Jewel wrote. > so I don't know if this has struck anyone else as being particularly > erotic: the words sex and screw > being coupled together.
Yes, we use that term here in the USA also. Sex, screw, and coupled, that's a good one. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel" <jewelbla...@xtra.co.nz> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sex Screws - Was: Pop Rivets Question > As Max has, on occasion, pointed out, we are but two countries separated > by a common language, so I > don't know if this has struck anyone else as being particularly erotic: > the words sex and screw > being coupled together. > > Jewel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Gallik" <billgal...@centurytel.net> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:05 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Sex Screws - Was: Pop Rivets Question > > > What you're referring to here are called "Sex Screws." I know, sounds > pretty kinky; but remember > that in plumbing you have ballcocks, nipples, male and femail union > pieces; maybe electricity and > wiring isn't quite so suggestive but I'm sure that trade likewise has its' > own prurient terminology. > Actually, I had bought a box of sex screws from a small hardware store in > Wheaton (Illinois) and > didn't know what to call them. I called down there and spoke with the > woman manager that I had > known when I lived there (quite a very charming gal to say the least) and > clumsily and > apologetically tried to explain what type of fasteners I was looking for > and wanting to know what to > call them. > > She plainly answered, "Sex screws." And then giggled, knowing my > consternation and embarrassment. > ---- > Holland's Person, Bill > - "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." > - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:45 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Pop Rivets Question > > > > are these those things that look like two tophats with one thinner than > the other? The thinner threaded tube fits into the thicker threaded tube > and they join flush? 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