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Old 05-24-20, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by RChung
Sigh.

1. It's possible to check the accuracy of a bathroom scale.
2. Whether consistency is all you need depends on what you're doing with the information.
3. My step dad was a butcher so I used to work in the shop. I can guarantee that if the scales in the shop were consistent but inaccurate, we would have been in a lot of trouble.
4. Whether consistency is all you need depends on what you're doing with the information.
They really cost too much to give consistent but inaccurate data, anyway.
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