To: lowbridge
“Spanner”? That’s not an American term. I don’t know an American that would call a wrench a “spanner”.
5 posted on
06/15/2024 1:20:34 PM PDT by
Fido969
To: Fido969
It’s a specialty wrench. It doesn’t look like a wrench that would normally be in a household.
11 posted on
06/15/2024 1:26:24 PM PDT by
Jonty30
(He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
To: Fido969
It’s common firefighter parlance.
You never heard the old saying “Throw a spanner in the works”?
15 posted on
06/15/2024 1:30:52 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
To: Fido969
The old school ones only did one thing, open hydrants, the new one we had were basically just a huge crescent wrench head welded on to a solid steel pipe. You could use it for lots of stuff.
Neither of which would i want swung at me.
To: Fido969
A “spanner wrench” is what we called the wrench used to turn on and off water lines on board ship in the US Navy...
18 posted on
06/15/2024 1:41:56 PM PDT by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: Fido969
“ hydrant spanner”
It’s a term for the specific tool.
22 posted on
06/15/2024 1:56:23 PM PDT by
ifinnegan
(MDemocrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Fido969
Plenty of different “spanner wrenches” in the American lexicon.
27 posted on
06/15/2024 2:39:11 PM PDT by
VTenigma
(Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
To: Fido969
British usage, like calling a car hood a “bonnet” . . . .
To: Fido969
I believe that term is used in the steel work industry.
44 posted on
06/15/2024 4:00:49 PM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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