Mark E Smith
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OK I am stumped...sitting in my workshop, didn't really have a project to do, so I am drinking a beer and bored silly...I started looking at a new tape measure I picked up a Standley 16 ft, got tired of using my other tapes all 25 footers, needed something a little smaller...anyways it had all the standard stuff, markers for feet, red marker for studs, 16 in on center . tested out the break range about 5 foot or so etc... but got to looking and there was these little tiny black diamonds at 19 and 3/16th inch ..every 19 3/16 inch... so I got to looking and all my tapes had it too, except for the really old ones, more the 30 years old ...old...lol...I have no idea what the significant's is for 19 and 3/16 inch, but it must be something recent, because years ago no body cared. Can anyone educate me, been scratching head, why do I need to know that particular distance on my tape measure...
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