One of the first things my family taught me about construction was how to use ... And for decades, I just used a tried-and-true measuring tape and did my numbers on a scrap board. Now, however, there ...

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Whether you're a worker at a construction site or a ... there are few tools that are so universally useful as the tape measure. Since its creation in the United Kingdom almost 200 years ago ...

and the tool you needed was already within arm’s reach? I can’t think of a single time that’s happened to me. I don’t work in construction, so I don’t carry measuring tape or any similar tools around ...