Apart from reminding me of that old joke that ends with a newspaper headline "Nut Screws Washers & Bolts", there's not a lot I can say about this. Although I'm slightly bothered by the name on the spanner- "Vanadium". What's that? Sounds like a cream you put on if you've got spots.
Yes. Well spotted. I thought it may have been the curved shape to the inside of the spanner. These normally replicate the shape of the nut. Good timing Peter as 'Nuts in May' was always a favourite TV play of mine. directed by Mike Leigh in 1976.
Cor, Toby, one of my favourites too. Now out on DVD I hear. It's also memorable for being the first time many of us saw Timothy Spall in action as the biker.
I am a designer, writer and photographer who spends all his time looking at England, particularly buildings and the countryside. But I have a leaning towards the slightly odd and neglected, the unsung elements that make England such an interesting place to live in. I am the author and photographer of over 25 books, in particular Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2006), More from Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2007), Cross Country (Wiley 2011), The Cigarette Papers (Frances Lincoln 2012), Preposterous Erections (Frances Lincoln 2012) and English Allsorts (Adelphi 2015)
"Open this book with reverence. It is a hymn to England". Clive Aslet
Preposterous Erections
"Enchanting...delightful". The Bookseller "Cheekily named" We Love This Book
The Cigarette Papers
"Unexpectedly pleasing and engrossing...beautifully illustrated". The Bookseller
Cross Country
"Until the happy advent of Peter Ashley's Cross Country it has, ironically, been foreigners who have been best at celebrating Englishness". Christina Hardyment / The Independent
More from Unmitigated England
"Give this book to someone you know- if not everyone you know." Simon Heffer, Country Life. "When it comes to spotting the small but telling details of Englishness, Peter Ashley has no equal." Michael Prodger, Sunday Telegraph
6 comments:
Chrome vanadium is a common label on spanners, but nuts are usually hexagonal.
Well done Vincent. Blimey you're up early. The card says 'Nut should have Six sides not Seven'. And thanks for the note on Vanadium.
Yes. Well spotted. I thought it may have been the curved shape to the inside of the spanner. These normally replicate the shape of the nut. Good timing Peter as 'Nuts in May' was always a favourite TV play of mine. directed by Mike Leigh in 1976.
Cor, Toby, one of my favourites too. Now out on DVD I hear. It's also memorable for being the first time many of us saw Timothy Spall in action as the biker.
Ah, a heptagon. They didn't used to grow on trees, until the 50 pence piece came along.
Isn't the lockwasher also of the wrong handedness? It will prevent the nut being tightened, but not prevent it loosening...
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