- 1. Re: SAFETY ALERT! Holding Plug leads (score: 1)
- Author: "David Littlefield" <dmeadow@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:47:07 -0600
- <snip I believe you mean Vi(s)e Grips, which is actually a brand name, although used generically by Americans to mean locking pliers (the adjustable kind), much as the term Crescent Wrench (again a b
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01138.html (7,717 bytes)
- 2. Re: SAFETY ALERT! Holding Plug leads (score: 1)
- Author: Andrew Murdock <Andrew.Murdock@cdc.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 10:40:01 +0000
- Adjustable spanner. Wrenches are called spanners (which can also mean an intelligence challenged person). Andrew ** *Control Data Ltd, 3 Roundwood Avenue, * "Its not RIALTO as we know it * *Stockley
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01173.html (7,401 bytes)
- 3. Re: SAFETY ALERT! Holding Plug leads (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Hunt <on76@dial.pipex.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 96 20:37:05 GMT
- 'Mole' are similarly proprietary self-locking pliers in the UK. The wrench with adjustable jaws is called ... an adjustable spanner. 'Vice' is the spelling for both engineering tools and houses of i
- /html/mgs/1996-10/msg01194.html (7,400 bytes)
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