[OT - Crescent Wrench] - Re: 8.10b - first impression and questions

[Thorny]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:47:09 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> A New Jersey man bought the house next door, which has a mysterious second
> story door into space, and since he was renting it out he needed to secure
> the door so that renters wouldn't kill themselves.  He showed us how his
> carpenter had installed "special security screws" fastening the door into
> the jamb.  We laughed ourselves silly before telling him that those were
> Robertson screws, with drivers available at every local hardware store :-)

Chuckle! Yes, I know a few people from the USA who have never seen a
Robertson screw. It does make them a bit like a security screw in those
instances, if one doesn't have a Robertson screwdriver or the correct size
square bar stock to turn it. Jamming a slotted screwdriver, or a Phillips
with a lot of force sometimes works but not always. They sure stay on a
bit well for power driving though, doesn't even have to be magnetic, I
love them, eh?