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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

We have the coils too, except we call it a measuring tape.

We also have have a flexible soft version used for measuring human proportions for clothing, but it's called a "tape measure" for some reason.

I wish we had the foldable kind, that sounds useful.