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   SgianDubh | Oct 28, 2004 02:29am | #1

   Nah, probably just a Canuck, Kiwi, Ocker or Brit like myself that spells colour like flavour and savour, and puts tyres on cars, and acclimatises in preference to acclimating, and disembarks from aeroplanes rather than debarks, which I thought was what happens to trees prior to them being planked up ready for drying. Slainte.

   RJFurniture

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   gpasewicz | Oct 28, 2004 05:01pm | #2

   Don't forget spanners.

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   IanDG | Oct 28, 2004 05:20pm | #3

   .....or lorries, bonnets and boots.

   IanDG

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   JerBear | Oct 31, 2004 12:31am | #9

   I thought boots were called "wellies".  Flashlight=torch, tv+ telli, raincoat= mac.

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   IanDG | Oct 31, 2004 12:35am | #10

   Boot = trunk, bonnet = hood.

   IanDG

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   SgianDubh | Oct 29, 2004 01:41am | #4

   That'd put a wrench in it. Slainte.RJFurniture

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   joinerswork | Oct 29, 2004 03:46pm | #6

   Sgian,

   I bet you tighten those Whitworth bolts with an "adjustable spanner", too.

   Cheers,

   Ray

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   lwj2 | Oct 30, 2004 03:24am | #7

   D**n right. I'm not paying for Whitworth spanners, metric spanners and SAE spanners.

   Crescent, the ultimate all-purpose spanner.

   VBEG

   Leon Jester, Roanoke VA

   Q: How do you know when a politician is lying?

   A: His lips are moving.

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   joinerswork | Nov 01, 2004 01:37am | #11

   Leon,

   The first time I heard about Whitworth bolts was in high school, when a buddy bought a twin cylinder Ariel motorcycle, and promptly broke the big end off one of the rods.  He did a lot of work with a crescent wrench...on Brit AND U.S. stuff.

   Are you right in Roanoke, or nearby?  Ever meet Jake Cress, in Fincastle?  I'm north of you, between Harrisonburg, and Staunton.

   Cheers,

   Ray

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   lwj2 | Nov 01, 2004 04:36am | #12

   Never met him, Ray.

   I'm in the city, not the county.

   My first experience with Whitworth bolts was in a photo lab I managed years ago, on an Eastman Kodak machine that was British built (a Viscount film processor). Kodak thoughtfully offered us a "maintenance kit" that consisted of three screwdrivers and a set of Whitworth box-open wrenches for $400 -- 10% of the machine cost.

   After we peeled our accountant off of the ceiling, we bought a set of Crescent adjustable end wrenches. BTW, the Gaithersburg Snap-On rep is probably still laughing about it.Leon Jester, Roanoke VA

   Q: How do you know when a politician is lying?

   A: His lips are moving.

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   woodshoplast | Oct 30, 2004 11:31pm | #8

   Man! Thats interesting! Thanks for the fun. agriffee

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   Pondfish | Nov 01, 2004 04:00pm | #13

   Hey, don't forget in the US men wear suspenders to hold up their pants.  You get strange looks in the commonwealth when you mention this...

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   bushman1000 | Oct 29, 2004 08:18am | #5

   Just a naturalized canadian born in new zealand