2 Jan
2002
2 Jan
'02
12:35 p.m.
Hi,
I always heard it as either the "left-handed" and/or "metric"
adjustable
wrench (which here in northern Michigan, seems to be interchangeable with
"Crescent" albeit incorrectly) and in the military (I was a radio/wire dog)
we had "frequency grease" to send others for...
My grandad (may he rest in peace), who used to work in a machine shop
somehwere, used to recall that they would send the new apprentices down to
the basement stores for a packet of #3 skyhooks and a bucket of blue
steam, possibly even a long stand (which is enevitably what they got in
stores)
-- Matt
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[snippage]
[yet more snippage - both above and
below]
In my garage, we had a box with a 150mm Crescent
WANNABE, "rubber nails"
(steel nails for nailing rubber weatherstripping), spotted paint (sold in
a spray can by GM for repairing trunks), etc. for hazing the new parts
runners.
And the all time favorite, ask for the 8/16th socket.