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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 7:12 am
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Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
I'm wondering.. In what world isn't tape measure a tool.
There was a section of a thread about this and Bart explained it. Essentially prohibited tools are those which change things- cut, attach, slice, dissassemble, pry, etc.

My concern about the items I need to carry doesn't come from them being tools, but more from them being metal objects.
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