Left handed tape measure?

[BotusBuild]

Have I got a left handed tape measure, or am I supposed to mark with my left hand?

 

[SteamyTea]

Does it match the left handed Stanley knife?

[BotusBuild]

I've also got a spirit level that is incorrect on the vertical at one end.

 

 

The house is called "Crooked Lodge".

 

For clarity, I am mainly right handed but with a reasonable degree of (made up work incoming!) ambidextriosity. 

[ToughButterCup]

18 hours ago, BotusBuild said:

Have I got a left handed tape measure, or am I supposed to mark with my left hand?

 

Got to hand it to you.  You had me there for a minnit.

 

[markc]

19 hours ago, BotusBuild said:

Have I got a left handed tape measure, or am I supposed to mark with my left hand?

 

Nope, that’s a Right handed tape, L/H tapes are graduated right to left.

[SteamyTea]

12 minutes ago, markc said:

L/H tapes are graduated right to left

Yes, they start at 2m (or whatever) and count down.

[MPH243]

https://amzn.eu/d/01CXoCm6

 

How about this one

[Mike]

I'm still deciding which hand to use in France...

 

[markc]

2 hours ago, Mike said:

I'm still deciding which hand to use in France...

 

Definitely right handed but now banned due to Max being offended and ridiculed by his work mates.

[ToughButterCup]

2 hours ago, Mike said:

 

I - now -  avoid Stanley as a brand because of its close association with America : the brand originated there (although manufacturing is now worldwide).

If I can,  I avoid anything American. 

[SteamyTea]

3 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

now -  avoid Stanley as a brand because of its close association with America : the brand originated there (although manufacturing is now worldwide).

Does that not just hurt the ordinary person though. 

 

Look what happened when a relatively few people withdrew savings from Northern Rock.

And when Shell were boycotted in German because of misinformation.

Not sure if I should mention Jaffa Oranges in the 1970s.

 

Better to tax the bollocks off them, oh hang on.

[BotusBuild]

5 hours ago, MPH243 said:

https://amzn.eu/d/01CXoCm6

 

How about this one

You see, to me that is a right handed tape measure, you hold it in your left so you can read the numbers the right way up and use a pencil (or whatever) to mark off your length with your RIGHT hand

 

Worth thinking about 😉

Edited May 26 by BotusBuild

[MPH243]

After just using a tape measure it does makes sense for smaller numbers but anything over 1m you measure the easiest way to read the numbers.