Prometheus wrote in
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AFAIK, I've never seen a folding rule in a list of essential basic
tools- they've been replaced by tape measures, for the most part.

"Your First Toolkit" by Frank Klausz (Popular Woodworking, August 2006)

His "Basic Kit of Tools" includes one, as well as a tape measure.

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