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    *swears at stupid, arbitrary measurements*

    "Just under 178mm? 114.something millimetres? WTF?!"*

    *fizzles*

    *rages*

    *spits*

    "oh. Wait".

    *turns ruler around*

    7" x 4½".

    "Riiight. Of course".

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    • Who uses inches in 2020?Ianbolton
    • People who respect wood.Nairn
    • tbf, the guy i'm working with is fucking great at his craft. Our age, but from a different realm, so uses inches.
      <This was me being dumb.      Nairn
    • As a carpenter, one of the hardest things to learn is how to read the tape measure upside down, which comes up all the time.cherub
    • ^^^^ Because in the construction industry, they are locked into "half" "quarter" "Eighths" and so on. Which doesn't work on metric. Too entrenched to change.cherub
    • https://woodworkingf…cherub
    • Nice read cherub. Fascinating.monospaced
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