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Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:50:10 GMT
From: johnstone@en*.bt*.co*.uk* (Helen Johnstone)
To: KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*
Subject: Re: Wreck gear rigging
Cc: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com
> From: Ken Sallot <KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>
> We refer to the "piston clips" as "bolt snap clips" or just "snap 
> clips". The "widow makers" we call "suicide clips".
> 
> Same thing, just different terminology across the ocean. Sort of like 
> calling a cigarrette a fag.

Different language, same words. Gets rather confusing sometimes, eh!

I must admit, I never liked the name 'widow-makers'. It hardly applies to me ;-)

What do you call the 'karrimor' clips? They are the plastic flat clips in 2
parts which 
snap into each other - usually used on rucsacs, etc?

- Helen


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