Superb, Pierre!
Jim
Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Monday 29 June 2009 13:03:23 John M. Steele wrote:
I jokingly refer to it as my bilingual wrench.
You mean it speaks both Wrench and Spannish?
Pierre
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Now, Bill. No time to be humble. We all knew that your previous message
was meant to be taken as a "tongue in cheek" comment.
What a wry fellow you are. Grin!
Jim
Bill Hooper wrote:
Aaaarrrgggh!
At the very instant that I hit the "sent" key regarding the
non-availability of "metric cresce
On Monday 29 June 2009 13:03:23 John M. Steele wrote:
> I jokingly refer to it as my bilingual wrench.
You mean it speaks both Wrench and Spannish?
Pierre
Well perhaps the dimensions of the casting would be metric or could be,
the 4 sides of a standard crescent wrench opening could be dimensioned
and fabricated in metric but a crescent wrench (I'm referring to those
adjustable ones with a thumb wheel), have no specific size other than
the maximum and
I suspect I might be stepping into a trap, here. However, "crescent" wrench is
a brand name (which has become rather generic) for an adjustable wrench. So it
is not obviously either metric or english, and can handle any size nut up to
its max. jaw capacity.
I jokingly refer to it as my bilin
Aaaarrrgggh!
At the very instant that I hit the "sent" key regarding the non-
availability of "metric crescent wrenches". I realized what the answer
was.
So obvious!!!
(There aren't any inch based crescent wrenches either, are there?!)
What a dumb mistake.
You should have seen me trying de
k is an SI prefix and is widely used outside of the SI. This doesn't preclude
engineers and scientists from using cubic metres.
The L (litre) is widely used in grocery stores and therefore kL is just a
natural extension for every day use.
Stan Doore
- Original Message -
From: M
On Jun 29 , at 10:47 AM, Howard Ressel wrote:
My friend ... asked ... to get ... a metric crescent wrench ... and
of course ... never found it.
We (said) that there was no such thing.
"Of course"?
Why "of course"?
Why is there no such thing as a metric crescent wrench?
I admit not being a
This reminded me of an old story:
My friend in high school (about 30 years ago now) asked his mom to get
him a metric crescent wrench for his birthday, she went crazy looking
for one and of course never found it. She got quite a laughed when we
told her that there was no such thing.
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"Go for a
