On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:21:39 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
life imitates life wrote:
If so, you are dumber than dog ****. LOCK WIRE is ALL stainless. HIGH
GRADE STAINLESS. It is a mission critical assembly element in nearly ANY
AND ALL military assemblies where vibration is introduced.

Who cares about *only* military applications?

You're an idiot.

Lock wire was common on vintage cars, etc.

No. It was common on brit machinery... maybe. In the US, military
methodologies like that were NOT used on cars.

Still used on London Taxis up
until recently


And London Taxis are from a 60 year old design, no doubt. Again you
sport your stupidity like a flag.

- may still be. And it is a soft iron wire which can be
twisted easily.

No, IDIOT! Soft iron wire would garner water in the twists and be
rusted off within a matter of weeks, if not days.

You are never going to win this, because it is blatantly obvious how
little you know about it.