Yard Sticks

[HeelSpur]

Are yard sticks considered tools?

[rusty]

My high school teacher seems to have considered them disciplinary tools.....

Of course they are tools, how can you make something if you don't know how big to make it ? lol

[Papaw]

Certainly are tools! I think John Harper- WVTOOLS has a collection.

[john k]

Friend worked in a borg.  A lady came up to the counter, carrying a yard stick.   Asked, Do you have one just like this but a little bit longer?   Truth!    Later, another lady came in to return a level.   She said this was made wrong, pointing to the two vials set at 45degrees to the length.   Wanted her money back. 

[Branson]

Friend worked in a borg.  A lady came up to the counter, carrying a yard stick.   Asked, Do you have one just like this but a little bit longer?   Truth!   

What's a "borg?"  Um, and I have one just a little bit longer -- it's a meter stick.  Metric marks on one side, inches on the other.  There is also an "ell" stick at 45 inches.  Missed getting an ell stick that turned up on eBay about 15 years ago.

[Papaw]

What's a "borg?"

- common parlance for Home Depot and Lowes- big box stores.  Refers to the Borg on Star Trek that assimilates everything.

[wvtools]

Yes, I have some yardsticks in my collection.  If it has a scale on it, chances are I have at least a few of them.

I am not particularly fond of yardsticks, and probably only have 25 or 30 of them in my collection.  I like ones with nice wood or hardware/tool advertising on them.  Yes, there are longer "yardsticks", usually 4 feet.   I have a few of them, including one that someone cut down to 36 inches.  One of my sisters (we all have the hoarding gene in my family) likes yardsticks (she sews) and has hundreds of them.

I also have several of the roll up metal kind.  Most people would count 36 inch school and household rules as yardsticks (I do not).  I like them, and have dozens of them.  I particularly like longer rules like extension, glaziers, tank gauging, oddball, and have a pile of them.  Someday, if I ever get things organized, I am planning on mounting the longer rules on the wall.  Maybe I will post a picture in 5 years.

John/WVTools

[HeelSpur]

Heres a couple that I have, two are for measuring oil and I forget what the lumber grading stick is called. Its the longest one I've seen so far.

[Branson]

What's a "borg?"

- common parlance for Home Depot and Lowes- big box stores.  Refers to the Borg on Star Trek that assimilates everything.

Oh, *that* Borg.  Now it makes sense to me -- just the first time I've heard it.  But it ought to be capitalized!

[rusty]

I'm happy when they know what a yardstick is...

Went into one of those stores once, asked the girl behind the counter where the bricks were....

...uh...Bricks?.,..you mean, like...uh...bricks?

Yup...you know...bricks....(ok, how do you describe a brick without using the word brick?)

Never mind...I'll find them myself.....

I think it was the first time it ever occurred to her that bricks were something you could actually purchase somewhere...

[wvtools]

What's a "borg?"

- common parlance for Home Depot and Lowes- big box stores.  Refers to the Borg on Star Trek that assimilates everything.

Oh, *that* Borg.  Now it makes sense to me -- just the first time I've heard it.  But it ought to be capitalized!

Back in my younger, partying days, I went to a Halloween party as a "Beerg".  I plastered myself with beer cans and cartons, had an opener for a hand, and tried to assimilate everyone's beer.