In a message dated 12/2/03 2:22:44 AM, jeff@TSSGI.COM writes: << Where did this tri-square crap come from?>> I know this is far fetched, but could it possibly be a contraction of triple square? <<Snap-On calls it a 12 point. >> We'll have to let them know that so they can edit their catalogue. <<Hazet calls it a 12 point.>> No, to them it would be an Innenvielzahnschraubendreher. Gotta love those Kraut words; lots of letters, but no confusion. <<Even Sears calls it a 12 point.>> Incorrecto. In the Sears Associates Training Manual, Vol. II, their clerks are instructed to call it, and I quote, a "twelve point thingie". George |
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