Several years ago some employees of the Russian railways came to our building in Washington. They handed out small gifts. One of them was a 3 m tape measure, with the railway's logo on it. The person who received it, who is "old school", gave it to me.
Ironically, the button you push to retract the tape has the word "PUSH" on it! Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 09:13 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:51771] Re: Tape measures Harry, on his 2004 visit to the U.S., our friend and long-time USMA member Mike Joy brought me an 8 m metal tape measure from Australia that is in millimeters only, made by the Hammer company. On his last visit, he brought me one of those multi-segment, folding wooden rulers, length 2 m, made by the Bauer company in Germany that is metric only. It is labeled Bauer Model 400. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry Wyeth <mailto:[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 2012-07-18 22:13 Subject: [USMA:51770] Tape measures I have a 5 m tape measure given to me by a Canadian. I looked on the company site (starrett.com) and only could find a dual measure version, although there seem to be a few metric only longer tapes. Pretty annoying! http://www.starrett.com/saws/product-detail?k=530-15CM http://www.starrett.com/saws/product-detail?k=MY1-8ME HARRY WYETH
