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Default What is this steel tub called?

On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:49:15 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Bluey69" wrote in message news:-

from wiki:
"A stillage is like a pallet or skid but with a cage or sides or
some form of support specifically tailored to the material it is
intended to carry. Some are designed to be stackable.


This is like magic, you can't summon (Google) the item unless you know
its full true name.

Google's new search engine is worse than the old one at guessing what
I wanted. No, the Dark Ages weren't the 1970's.

I've wanted a better crowbar for years. Yesterday I discovered they
are called "San Angelo Bars", which empowered me to find and buy one.


I found mine at HFT for $17. It was called a digging bar there, when
they carried them. Some had tampers on one end, others chisels. I
got the chisel, like your San Angelo.

Yes, knowing the name truly helps. g Googling usually ends up
giving me the name, though, since many people use alternate names for
the item they're discussing.

I wish Goggle had a search param for concepts. Some day, an AI will
be able to do that for us. I just hope they don't call it SkyNet...

--
When we are planning for posterity, we ought
to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
-- Thomas Paine

(comparing Paine to the current CONgress deep sigh)