[TheForge] Re: followup on holes in saw blade

[Mike Spencer]

Ries wrote:

> Sure, we just dont let you canadians have em [left-hand drill bits],
> as they have strategic military value-

Why am I reminded of the scene in The Confusion where Sgt. Bob gets
wounded by a brass uniform button?  The French balls were a tiny
smidgen too big for the Irish muskets.  Maybe we should be pretty
picky what we order in from the US, eh? :-)

> Here in the land of decadent "civilisation", we have our MSC and  
> McMaster Carr catalogs...

And here in the GWN, we have Princess Auto. They have:

  + A large line of cheap but functional Chinese tools

  + A similar line of cheap, non-functional Chinese tools
   (e.g. Anvil-Shaped Objects)

  + Shop sundries too numerous to mention

  + Grab bag of used, one-owner pre-driven, or overstock stuff.

Not as extensive as McM-C, AFAIK.

OTOH, my local hardware store has nails, bolts, screws and several
hundred other fastener-type hardware items loose.  No little plastic
packages of 20 nails or 5 Chicago bolts.

> But the Patriot Act forbids us from shipping them to the great white
> north.

There is a notion, in parts of the USA, that Canada already has a
surplus of Left-[whatever]. ;-)  Jeez, even our propane tanks have
left-hand thread, y'know? (Don't tell our Prime Minister or we'll
have to buy all new regulators 'n stuff.)

> I can call, and get em here in a day or two.

Thanks anyhow.  I don't have any left-hand holes to drill just now.

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