I’ve started doing the same thing and it’s a lot of fun 📏
eh. just leave it. Tell anyone that asked that you found the tape measure, and what kind of man would throw away a free tape measure.
go over it with an erasable white board marker and then wipe it down. should work on that surface.
Instructions unclear. Penis now covered in white board marker.
Wanted to recommend the same. Something I learned on the job and it has saved me and some colleagues a few times.
how big were their dongs?
They were of a size that made measuring necessary. Whether that is big or small is something I’ll let you decide for yourself.
Or just cut out the middleman and use isopropyl alcohol, which is what you’re doing with the marker anyway, but without adding the extra ink.
Basically the same stuff as that whiteboard cleaning fluid.
This. Also methanol, but I’d much rather use isopropanol. I know higher proof (>70 %/140 proof) ethanol also works.
But isopropyl is the best/easiest. Just don’t drink it…or methanol at that.
Also anhydrous ethanol ~99 % ethanol, as it contains benzene or other things you don’t want to consume.
I was with a friend at Home Depot and I asked if he thought a piece of wood I was holding was a foot long.
Friend: Let me just whip it out real fast.
Me: What are you going to do? Measure it 12 times?
That was 20 years ago and we still laugh about it today.
Hahaha. Good one. I don’t often come up with something as good as quickly. Good skill.
What were they measuring? Is this for things he was good at guessing versus would often have trouble?
Adam Savage has a tattoo for that.
Calibrating that thing is a pain.
He’s said that even years later it has held up remarkably well. Obviously not millimetre precision, but enough to measure bolt sizes and such.
Edit: I know you said it tongue in cheek, but just an FYI for anyone curious
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I have a small keychain laser measurer that I originally bought to use when calculating focal distance with manual camera lenses.
But I find I’m often whipping it out to randomly check how far away I am from random things.
It’s oddly very fun.
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I lied…in my brain it feels smaller than it is because ive gotten used to it. But now that I actively look at it again, “keychain” sized is a bit of a stretch.
Although I do use it on my keychain, so maybe ive just gotten accustomed to it.
Mine is like three times that size so I would call it Keychain sized too haha
I eventually did invest in a bigger boy to carry in my filming kit that can store two measurements at once. It’s super handy when you’ve got two subjects and you need to rack focus between them.
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9 meters max. But as far as focal distance goes, if you have to measure anything more than about 5 meters away, you’re just throwing your focal ring to unlimited anyway on most lenses.
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That almost seems mountable.
Exactly why I bought it. I originally had a screw mount attached to the back of it, which could attach it to the side of my camera cage lined up with the sensor. Basically a laser scope for my mirrorless Lumix.
And this was a few years ago. It still uses the old micro-usb even. So there’s probably going to be a newer version.
It looks like the AquilaPro laser measuring tool is an actual keychain sized tool.
Once I manage to stop hitting the snooze button and crawl my lazy ass out of bed I’ll take a photo of it. I bought mine at Canadian Tire. Should be similar in any hardware stores.
I did the same thing lol trying to learn how to hyperfocus, now i keep it at work in my tray of knick knacks and every time someone sees it they start measuring and guessing and don’t believe things are certain distances
I did the reverse. I went into the hardware store to buy some chain. As it has to be cut, it is not self-service, I told the Lady that I need this much chain and held my hands apart, and added “50cm”. She said “Hold it”, took her tape, and measured the distance between my palms. It was exactly 50cm.
Same at the butchers. “I take that piece, it should be 800g.” Scale: 802g
Is that a DC or Marvel Superpower? Introducing…THE ESTIMATOR!
If the ability to measure with millimetre accuracy without tools were a superpower, there would be two types of people: those who’d hardly notice it, and those for whom it would be life-changing.
Were you really good at the bookfair games where you win a prize for guessing how many marbles are in a jar
Not really.
My hands are exactly 6 inches long from the base of the palm to the tip of my middle finger. I use them to measure things all the time. Very handy.
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They may be inconveniently small, but at least there’s the one thing going for them.
Thats sincerely such a silly fun fact, thank you for sharing 😂
9 inches! Ialreadymeasuredyoudonthavetocheck…
That sounds like a common phallicy.
The great thing about carrying a purse is that I can have a tape measure and small flashlight wherever i am. and a mushed up granola bar “for emergencies.” and so on. can never find a damn pen, though.
Schrodingers little known side hustle was to make pens.
Whether software, electrical, aerospace, or civil… engineer gonna engineer.
You left out the two most important types, Passenger and Freight
And when he’s depressed he resorts to desperate measures.
Make sure you use class 1 measure tape because you might be right but the device you’re using is not precise.
I worked for a bit as a high end roofer (USA), this is the first I’m hearing about different classes of measuring tape. We always used Stanley fatmax tapes, and so did just about every carpenter we worked with. I wonder how accurate that tape is?
I assume it was pretty accurate because we would always fuck with the new guys when they drew a cut line and asked what side of the line your supposed to cut from.
Stanley doesnt have class 1 measuring tapes, theyre all class 2
Class 2 is enough for a roofer.
A metal worker or machinist might require that extra bit of accuracy.
But generally, everyone that claims they’re a professional should get a class 1, even if class 2 is accurate enough for most work.
Ha! Gonna let my old boss know. We also did sheet metal fabrication, but very rarely did things need to be accurate to a 1/32nd
That’s fucking with people? Maybe in roofers’ world it’s good enough, but kerf matters!
It did matter, making them take measurements all over again was the part that fucked with them.
Noted
You’ll get good at estimating lengths fast doing that, the feedback loop works. Do the same thing with scales for weights. Do the same thing with wrist watch/timer for durations. Pretty soon you get a nickname from your wife ‘master of time and space’
For all the good it does ya in the bedroom. ;p
Just when I didn’t think that it was possible to like this guy more.
I’m a carpenter. We love to do that too.
Ditto, I’ve always got one with me anyway, now it’s for fun as well as work
A man with a good sense of scale.
so sexy 😍
