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Default Is it time to give up?

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Jimk wrote:
Brian Howie Wrote in message:
On 21/07/2020 19:01, alan_m wrote:
On 21/07/2020 18:13, ARW wrote:
New starter cannot get the screwdriver to work.

A PZ2 does not fit a slotted screw.




Just tell him to knock the screw in with a hammer.


I worked in a saw mill at one time. They made pallets for plate glass.
That's exactly what they did. Balanced the screw on the point and one
blow was enough.

The unintended consequences of paid piece-work.


The Liverpool screwdriver (or wherever D i m is from...)


I knew it as a "Birmingham Screwdriver".

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