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- From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
- Subject: Re: Wood screws
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.054621.8982@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <gay.721771666@sfu.ca> <LD19TB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 05:46:21 GMT
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- In article <LD19TB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes:
- >gay@selkirk.sfu.ca (Ian D. Gay) writes:
- >
- >> Does anyone know where to buy slotted-head wood screws in the lower
- >> mainland? All the common retail outlets have only those #$%^@
- >> Robertson screws.
- >
- >
- >Why on earth do you complain about Robertson wood screws? They're far
- >superior to the old-fashioned slotted type because they don't fall off
- >your screwdriver, and because you get much less slippage of the
- >screwdriver bit in the screw.
- >
-
- Oh god. A flame war on SCREWS!!!!!!
-
- Does anyone make Torx(TM) wood screws?
-
- >
- >
- >Robert Smits Ladysmith B.C. emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
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- >want, and deserve to get it good and hard. - H.L. Mencken
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