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Just realized the new guy at the shop calls a cable snake a 'fishing rod' because his old boss in Phoenix called it that.
Heard him say it while we were prepping a job in a tight attic crawlspace, and it made me wonder how many other weird regional terms for tools are floating around out there.
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kim_martin19d ago
My uncle calls a level a "bubble stick"! It's wild how these things spread.
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robinson.leo19d ago
That's a great point. Regional tool slang is everywhere once you start listening. In some places, a crescent wrench is a "knuckle buster." Heard a plumber call a pipe threader a "Roto-Rooter" once, which just confused everyone. Makes you wonder how these names even get started.
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