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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 02:01:58 PST
From: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ? <mauricio@va*.EN*.de*.co*>
To: gmiiii@in*.co*
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: [Q]: What is a "spool" ?

	Hello

>   I was reading Jim Greenlees's account of doing a lost line
>drill with Jarrod in Ginnie, and I could not help noticing the
>comments about jamming the reel. I am sure Jarrod explained this
>to Jim, but in real life we don't use reels for this purpose, we
>use spools. A spool can not jam, hence the term "safety" spool.

	Pardon my ignorance, but my english vocabulary is not that big. Can
someone please describe a "spool"?

Thanks

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