[GreenKeys] Copper Wire?

[Tom Norris]

Och!

But me Scottish Great Uncle could pinch pennies so tightly he'd ended  
up as #44 wire and if he really put up a struggle you'd end up with  
litz wire.

Frugally yours, with tongue firmly in cheek.

"Angus Fernblatt"


On Aug 31, 2007, at 7:34 AM, Lee Mushel wrote:

> I'm afraid I have to request more evidence.   I don't think my German
> grandfather ever managed wire smaller than #4 AWG.  My Hungarian  
> grandfather
> managed at least #14 from any decent copper penny and that was by  
> merely
> finger work.  My Bohemian grandmother went through the entire  
> depression
> with out access to pennies but my Danish grandmother could easily  
> produce
> #26 gauge magnet wire with a little bee's wax.  I don't know what  
> happened
> during WWII with the steel pennies.
>
> Lee   K9WRU
>> hting over a penny.
>>
>> I know this for a fact as I have seen it happen. My Mom and my  
>> brother
>> are the two cheapest tightest penny pinching Germans you ever saw.
>> Anytime I need more wire I just toss a penny in front of them and
>> presto! I got wire.
>>
>> Brooke Clarke wrote:
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