[geeks] Things you Cant Do In The Army
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net
Mon Feb 2 11:53:37 CST 2004
> > Left handed sprocket wrench.
>
> This sounds like the elusive metric crescent wrench.
>
> I have a friend who proudly displays his metric crescent wrench
> any time he opens his tool box in front of someone. He's not
> just screwing around. It actually says METRIC in original raised
> lettering on the wrench. I don't know where he got it.
I have a can of condensed water that was part of the swag a food vendor
was passing out at a convention. I got the can from a friend that was
working the convention for the vendor.
Maybe the "metric" crescent wrench was the same kind of inside joke?
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Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net
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