> 3. tool question (5) > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:26:12 EST > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: tool question > > Rosa Forrester (Clerk at Richmond County Circuit Court) "just can't think > of the name of the pole with three prongs" that I used to use to bring down > the Woodruff boxes that were esconced on high. Before LOV absconded with > them, I used to use this t"tool" to retrieve the Woodruff boxes containing > chancery suit cases. I told my wife that if I suddenly slumped over at the > dinner table, that she should remember to tell them at the ER that I might > have been hit on the head by a Woodruff box which caused a slowly enlarging > subdural hematoma. It never happened. This bit of Americana > Rosa suggested that I contact either Ron Smith or Dick Harrington at LOV > to avoid having her call me at 2 AM when she suddenly remembered the name. > Hope you can help. William M.McCarty, MD Benjamin Franklin invented a thing like that and called it a long arm. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html