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Offline amertrac

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Re: 3/4" OE spike wrench?
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2012, 09:04:11 AM »
you have to admit that the first man to make that wrench proved his point.
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Re: 3/4" OE spike wrench?
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2012, 11:46:48 AM »

Or it could just be that some fellow named Podger got tired of sticking his finger in the holes....

Funny how these little bits of information get lost.....

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Re: 3/4" OE spike wrench?
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2012, 09:18:17 PM »
As Podger may have been derived from podgy, or short, stubby.
maybe the guy that used his finger in the hole was nick named "stubby"
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Re: 3/4" OE spike wrench?
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2012, 09:03:35 AM »
Quote from: oldtools on October 07, 2012, 09:18:17 PM
As Podger may have been derived from podgy, or short, stubby.
maybe the guy that used his finger in the hole was nick named "stubby"

After a really bad experience when things suddenly shifted out of alignment?
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