Bar-loks...
 

Posted by Jim Meyer.

Engineer on team #67, HOT Team, from Huron Valley Schools and GM Milford Proving Ground.

Posted on 9/28/2000 6:47 AM MST


In Reply to: Sorry Andy Grady posted by D.J. on 9/26/2000 6:09 PM MST:



I don't subscribe to the Bar-lok camp. If you had asked me what a Bar-lok was before these recent posts I would have guessed it was character on Star Trek.

I do have some difficulty saying that Bar-lok is wrong though. The day that I start referring to Velcro tape as hook and loop tape, Vice-Grips as locking pliers, Channel-Locks as.... I don't even know (adjustable jaw pliers?), and Kleenex as facial tissue will be the day I condemn Bar-loks as a term for zip-ties/tie-wraps/cable-ties/wire-ties. They will always be zip-ties to me, which I think is also a brand name.

Just some thoughts,

Jim

Re: Bar-loks...
 

Posted by Matt Leese.

Other on team #73 from Rochester Institute of Technology and None.

Posted on 9/28/2000 9:36 PM MST


In Reply to: Bar-loks... posted by Jim Meyer on 9/28/2000 6:47 AM MST:



For those who care, the generic name for Channelock is Arc-Joint Pliers. That's what I get for working at Sear's Hardware this summer....

Matt