Bryan Simmons wrote:
> 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
>

Hush that talk! Yoose gonna get Popeye excited.