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To our UK friends..
On 6/28/2011 8:03 AM, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 6/28/2011 4:34 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: Some "spanners" are double open ended wrenches. A wrench with a box on one end and an open end on the other..is a combination wrench, at least in the part of the states I live in. If you're going to shop the UK, it -is- helpful to know and use the local nomenclature... wrench = spanner hood = bonnet trunk = boot gas = petrol truck= lorry etc etc etc. Sometimes getting it wrong will get you some very strange looks. I learned -very- quickly down under not to say "I'm rooting for XXX team"... lol Jon |
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