(July 9, 2015 at 11:43 am)robvalue Wrote: Interesting! Clockwise and counter clockwise are very useful references, and I suppose they may well fade away. What would we say instead? Twist right, and twist left? That would do I suppose.
Referring to the top of the bolt or jar-lid, "lefty-loosey" and "righty-tighty" is what I learnt in the Air Force. Don't want to fuck that up when coupling hoses on a fireground.