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"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" <B2431@aol.com> wrote in message
news:MBRtf.70548$sg5.20117@dukeread12...
> Roger wrote:
> > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:10:43 GMT, "LP" <lbp1963@nospam.hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >><DanielBK@unitedstates.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1135914687.365597.160110@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >>>D.Reid wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>"Forceps"???...what the hell are "FORCEPS"???
> >>>>I been in the "trade" for 30 years and I never heard of nuttin called
> >>>>forceps!!!...that had anything to do with cleco's...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I am willing to wager that you were never in the Navy. I know Bob was &
> >>>I've heard other Navy guys call them forceps. Different lingo in
> >>>different circles. Given theat the tool is not used to ply anything,
> >>>forceps might even be a more accurate term. Sorry that the world
> >>>doesn't conform to your expectations.
> >>>
> >>>Daniel
> >>>
> >>
> >>If someone at work ask to borrow my forceps, he or she would get a deer
in
> >>the headlight look. However, third drawer down on the right is my CLECO
> >>pliers. Oh yeah, 23 years in the NAVY.
> >>
> >
> > I have worked with and around electronics most of my life and computers
> > since they came on the scene. If you ask for my forceps that is
> > exactly what is in the second drawer down in the smaller tool box,
> > right along with a bunch of dentists tools. I think there are probably
> > a couple of scalpels in there too.
> >
> > Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> > (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> > www.rogerhalstead.com
> >
> >
> They make terrific heat sinks.
>
> Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
Right you are Dan...I use them for just that purpose quite often...as long
as I am soldering. If I am Oxy/Acy welding they dont work so "hot" !
Dave...down in Florida.
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Re: The Man Who Couldn't Cleco
