The Brits call those tools spanners because it is the English word
for it and Brits speak English.
At 01:21 AM 5/29/2011, Greg Lemon wrote:
>I always assumed because the "jaws" span the distance between the
>opposite flats on the nut?
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "I Erbs" <eyera3@gmail.com>
>To: <Jwhlyadv@aol.com>
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>Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Chatter
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>>Thanks to all that was fun.
>>So why do Brits call a wrench a spanner?
>>
>>Ira Erbs
>>DIGS-4 Solutions
>>Portland, OR
>>
>>sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because
>>my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
>>
>>On May 28, 2011 8:35 PM, <Jwhlyadv@aol.com> wrote:
>>>Correct answer - it is commonly used as the term for the meeting when they
>>
>>>elect a new pope
>>>
>>>Jim Werner
>>>Louisville, Kentucky
>>>
>>>
>>>In a message dated 5/28/2011 11:09:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>cleona44@hotmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>Walt Blank came up with the name Conclave back in 1975 from an old Boy
>>>Scout term
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