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11-19-2008, 12:34 PM
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Name: Pete City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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From an undisclosed source . . .
"Starting in 2009 all new screws produced in China will be in metric sizes and the threads will be reversed (counterclockwise to tighten) so it will be easy to tell the difference."
This is supposedly a prelude to the US going completely metric by 2010.
I checked snopes.com and could find no info to dispute this.
Also, I understand it will be marketed via text messages to cell your phone (now that the numbers are publicly available) and they must be purchased with Amero's.
pete
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Last edited by PeteM; 11-19-2008 at 02:53 PM.
Reason: Update info
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11-19-2008, 12:59 PM
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Name: Doug Robinson City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1983. We had something called the "Tute Screw." It was threaded so that no matter how you turned it, clockwise or counter-clockwise it went in. That way you always got screwed (Imagine opposing threads angled in opposite directions).
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11-19-2008, 02:59 PM
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Name: Joe City: Holly Springs State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 66 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I believe it's now called the non-partisan taxpayer fastener. | |
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11-19-2008, 03:28 PM
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Name: Fred City: franklinton State: nc County: franklin Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 51 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Joe Scharle  I believe it's now called the non-partisan taxpayer fastener.  ayup! any which way ya spin it ur screwed. .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)") | |
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11-19-2008, 04:21 PM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Also known as the "barne frank" universal screw!
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11-19-2008, 04:22 PM
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Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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On the plus side, they will _finally_ allow corner nails here in the U.S. and Canada (they've been available in Europe since the late seventies). Corner nails are perfect for butt joints where the fastener has to be hidden. The corner nails will be available in galvanized, stainless and brass.
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11-19-2008, 07:11 PM
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Name: Michael Shelley City: Wilson State: NC County: Wilson Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Bas On the plus side, they will _finally_ allow corner nails here in the U.S. and Canada (they've been available in Europe since the late seventies). Corner nails are perfect for butt joints where the fastener has to be hidden. The corner nails will be available in galvanized, stainless and brass. Bas,
So what exactly does a corner nail look like?????
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11-19-2008, 07:21 PM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by mshel Bas,
So what exactly does a corner nail look like?????
Mike I Googled it and came up with Cuticle Corner Nail Spa http://www.cuticlecornernailspa.com/nail_care.html
It has something todo with putting hot rocks on your back 
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11-19-2008, 07:58 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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11-19-2008, 08:15 PM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by TracyP YEAH, and YO Be's de Moderator!!
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11-20-2008, 12:31 AM
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Name: Bas City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 35 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by mshel Bas,
So what exactly does a corner nail look like?????
Mike A corner nail is like a regular nail, but bent at 90 degrees in the middle. Let's say you want to make a butt joint. Normally, you'd put the two pieces together, and nail from the outside through one piece into the other. That's great, but the fastener is visible. With a corner nail, you can join the two pieces without anyone seeing it on the outside. Old joke in Holland. They'd send apprentices to the hardware store for corner nails. The reply would always be - "Sorry, we're all out, but Joe's might have some". Joe's store would be on the other side of town of course, and _just_ sold the last box not an hour ago. So Joe would send them to Mike, Mike to Jim etc.
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11-20-2008, 11:42 AM
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Name: Rick City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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