3 Jan
2002
3 Jan
'02
10:07 a.m.
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Matt London wrote:
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)
Back when I was a camp counselor, we would send people into town to get
"left-handed smokeshifters," "bacon stretchers," and things like that.
8-)
Peace... Sridhar
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.