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Title: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: boxmaker on October 27, 2010, 12:43:59 pm

Ok I will try to explain this the best I can. It is really a neat thing.

Take a standard tape measure, pull out the end and bend it back toward where the tape comes out, you should have a loop, (make sure the numbers are facing each other), then put the end that you pulled out and line it up with the current year that it is. Right now you would pull it out and match the end up to 110 inches, the year representing 2010. Now look for the number on the tape measure of the year that you were born, the last two numbers of the year you were born, once you find this number look on the opposite side of the tape measure and the number you see should be your age. I hope I explained it well enough. Have fun.

                                                             Mark

Title: Re: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: julief on October 27, 2010, 01:47:14 pm

Neat.

Title: Re: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: kp91 on October 27, 2010, 08:51:17 pm

If you're too old, you gotta go to 210".........

Title: Re: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: Russ C on October 27, 2010, 09:17:55 pm

Worked for me, thanks for sharing the trick.  8)

Title: Re: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: jimbo on October 27, 2010, 09:58:38 pm

How about metric??
Jimbo

Title: Re: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: kp91 on October 28, 2010, 08:21:47 am

Just use cm, it should work the same

Title: Re: Tape Measure Trick
Post by: Dawie on October 28, 2010, 04:56:02 pm

Quote from: jimbo on October 27, 2010, 09:58:38 pm

How about metric??
Jimbo

Metric won't work. Remeber 1" is 2,54cm. Have a tape measure with both only works on standard.
Very neat though. Tried it on all the family and turned out right everytime.
David