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27 July 2006

I just wrote a spec entitled "screw with decorative cap."

post by: Specklet at: 13:33 | 14 comments

"You can leave your hat on..."

posted by eekacat 27 July | 13:34

Is it worth running to your Flickr page?

posted by danf 27 July | 13:38

Guess how this journal is cited in reference lists. Go ahead. Guess.

posted by Wolfdog 27 July | 13:45

Better than "cap with decorative screw."

posted by tr33hggr 27 July | 13:50

Guess how this journal is cited in reference lists. Go ahead. Guess.

That took me longer than it should have to get.

Here at Mordor's Hooks and Blue Sick, Inc. we use four letter codes to designate different discount schedules for different vendors.

Trade items from a fairly prominent publisher are coded as FART.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 27 July | 13:56

Ikea makes a chair called Fartful. Also, a desk called Jerker.

posted by pieisexactlythree 27 July | 14:02

Use with "Self-locking Nut with Lubricant"

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 27 July | 14:17

Is this decorative enough?

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Hugh Janus 27 July | 14:17

Working in maritime history can keep one very entertained. Among the many appellations for shipboard equipment are the "snatch-block" and the "cunt-splice," bowdlerized in most printed sources as "cut splice".

Even more noteworthy: it's not a funny coincidence that they're called by those names. They're named directly after the parts referred to. A fine illustration of the occupational culture of the mariner in the Age of Sail.

There's also a sail called the "Spanker", located at the back end of the boat for some extra pushing power.

posted by Miko 27 July | 14:20

Wolfdog: From my experience typing references for scientific papers, I'd guess J Func Anal?

Miko: I could use some extra pushing power on my back end.

posted by matildaben 27 July | 14:26

Not always. Also tends to show up in course catalogs.

posted by Wolfdog 27 July | 14:29

What Mats? You ain't got no motor in the back of yo' Honda?

posted by pieisexactlythree 27 July | 14:33

Wolfdog: Awesome!

Pi: I gots a motor but I can't jump start it by myself!

posted by matildaben 27 July | 14:34

OMFG!

posted by Otis 27 July | 14:55

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