I wrote:
A spanner wrench is a clever redundancy to say the same thing twice. Much
like the term "ink pen". Just more fine examples how we are great nations
kept apart by a common language <vbg>
<vbg> <--------- it is tounge in cheek.....humor. Sorry y'all didn't get
it.
I KNOW the difference. I was just making light of it.
Geeeeeze
John P
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there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
-----Original Message-----
From: William Sommerwerck <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: petrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <petrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: cmib@xxxxxxxxxxx <cmib@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 7:34 AM
Subject: "spanner" wrench
>To an American, a spanner wrench has two long arms that intercept the
>indents on a mounting flange. (These flanges are commonly found on
>optical equipment and watches.) I just checked the Edmund Scientific
>catalog, and that is what they call them.
>
>As for "ink pen" -- you could have a pen that used dye or some non-ink
>coloring compound. But in this case it does seem redundant.
>
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