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Hello Jim - 

JH> Hello, Charles. I want to join the fun after I overheard you
JH>  talking to Matt about - - 

-=>> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to MATT MC_CARTHY <=- 

MM>> A "three-sided rectangle"? You do mean a triangle... :-)) 

CA>> Maybe Roy was referring to a staple? It has been
CA>> difficult, in the past, to describe the shape of the
CA>> common staple. . . . 

JH> You mean 'common' office staples? 

Yes, those that hold your junk snail-mail together, and a
million other pieces of un-needed paper products. 

JH> AFAIK those are simply rectilinear U-shapes, at least
JH> _before_ they are used in an office stapler to attach
JH> papers together. After they've been put to their intended
JH> use, their shape becomes much more complex. Common fence
JH> staples, and _some_ but not all commonly-used wood staples
JH> are of the rounded 'U' shape. Staples commonly used for
JH> attaching various electrical and communications type wiring
JH> to wood are of mixed rounded and rectilinear 'U'
JH> configurations. 

Yes, I put a 100 lb. spring from a die set stripper plate into
one one time. Stopped people from 'borrowing' my staple gun. :-) 

CA>> I recommend that the TECH echo adopt "three sided
CA>> rectangle" as the official TECH echo description of the
CA>> common staple! 

JH> Might work OK once you get there, but too many advance
JH> clarifications needed to make sure the reader knows what
JH> you're talking about when you mention the 'common staple,'
JH> which might mean something entirely different to and office
JH> worker vs. an electrician or a carpenter or a roofing
JH> shingler. 

Too many clarifications? One word, 'office' and it's clarified,
homongenized, and 100% pure. 

CA>> The letter "V" could be a two sided triangle . . . 

JH> Maybe, but how would you distinguish between , ^, and
JH> an inverted caret - \/ ? 

I _did_ say 'letter V'? 

CA>> Null could be a point in space with the point removed. 

JH> Ooh. That's heavy, man. I gotta stop and think about that
JH> one for awhile. - - Aha, nothing from nothing leaves
JH> nothing. So I also see and say that there's not much of any
JH> point in any of my above post, except me having a bit of
JH> fun. 

JH> But, for a more complex problem than describing the shape
JH> of staples, here's some questions - - 

JH> 1. Please describe the shape of a "hog ring" so that all
JH> can understand. 2. Why are they called that? 3. How are
JH> they currently used? 

If I have ever had an occasion to use, see, handle, find, or
otherwise disturb a hog ring I don't remember having done it
and claim the 5th ammendment privilege on the basis that it
sounds disgusting. 

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