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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We have the coils too, except we call it a measuring tape.

We also have have a flexible soft version used for measuring human proportions for clothing, but it's called a "tape measure" for some reason.

I wish we had the foldable kind, that sounds useful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ironically the 2m folding rulers are called "inch-stick" in German