On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 5:02:00 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:32:27 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 7:31:00 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:16:26 AM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:03:09 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:56:21 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 11:52:20 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> >> > >>> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:39:35 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > >>> > On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:52:29 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> >> > >>> > > I would say that Biden is my least favorite nut. But my favorite nut of all times is the cashew. Roasted and salted.
> >> > >>> > > There are however problems with cashew processing.
> >> > >>> > > https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...itions-profits
> >> > >>> > Pistachios, apparently. I've been eating them as a midafternoon snack for months. Prior to that I was
> >> > >>> > rotating among pecans, walnuts, and pistachios, but I eventually switched to just pistacios.
> >> > >>> I'll never buy roasted ones again.
> >> > >>> https://www.target.com/p/wonderful-r...z/-/A-76544165
> >> > >>> >
> >> > >>> > Cindy Hamilton
> >> > >>>
> >> > >>> --Bryan
> >> > >> I get Wonderful pistachios, roasted, salted, and without the shells.
> >> > >
> >> > > I just ordered 4# of hickory nuts in the shell. Now I need a piece of
> >> > > granite (or an anvil) and a sledgehammer.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> >> > >
> >> > > --Bryan
> >> > Use a Vise-Grip. (UK = Mole wrench). you can set them so that they crack
> >> > the shell but leave the contents whole. I use them to crack walnuts.
> >> It would have to be a large vise-grip. For other nuts I use a 12" Channel Lock,
> >> but hickories are tough nuts to crack.
> >> https://www.harborfreight.com/20-in-...ers-64460.html
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >I call those slip-joint pliers. My brother-in-laws will call those channel locks.
> > Who the heck calls them groove-joint pliers?

Obviously Harbor Freight does.

> > 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.

To crack hickory nuts that way you'd need to be Heracles.

> Channel locks and slip joints are very different tools...

Slip joints are the regular pliers.

> no such animal as groove joint pliers.

Channellock is a trade name. There are generic terms, and groove-joint is one of
them. They're also called tongue-and-groove and multi-groove.

--Bryan