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1. Hammer Talk (score: 1)
Author: Phil Willson <P.J.Willson@qmw.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 01:31:59 -0700
A.K.A. a 'Birmingham Screwdriver' in the Old Country. But I didn't say that - it was thought of well before political correctness came into vogue. Phil
/html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00120.html (6,935 bytes)

2. Re: Hammer Talk (score: 1)
Author: rorr@eagle.wbm.ca (Rodney Orr)
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 08:08:11 GMT
Funny, where I come from, we Canucks have been known to call hammers "American screwdrivers". Must be a north-south thing. Thank God we now have free trade to help sort this out. :> Rod. '70 TR6 - -
/html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00126.html (7,318 bytes)

3. Re: Hammer Talk (score: 1)
Author: tlcolson@jax.jaxnet.com (Timothy Colson)
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 13:36:08 -0400
My dad, who'll never ever ever be PC, used to call a hammer a "persuading device", and as a corollary - a sledge hammer was a "very persuading device". Timo "I didn't do it." -Timothy L. Colson (tlc
/html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00134.html (7,302 bytes)

4. Re: Hammer Talk (score: 1)
Author: Gregory Petrolati <gpetrola@prairienet.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 07:25:49 -0500 (CDT)
My dad used to call the hammer an "Italian fine adjustment tool". Of course being Italian, it gave him a bit of lattitude re: "political correctness". gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L) "That
/html/triumphs/1995-06/msg00151.html (8,113 bytes)


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