And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
around here, it'll be all scratched up in a couple days....
ReplyDeleteFWIW, I have a pair of them that was used to turn the channel shaft on our TV back in the 80's when our son accidently broke the plastic knob off.
Yeah, he was our "remote control". lol
These are quite a handy profile to have - but the jaws, being slender, tend to flex.... (still very handy)
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ReplyDelete"The first locking pliers, with the trade name Vise-Grip, were invented by William S. Petersen in De Witt, Nebraska, United States in 1924"
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I've seen those become permanent fixes on some things, like clutch cable mounts, for instance.
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