I am a Tape Measure Guy. I am the kind of guy who in 1998, on his way back to the US for vacation from his stay in Germany, had at the top of his list of things to buy, not a Music CD or a Digital Camera, nor a Macintosh Laptop (ok, that was number two on my list), but a 5 meter Stanley Powerlock Tape Measure.
Pure Pleasure
Back then Germans still measured with fold-out 2meter measuring sticks! This was ages ago. The Stanley was the one technological improvement I yearned for above all else (except for Ziplock storage bags). And no I am not an investor in Stanely. But as a disclaimer, I must admit, I love to build my own furniture (furniture designs coming courtesy of my wife). And I gain a distinct gratification from gazing into an empty corner of our apartment and envisioning a cabinet or a side-board and then whipping out my Blackberry…I mean my Stanley…and hooking the tape’s lip on one end of the wall and with a mere gesture and a gentle tug unravelling the length of tape across the empty expanse , lending centimeteres of precision to our domestic interior visions. Ahhh, and then with a flick of the wrist, pulling those meters of tape back in the case with a snap.
Thus, it is with great appreciation that I embed the following video, dedicated to all Tape Measure Guys (found courtesy of Dennis at teendrama).
And may your 2010 be equally as measurable and precise!
As a tape measure guy, have you checked out the laser tape measure???
they are really cool! and now fairly cheap