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[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (5 children)

No no, I wasn't trolling, just stupid and on lunch and somehow remembered a teacher laying two foot-long rules down and saying it was a meter

Ignore me, about 2 meters total. 6 feet and 5 inches

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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A meter is almost exactly the same as a yardstick. Why would anyone use two rulers?

[–] Master@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To get one of those cut off measurements, google yardstick rule 43

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