On Oct 29, 2:04*am, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:

[snippage]

* * * * Do you mean "ring" out? *(The old way, before voltage sensitive
semiconductor devices, involved a battery, a long wire, and an electric
doorbell or buzzer -- thus the "ring". "Wring out" sounds like you
are trying to get rid of water from it.

[more snippage]

Thanks for that - it was like fingernails on a blackboard when I read
it. When people ask me what I do for a living (I sometimes wonder
myself), I often tell them I'm a master wire untangler.