RE: What Would You Like Named After You?
March 14, 2020 at 11:26 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2020 at 11:31 pm by Fireball.)
(March 14, 2020 at 9:08 pm)brewer Wrote:(March 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm)Fireball Wrote: Where I used to work, there is a type of tools that are referred to by my last name, as I was the one who designed them and got them built. They work great, if I say so myself. Kind of like "Crescent Wrench", but they aren't wrenches. Proprietary, so I can't go into details.
Don't tell, let us guess.
Um.............. SNAP ON!
The first version had a locking pin, which was a complete PITA, so I replaced that design with a spring-loaded version (they actually did snap on) when a space program actually ponied up some money for a set. They got a dozen, in 4 different sizes.
As an aside, the Fireball family has issues with consuming black pepper and the resulting gaseous effluent. When my eldest son was at Tech School in the Air Force, when he ate beef jerky he would gas out the dorm. This came to be called "Fireballing", assuming that our last name is "Fireball". True story!
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