Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!jindaiji.chofu.tokyo.jp!mmcatv.co.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news2.euro.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Teaching English in Japan (as a NON-native English speaker)... or other jobs? Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:28:41 +0900 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <4219c504$1@news.broadpark.no> <37u3ckF599dpiU1@individual.net> <1gsdji1.1rq0v7h1v8fqN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <37vfuhF5e9dmkU1@individual.net> <1gsdt8v.1pbts541t8p07pN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <37vj4eF5erv7mU1@individual.net> <37vnnqF5ioj8qU1@individual.net> <37vv3vF5h5b8bU1@individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net aj+MZo0vKGt0BfMRhcLozADmFaqHdT8+i46Vf4CHN528jQwg0= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:25699 On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:43:36 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom" brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >"Ron Hitler Barrassi" wrote in message >news:cvebda$u96$2@nnrp.gol.com... >> oh, I thought wrench was a shifting spanner. What is an >> adjustable wrench then? > >An adjustable wrench. >http://www.world-shop1.com/chinedirect/tools%20wrenches.htm > >But wrenches are not all adjustable: >http://www.356.ca/tools/wrenches/450e.jpg Nor are all wrenches not spanners. The U.S. Navy, for example, still refers to the tools used for tightening/loosening fire hose connections as "spanners". -- Michael Cash "Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right, Mr. Cash. Clowns and jokers." Prof. Ernest T. Bass Mount Pilot College