Before you place that order: self measurements

[Moosedog]

Not to make Steve jealous, but my measuring tape is automatically calibrated by the cesium fountain atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado. All I have to do is remember to turn it on once a day and it updates via satellite. Of course, cutting through it ruins the interface and at $3,489.60 a pop, I have to be very careful. I asked Santa for a new titanium (scissor-proof) tape this year.

Moosedog

[turpin]

Ya' know, when I took Auto CAD (a drafting program) in high school, our teacher, for the final, made me do my measurements out to the ten-thousandths spot.

When a good friend of mine brought up that no one would ever pay for such exact measurements, he stated, "Well, just pretend you're manufacturing for NASA."

If he was manufaturing for NASA he'd be the low bidder. Ya get what ya pay for.