Wrenching on the brain
03-03-15 | 08:56 AM
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Wrenching on the brain
This morning I had a lot of trouble getting the cap off of the maple syrup. The thought went through my mind: "I must have forgotten to grease the threads."
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03-03-15 | 09:05 AM
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03-03-15 | 09:09 AM
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Could be the cap threading. However, everyone knows that up here we use maple syrup as a substitute for Loctite so that's probably it.
03-03-15 | 11:10 AM
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