So, I'm doing a shift at the local hardware store and this out-of-towner comes in.

[Ptah]

Let's call him Rude Urban Guy.

He asks if we have any


And, I'm,like, wat?
Maybe this is what you want:




He says it looks more like this:



Oh, why didn't you say so.



All he wanted was a recirculating ball screw.

Wouldn't you be cranky?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. !

Steel Balls

[Ptah]

3. recirculating

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. would that be rotating and/or oscillating -

and who has the biggest steel balls of all ?

[rug]

2. Sure, like you never wanted a recirculating ball screw.

Wait until you come to Milford and ask where you can buy chaps. Then you'll see grumpy.

[Ptah]

4. Strawberry fields, bro. Back to work.

[pipi_k]

6. Yeah, I would

be cranky, too.

Especially since I try to make things as simple as possible when I'm looking for hardware store stuff...

Me: I need a thingy. It has a big thing on one end and a doohicky on the other end and it's sort of light gray and might or might not have a piece of plastic in the middle.

Simple.

[In_The_Wind]

7. The answer to your question is yes.

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