<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">OK OK, before I get any more answers, all of which were lovely and inspirational, here is the answer:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">TADA TADA TADA!!!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">The gadget used to tune strings on a piano is called a tuning hammer for some reason hidden from me. The strings are attached to screws that loosen or tighten the strings, just like other stringed instruments. Aren't you glad to know this? Now you can wow your many dinner party guests.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w (I actually knew that about the impact driver - have one, used it)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:50 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_3788688566491866937WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] trivia quiz<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">When is a certain screwdriver called a hammer?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 1:13 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal">When it's used to pound nails in.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If everything looks like a nail, what tool do you have?<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">Somewhat imaginative, but no cigar. This is a professional tool, not a make-do. bill w<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tending a bar is a profession, and bartenders use cocktails as tools to satisfy their clientele. A screwdriver is a drink made from orange juice and vodka. If one devours too much alcohol one is hammered. A screwdriver in that sense is a tool a bartender might use to help her clients get hammered.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alternative: an impact driver can be self-contained. If a screw head is distressed, it can still be driven in with a device that is pressed down until it goes bang, turning the screw to the right. An impact driver has an internal hammer, so in a sense it hammers the screw into the wood.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Spike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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