Shoutout to the old guy at the lumber yard who still uses a wooden folding rule
I was picking up some cedar for a deck job yesterday and saw this older guy, must have been in his 70s, checking stock with a wooden folding rule. He was just so fast with it, snapping it open and closed. I said something like 'you don't see many of those anymore,' and he just shrugged and said 'This thing has been right for fifty years. The batteries never die.' It made me think about all the digital stuff we carry now. I use a laser for layout, sure, but I still have my grandpa's old steel tape in my bag. That guy's comment got me wondering if we rely too much on gadgets that can fail. There's something to be said for a tool that just works, with no screen or beep. Has anyone else held onto an old school tool that you still reach for first, even with newer options around?