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um, that's actually kinda neat! but if i go to crate and barrel tomorrow and there's someone laying out dollar bills alongside a sectional, i'ma pee my pants.

its called scale not a ruler..sorry. good tip

Knowing the length of the spread of my fingers, from tip of thumb to tip of little finger, has been useful to me countless times, and I don't even have to take out my wallet.

Random bit: I am five foot five inches and when I push my palms together with my elbows out it is exactly three feet from elbow to elbow... I use it all the time and look like a fool every time I do. Hey whatever works for you!

I have my arm span written down in my notebook for on-the-go reference. I'm 5'8" and my arms spread wide with my forefinger and thumbed pinched together on each arm like I'm holding my vinyl tape measure (since that's what I used to measure my span, i.e., instead of fingertip to fingertip) is 64".

Like Carol in Denver, I am always using the span of my hand to measure. Very handy. ; )

Great! Learned something new...

I'm pretty sure that the arm spread should be equal to your height for normally proportioned people. I recall a fifth grade class exercise in this matter.

austinjohn, you mean for perfectly proportioned people, and no one's perfect :) we're all normal.

austinjohn, my bf is 5'10", his "wingspan" is 6'3"...

Hmmm, nice to know! Thanks!

i always use 8.5"x11" sized pieces of paper to measure stuff. there's always a piece of paper lying around somewhere!

.. and for little things, it's good to know that the standard business card is 2 inches by three and a half inches.