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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 24 Jul 1994.
Re: REQUEST: ascii wrench(spanner)

Re: REQUEST: ascii wrench(spanner)

In article <Col...@equinox.gen.nz>,
Col...@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) wrote:

                   [deletia]
> 
> 
> Here is what I call a spanner ( ring & open-ended )
> 
>         ___                      ____
>       //~~~\\___________________/  __\
>      ||     |___________________  |___
>       \\___//                   \____/
>        `~~~`       -cfbd-
> 
> 
In Tex-speak, this is a combination wrench, a combination of a box
wrench and an open end wrench.

> 
> I would define Richard Kirk's illustration as a wrench.
> 
> 
>        /| |\
> .-wwwww[]w[]       -Richard Kirk-
> `------[]-[]
> 
> 
> 
> Here's a heavier version for those bigger jobs:
> 
> 
> 
>                                     /|   |\
>                                    [ |   | ]
> .---------------------wwwwwwwwwwwww[ ]www[ ]
> `----------------------------------[_]---[_]
> 
This is, in common parlance, a "monkey wrench".

> 
> 
> Do you not differentiate between a spanner and a wrench ?
> 
> 
To the average Texas mechanic, the word "spanner" is unknown, maybe
conjuring up an image some kind of women's underthingy or something.
"Boot" and "bonnet" have completely different, non-automotive meanings
here,too.  Thanks for the ascii, they're great and just what I was
looking for.
--
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From: gre...@bga.com (Dave Fricke)
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Subject: Re: REQUEST: ascii wrench(spanner)
Date: 24 Jul 1994 13:36:39 -0500
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