hated not finding one and still have about 6

I calculate that you have about 15 years worth of tapes to loose at that rate. Retired 10 years (Assumed) 4 tapes lost therefore 6 tapes left = 15 years worth of tapes 9_9 and I didn't have to ask Chat GPT.

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31 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said:

I calculate that you have about 15 years worth of tapes to loose at that rate. Retired 10 years (Assumed) 4 tapes lost therefore 6 tapes left = 15 years worth of tapes 9_9 and I didn't have to ask Chat GPT.

I feel the icy hand of the ghost of SMP.

Try plugging some of those questions into ShatPEE.

 

Q; Two men are digging a 52 m tunnel from opposite ends, one digs at 10 m a day, the other at 6 m a day, what time does the cat put the kettle on?

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1 hour ago, MikeSharp01 said:

Yes I was an SMP kid. I think I still have the 0 level text book somewhere.

Drive a stake tough its heart.

Then bury cover down, under several tonnes of radioactive waste.

 

Never want to see one ever again.

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