tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post2251745407246271922..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: Spending money to save moneyRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-79095772954021717812009-01-15T17:12:00.000+00:002009-01-15T17:12:00.000+00:00Lucy/OS: It's terribly boring, I'm afraid. They we...Lucy/OS: It's terribly boring, I'm afraid. They were first made by the Allen Mfg Corp of (I think) Connecticut. On the other hand the Americans perversely call them hex keys which encourages rather more in the way of idle thought - say about two or three seconds' worth.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-90309524276752862292009-01-14T18:41:00.000+00:002009-01-14T18:41:00.000+00:00Not me. All I want to know was who or what was "Al...Not me. All I want to know was who or what was "Allen"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-77863432535764730432009-01-14T18:16:00.000+00:002009-01-14T18:16:00.000+00:00I love semi-colons with a passionate devotion, and...I love semi-colons with a passionate devotion, and cannot imagine life without them.<BR/><BR/>Eclogue is a lovely word too.<BR/><BR/>Who was the Allen that the key was named after, I wonder?Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-56177435178980446582009-01-13T12:11:00.000+00:002009-01-13T12:11:00.000+00:00Sir Hugh: As I suggested, flow is often the key.M-...Sir Hugh: As I suggested, flow is often the key.<BR/><BR/>M-L: Cheapness too. <BR/><BR/>NVU: Given the solecisms in this bloggername, the inaccurately directed sense of attack and the lack of profile I'm inclined to think this message came from someone in my ever-widening family. Conceivably a soccer supporter.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-82552510410892993192009-01-12T17:47:00.000+00:002009-01-12T17:47:00.000+00:00An Allen key is much cheaper to produce and fit in...An Allen key is much cheaper to produce and fit in with a flatpack than a screwdriver.As for the semicolon....you two need to get out more!!Nicely Very Uniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108792696935256687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-91886299163910684982009-01-12T17:34:00.000+00:002009-01-12T17:34:00.000+00:00The clever engineering and simplicity of the Allen...The clever engineering and simplicity of the Allen key and the screws suited the Nordic sense of clean design and function. It's adoption might be at the very foundation of Ikea's huge success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-76739220097615135072009-01-12T12:19:00.000+00:002009-01-12T12:19:00.000+00:00One area of semicolon use for me is as follows. "T...One area of semicolon use for me is as follows.<BR/><BR/> "The competitors must be in teams of at least two; before they start they receive a list of control points they must visit."<BR/><BR/>If I had used a full stop I would have felt obliged to reuse the noun "competitors" in the following sentence which would not flow as well as it does using the pronouns. A comma would not have been strong enough.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com