When last did you see one of these when out shopping?
It’s a wooden standard metric ruler just like the one that I would have used back in the day and yes, for some reason mine was also “made in Australia” (even way back then, BP¹ perhaps!)
So why this nostalgic reminder of our un-PC, non-green, tree murdering past?
Well, I bought a hundred of them last month!
That’s right, a hundred.
I happened to be at a local wholesaler and as luck would have it he was in the process of relocating to larger premises, he’d been in the existing building for as long as I can remember. At the counter were 4 bundles of 25 rulers priced at R10 each (that’s less than £1 per bundle) I bought the lot.
The staff had found these collectors items (and tons of other dated products) and were either going to scrap them or give them away.
What did I do with them?
Why I gave them away of course, 50 to Quest school for their stationery cupboard and the balance to a nearby local primary school.
¹ Before Plastic
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