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Default UK DIYers clueless about tools

On Jul 23, 1:05*pm, "John Whitworth"
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"joeys worldcup" wrote in message

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"24% use pennies."


My father, a time-served joiner (now retired) always kept a couple of
old pennies in his toolkit. *They were just the right thickness, for
the gap required between the top of a door and the casing when he was
hanging a new door.


Agreed. But I took that comment as meaning that they used them to try to
turn screws?

JW


No, pennies were too thick, he used ha'pennies for that. ;-)