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From: "Mary Putman" <>
Subject: Re: [ML] Yankee screwdriver/drills
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:13:32 -0800
References: <20060102.113921.2160.5.Wallace26@juno.com>


Grace, I happen to know where a thymus gland is located, but haven't the
foggiest idea what a Chicago bender is either. I am familiar with lots of
tool names, but that one is a puzzle. I have used most kinds of small hand
tools including a glass-cutter. Also have used a bandsaw, radial arm saw,
various hand saws including cross-cut, emery wheel, chain saw, pry bars,
4-lb. maul, etc. I have sharpened shovels, hoes, etc. and have sharpened my
own kitchen knives for years. The listers were talking about the old hand
drills the other day...wish I had kept the old brace and bit when we had the
auction in '93. Have no idea how old that thing was! I have a friend who
is worse than you when it comes to mechanical aptitude. If you turned her
loose with a screwdriver or a hammer, she'd be dangerous! Mary P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "grace w gathman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [ML] Yankee screwdriver/drills


> I always have a grin when we get into discussions of tools. I am
> definitely "tool challenged". My husband and two sons, all journeyman
> electricians, just love to tease me about this. We were all playing cards
> after dinner Christmas Eve and in a lull in the playing they tried to see
> if I knew what 20 tools were. I do know what a tack hammer,claw hammer,
> ball peen hammer, regular and Phillips screw drivers, regular and needle
> nose pliers are, and that is about it. But I do know what a Yankee screw
> driver is--my father owned one--it had a red handle. Their favorite of
> the evening was if I knew what a Chicago bender is? Of course I don't.
> For some reason, probably because I have never had to, I have no interest
> or aptitude for anything mechanical. At this stage in my life I will
> probably never have to either, so I don't suffer from my inadequacies too
> much.
> I usually counter all there laughing at me by asking them if they know
> where their thymus gland is--that shuts them up. Grace
>
>
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