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00:05 Speaker 1: Gidday knuckleheads, Uncle Knackers here with another DIY tip.
Ah, the handy old tape measure, what would we do without it?
But there's one little thing that kind of annoys me, and that is because the surface
is hard and shiny, it's difficult to write on and read the numbers clearly.
So I have a little trick that'll fix that, and will turn your humble old tape measure
into a handy little note pad.
So this is what you do: Get your tape measure, and remove that sticker that's generally on
the side and make sure you get that nice and clean.
I've just used some of this de-gooing stuff that's really good for getting off stickers.
Once that's clean, grab a really fine grade sandpaper.
I've got a 400 grit here, which is pretty good, and we're going to sand that glossy
surface off that tape which will make it easier to write on and to read.
01:01 S1: And as a comparison test, we're only going to sand half that glossy side.
I've taped the other half off, and that way, we can compare the difference.
Okay, let's give this a bit of a sand like that, take that tape off, and let's compare
the difference.
It's time for the moment of truth; let's give it a go.
Now, from this half here, down, it's the glossy side, and this half up is the sanded side.
Now, even pressure on this pencil, I'm going to write the number 600, first on the glossy
side, like that, and now on the sanded side, and look at that.
That is absolutely fantastic.
And to rub that number off, all you need to do is get a pencil rubber and just do that.
I absolutely love it.
How good was that?
Great tip, Knackers!
02:17 S1: Don't go just yet, I wanna show you something else.
Grab your tape measure, this is a great little trick, and fold it in half just like that,
and align the bottom of it up with the current year.
Like say it was 1973, you'd align the bottom with 73.
If it was 1991, you'd align the bottom up with 91.
Currently, it's 2014, so when you tape past 1999, the hundred represents 2000, and go
all the way down until you get to 2014.
And then lock it off with your fingers, turn the tape around and just lock that off nice
and tight.
Now, this is where the magic happens.
Just say for instance, I'm 92 years of age.
I look pretty good for 92.
You find 92 on the tape, and you pinch it off and you turn it around, and you'll see
that I was born in 1922.
How cool is that?
And just say for instance, I was born in 1973.
I'd pinch it off there just like that, and turn it around and you'll see that I am 41
years of age.
How cool is that?
What a great little trick?
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Cheers.