Weird Things About Me #1
Nina, a.k.a. SF Girl, tagged me with the “Seven Weird Things About Me” meme, which she caught from Mel. Pete already did his.
I’m going to do mine a little differently. Instead of doing all seven at once, I am going to do one a day. I will also tag one person a day. Today, I’m tagging Joanne. Nina also tagged her, which was just evil because she had to know I would be tagging Joanne as well.
Weird Thing About Me #1
When I look at a ruler, I usually have to count out the 1/8’s or 1/16’s, especially if they’re after the 1/2″ mark. On the other hand, at a glance and without counting the marks, I can typically tell the measurement in decimal inches, like 0.875″ for example. I’d have to count the marks to determine that it’s 7/8″, but I can tell at a glance that it’s 0.875″.
I’ve been doing typesetting and graphics work since, well, technically the 80’s, but really the early 90’s with Aldus PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. And, in measuring things to set them, I’d have to measure and then enter that in decimal inches in the computer. Over time, I just learned what the decimal inches were for the marks on the ruler, instead of the fraction.
Stay tuned tomorrow (most likely) for Weird Thing About Me #2!
You are right Dan, that is weird, lol. I think I cut class when their were discussing the measurements between the inch and half inch marks, haha.
Well, you don’t really need the smaller marks so long as you’re always thinking big!
V-e-e-e-ry interesting, Dan! Certainly not very many people can do that!
Jeanne
Okay…. that satisfies my weird barometer… But I always knew you’d come through, Dan! Can’t wait for the next six…. But then why stop at six?
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