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Default What's your favorite nut?

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


He loves to play with nuts and balls.