Pliers

[bunger]

I live about an hours drive from Willimantic, CT ....

Turnnut, I live in Southington. What town are you from?

[turnnut]

bunger;

   Monson, Mass.  Rt. 32 runs thru Monson, just above Stafford Springs, CT.

   am retired from Pratt & Whitney, E. Hartford after 28 1/2 years of almost
   80 mile round trip.
   they were going to send me to Southington for a year.  no way, way too far
   to travel as I got older.

[bunger]

Wow, 28 years of I91 twice a day. That's a hell of a commute.
I'm lucky I work 1.2 miles from home.

[turnnut]

   bunger,  I took rt 84 from Tolland, CT

   sometimes I would start on 84 and jump on 83 for a change of scenery.
   and come home the back way.

   I called my driving time my "thinking time"

   but the winters were not the best,  leave for work in the dark, return in the dark.   

[1930]

Grew up in Montville, we used to drive to the Stop and Shop in Willamantic when I was a child, about 45 drive every week but fond memories.

[PFSchaffner]

Very similar pliers are sold nowadays as orthodontic loop-forming pliers; also as jeweler's loop-forming pliers. (Search ebay for 'orthodontic pliers loop')

[Papaw]

Thanks for that info! How about finding the Introduction Forum and telling us a bit about yourself and your tool interests?