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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSo, I'm doing a shift at the local hardware store and this out-of-towner comes in.
Let's call him Rude Urban Guy.
He asks if we have any
And, I'm,like, wat?
Maybe this is what you want:
He says it looks more like this:
Oh, why didn't you say so.
All he wanted was a recirculating ball screw.
Wouldn't you be cranky?
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So, I'm doing a shift at the local hardware store and this out-of-towner comes in. (Original Post)
Ptah
Jan 2013
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. !
Steel Balls
Ptah
(33,037 posts)3. recirculating
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)5. would that be rotating and/or oscillating -
and who has the biggest steel balls of all ?
rug
(82,333 posts)2. Sure, like you never wanted a recirculating ball screw.
Wait until you come to Milford and ask where you can buy chaps. Then you'll see grumpy.
Ptah
(33,037 posts)4. Strawberry fields, bro. Back to work.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)6. Yeah, I would
be cranky, too.
Especially since I try to make things as simple as possible when I'm looking for hardware store stuff...
Me: I need a thingy. It has a big thing on one end and a doohicky on the other end and it's sort of light gray and might or might not have a piece of plastic in the middle.
Simple.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)7. The answer to your question is yes.
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