<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp6508ef01yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">There are garden hose couplers with an auto-cut-off feature but it is fairly rare and far from universal.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">One advantage to these is they twist so you can aim the spray nozzle without twisting the hose and possibly unscrewing the connection.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp6508ef01signature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Monday, March 3, 2025 at 08:09:18 PM CST, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Years ago I was at some garden shop and I saw some quicj release hose <br clear="none">fittings. I thought cool, just like my air hose fittings. I bought <br clear="none">some, put them on the garden hose and various sprinklers and such. <br clear="none">First day I had them, I figured they were just like my air hose <br clear="none">fittings. I went to uncouple a sprayer from the main hose, which still <br clear="none">had full pressure on it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A mistake you only make once.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">mjb.<div class="ydp16e5436fyqt6312080235" id="ydp16e5436fyqtfd60988"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Suggested annual donation $12.96<br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/dave1massey@cs.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/dave1massey@cs.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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