On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:01:52 -0500, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:32:27 -0800 (PST), dsi1

>>I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel locks.
>>Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers?

I's a waterpomptang.

>>My favorite trick is to
>>hold a walnut in my hand and smash it down on a table. A smart guy
>>would hold it so the walnut makes contact with the table instead of
>>your fingers but I never did.
>
>Channel locks and slip joints are very different tools... no such
>animal as groove joint pliers. I usually crack walnuts by holding two
>in one hand and gently squeezing them together... the weaker one
>cracks open.

I thought you'd just look at the nut.