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Re: More Laws...

To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>, <gerrybraz@voyager.net>
Subject: Re: More Laws...
From: "B. Vibert" <blur@ican.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:23:10 -0500
My favorite has always been:

"When the need arises, the object nearest you becomes a hammer."

Egan's Law

To comply with this rule I bought one of these:
http://www.rastallcorp.com/tool/spintool5_main.htm

Burl Vibert
Kingston, Ontario



Tim Mullen wrote:

> If a part doesn't fit, don't force it.  Use a bigger hammer.
> -- Smith's Law
> 
> Thinly sliced cabbage.
> -- Cole's Law

> After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will
> begin to itch.
> -- Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair
> 
> Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible
> corner.
> -- Anthony's Law of the Workshop
> 
> If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
> -- Lowery's Law
> 
> There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot
> be solved by brute strength and ignorance.
> -- William's Law

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