[GTALUG] War Story: for want of a nail...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 05:39:53PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> A couple of weeks later, the cable ties gave out.  I guess that they
> don't like heat.
> 
> I went to Home Depot and found some nuts and machine screws to do the
> job. 4-40 by 1 inch.  I just hope that they don't cause shorts.
> 
> I had to buy a pack of 26 screws and another of 28 nuts.  It is
> interesting that those numbers are not equal.  I'd have to buy 13
> boxes of nuts and 14 boxes of screws to have the same number of each.

But if you drop one, it is more likely the nut, and it is harder to find
being smaller.  So having a few more of those is helpful. :)

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Len Sorensen