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echo: tech
to: TOM WALKER
from: JAY EMRIE
date: 2006-08-04 20:50:00
subject: Valves vs tubes.

TW>JP> JP>         Not so. A spigot is only seen on a beer keg. ;-)

TW>JP> ML> what's that thing on the wall that the water comes out
of when you
TW>JP> ML> turn it? ;)

TW>JP>        Was it not Moses who did this to a rock ? Ask him. I turn the
TW>JP>   TV on, no water. I turn the light on, no water ! I try to turn the
TW>JP>   wife on, still nothing !  Hoootss !

TW>But IF you "Turn ON" some Spigots you DO get water.
TW>While the term might be technicaly incorrect it has come into Common
TW>usage over the years.

Not really so, Tom.
My grandparents did use it, but not my parents. They used tap, hydrant,
faucet, hose bib (for outside hydrants). VBG

Jay
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