Looking for a hex socket..20mm! - Page 3

Amber Lamps · 01-16-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleck750

Monkey wrench has nothing to do with what color a person is!

Concerning the origin of its name, this story has been repeated in several publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:

That handy tool, the "monkey-wrench", is not so named because it is a handy thing to monkey with, or for any kindred reason. "Monkey" is not its name at all, but "Moncky." Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, where he now lives.[1]

In his interesting article upon the genesis of machine design, Mr. W.H. Sargent spoke of the slide which moves up and down in the handle of a monkey wrench as resembling a toy monkey, and thereby drew an analogy. To this Mr. H.E. Madden writes: "The wrench is not named from this, neither is it so called because it is a handy thing to 'monkey' with. The right name is 'Moncky.' Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2,000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, N.Y., where he afterward lived.[2]

We aren't talking about a "monkey wrench". The term "monkey rig" or the more popular "nigger rig" is used to illustrate the wrong way to do something. Usually, mostly in the past, black people didn't have money for "proper" tools and had to make do with makeshift tools. The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!

Anyway, good luck with your project. I agree that if you're waiting anyway, you may as well get the right tool. I thought that you were stuck from the lack of this tool.

marko138 · 01-16-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

We aren't talking about a "monkey wrench". The term "monkey rig" or the more popular "nigger rig" is used to illustrate the wrong way to do something. Usually, mostly in the past, black people didn't have money for "proper" tools and had to make do with makeshift tools. The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!

Anyway, good luck with your project. I agree that if you're waiting anyway, you may as well get the right tool. I thought that you were stuck from the lack of this tool.

YOU are funny.

Amber Lamps · 01-16-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

YOU are funny.

Hey start a fight with me real quick... I need almost 300 posts to make 10,000....

marko138 · 01-16-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

Hey start a fight with me real quick... I need almost 300 posts to make 10,000....

Move along.

Fleck750 · 01-16-2010, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!

So "redneck engineering" is OK?

Amber Lamps · 01-16-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleck750

So "redneck engineering" is OK?

No.... you should always use the proper tools for the job! I work with my hands and I am here to tell you that unless it is an emergency or the situation absolutely calls for it, I always use the correct tool.

marko138 · 01-16-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

No.... you should always use the proper tools for the job! I work with my hands and I am here to tell you that unless it is an emergency or the situation absolutely calls for it, I always use the correct tool.

Thats not what you said.

101lifts2 · 01-17-2010, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

We aren't talking about a "monkey wrench". The term "monkey rig" or the more popular "nigger rig" is used to illustrate the wrong way to do something. Usually, mostly in the past, black people didn't have money for "proper" tools and had to make do with makeshift tools. The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!

Anyway, good luck with your project. I agree that if you're waiting anyway, you may as well get the right tool. I thought that you were stuck from the lack of this tool.

I thought I was only one who uses nigga rig.

Flexin · 01-18-2010, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

I thought I was only one who uses nigga rig.

Nope. Your not the only one. Everytime I hear it I want to punch someone in their throat.

James

Avatard · 01-19-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Flexin

Nope. Your not the only one. Everytime I hear it I want to punch someone in their throat.

James

James, they used to say "Jerry Rig" (later bastardized to "Jury Rig") during the war from the use of "Jerry" as a pejorative term for German soldiers.

It seems all immigrants go through a hazing process in this country. I notice no one tells Polish jokes anymore...