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Strangest use of a multi-tool poll
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used the pliers on my sideclip to pluck a stray nose hair.
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Larry S. said:
I think that would be the most useful use of a multi tool instead of the strangest use.
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I use the hook on my SAK to remove the vase from my fathers graveside.
Dearest LongDistance,
From dictionary.com:
2 entries found for strangest.
strange ( P ) Pronunciation Key (strnj)
adj. strang·er, strang·est
Not previously known; unfamiliar.
Out of the ordinary; unusual or striking.
Differing from the normal.
Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; exotic.
Reserved in manner; distant.
Not comfortable or at ease; constrained.
Not accustomed or conditioned: She was strange to her new duties.
Archaic. Of, relating to, or characteristic of another place or part of the world; foreign.
adv.
In a strange manner.
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[Middle English, from Old French estrange, extraordinary, foreign, from Latin extrneus, adventitious, foreign, from extr, outside, from feminine ablative of exter, outward. See eghs in Indo-European Roots.]
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strangely adv.
Synonyms: strange, peculiar, odd, queer, quaint, outlandish, singular, eccentric, curious
These adjectives describe what deviates from the usual or customary. Strange refers especially to what is unfamiliar, unknown, or inexplicable: All summer I traveled through strange lands. Peculiar particularly describes what is distinct from all others: Cloves have a peculiar aromatic odor. Something that is odd or queer fails to accord with what is ordinary, usual, or expected; both terms can suggest strangeness or peculiarity: I find it odd that his name is never mentioned. Now, my suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose (J.B.S. Haldane). Quaint refers to pleasing or old-fashioned peculiarity: the quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities (Winston Churchill). Outlandish suggests alien or bizarre strangeness: The partygoers wore outlandish costumes. Singular describes what is unique or unparalleled; the term often suggests a quality that arouses curiosity or wonder: Such poise is singular in one so young. Eccentric refers particularly to what is strange and departs strikingly from the conventional: His musical compositions were innovative but eccentric. Curious suggests strangeness that excites interest: Americans living abroad often acquire a curious hybrid accent. See also synonyms at foreign
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
strangest
Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. Stranger; superl. Strangest.] [OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. ``To seek strange strands.'' --Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham.
2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies.
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak.
4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. ``He is sick of a strange fever.'' --Shak.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak.
Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller.
Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel.
Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.
To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
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IMHO, with few exceptions, this seems to fit.
Illuminate me with your thoughts......
Larry S.
From dictionary.com:
2 entries found for strangest.
strange ( P ) Pronunciation Key (strnj)
adj. strang·er, strang·est
Not previously known; unfamiliar.
Out of the ordinary; unusual or striking.
Differing from the normal.
Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; exotic.
Reserved in manner; distant.
Not comfortable or at ease; constrained.
Not accustomed or conditioned: She was strange to her new duties.
Archaic. Of, relating to, or characteristic of another place or part of the world; foreign.
adv.
In a strange manner.
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[Middle English, from Old French estrange, extraordinary, foreign, from Latin extrneus, adventitious, foreign, from extr, outside, from feminine ablative of exter, outward. See eghs in Indo-European Roots.]
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strangely adv.
Synonyms: strange, peculiar, odd, queer, quaint, outlandish, singular, eccentric, curious
These adjectives describe what deviates from the usual or customary. Strange refers especially to what is unfamiliar, unknown, or inexplicable: All summer I traveled through strange lands. Peculiar particularly describes what is distinct from all others: Cloves have a peculiar aromatic odor. Something that is odd or queer fails to accord with what is ordinary, usual, or expected; both terms can suggest strangeness or peculiarity: I find it odd that his name is never mentioned. Now, my suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose (J.B.S. Haldane). Quaint refers to pleasing or old-fashioned peculiarity: the quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities (Winston Churchill). Outlandish suggests alien or bizarre strangeness: The partygoers wore outlandish costumes. Singular describes what is unique or unparalleled; the term often suggests a quality that arouses curiosity or wonder: Such poise is singular in one so young. Eccentric refers particularly to what is strange and departs strikingly from the conventional: His musical compositions were innovative but eccentric. Curious suggests strangeness that excites interest: Americans living abroad often acquire a curious hybrid accent. See also synonyms at foreign
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
strangest
Strange \Strange\, a. [Compar. Stranger; superl. Strangest.] [OE. estrange, F. ['e]trange, fr. L. extraneus that is without, external, foreign, fr. extra on the outside. See Extra, and cf. Estrange, Extraneous.] 1. Belonging to another country; foreign. ``To seek strange strands.'' --Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords. --Shak.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. --Ascham.
2. Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. --Sir J. Davies.
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. --Shak.
4. Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. ``He is sick of a strange fever.'' --Shak.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. --Shak.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. --Hawthorne.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. --Beau. & Fl.
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. --Shak.
Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. --Waller.
Strange sail (Naut.), an unknown vessel.
Strange woman (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.
To make it strange. (a) To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. --Shak. (b) To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To make strange, To make one's self strange. (a) To profess ignorance or astonishment. (b) To assume the character of a stranger. --Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer; eccentric.
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IMHO, with few exceptions, this seems to fit.
Illuminate me with your thoughts......
Larry S.
This for me is not the least strange, but surprising. One day, I was in my grandfather' study and sat in his big, corporate-type chair with his grand study table. I was fiddling with the main center drawer's lock with my Swisschamp's fish scaler blade when suddenly, while poking and turning around, it opened! Whoa, I said. Unusual enough. Now with my discovery, I tried, to no avail, to use my Champ's scaler to poke around locks and doors. 
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I got my kid brother a Juice KF4 - which fits perfectly in his hand when making a fist.....
Yup - he used the Juice to give his right hook a bit more oomph !!
I guess LM could add "knuckle duster" to its list of features on the Juice range !
Yup - he used the Juice to give his right hook a bit more oomph !!
I guess LM could add "knuckle duster" to its list of features on the Juice range !
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Larry S. said:
Dearest Larry S.
The guy who cut his own arm off with a multi tool did not striked me as strange because that was his only choice. He could either chop his own arm off or die. Since the multi tool was all he had, his choice wasn't "strange" to me at all. However, I could see your point though...
LongDistance
Anyways, one of my cousins once used a SAK to cut steak because he didn't had a steak knife.
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First the "underpants knife" thread and several "why does my knife smell bad" threads. Now this one. My list of people to never buy from or trade with is growing...
The Ultimate Fighting Multi-Tool?
I came across this on the internet , strange .
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I came across this on the internet , strange .
click here at ;
http://www.donrearic.com/fightingmultitool.html
"Saved By A Leatherman Tool"
This is the actual first-person account of a U.S. Forest Service employee who was a passenger in a Hiller 12E helicopter in February 1997 when the collective control linkage became disconnected at the rotor hub and the aircraft started an uncontrollable climb. The passenger climbed out of the airborne helo, managed to reconnect the linkage using the awl of a Leatherman Tool, and held the makeshift repair in place until the chopper could land safety. Incredible but true !
This is the actual first-person account of a U.S. Forest Service employee who was a passenger in a Hiller 12E helicopter in February 1997 when the collective control linkage became disconnected at the rotor hub and the aircraft started an uncontrollable climb. The passenger climbed out of the airborne helo, managed to reconnect the linkage using the awl of a Leatherman Tool, and held the makeshift repair in place until the chopper could land safety. Incredible but true !
LakeTahoe said:
Wow, I wish I had a better memory. My Leatherman Wave has been not only an indispensable tool but practically a good luck charm since the day some drunken sod deposited it amid the clutter then amassed on the floor of my old Grand Prix. I had been suckered into driving him safely home, long boring story, it was the only time I've gotten a tip from a bartender and the last time I transport anyone not related to me anywhere without a cage, and they don't make cages for RX-8s, lest I be tempted. Anyway, he was stone drunk, and under the influence of what had to be tranqs of some sort, and he couldn't speak, it was truly sad. Owing to my crappy memory (see? I remembered I mentioned it, at least), I'd gotten onto the highway and then promptly blanked the verbal directions related to me at the billiards hall, and again, long story short, I had to roll him for his wallet to find out where he lived, and as I'm not a pizza delivery technician, I had to spend about a buck and half calling people trying to get directions, anyway, I got him home, or at least to a house with the same number and an awfully similar street, dragged him out of the car, far up onto the lawn, and sped off.
Later I noticed some jangling of coinage in the back, and discovered he'd left me about forty cents and something I'd wanted for a long time, -well, not THAT long, they'd only just come out that year- a shiny, perfect Leatherman Wave. It was manna from the heavens, and, not being a character of entirely pure luck, not to put too fine a point on it, I reveled in it. The next day I recovered a low-grade, but leather at least, sheath for it that came with a truly worthless Sears giveaway multitool knockoff, the belt case was literally twice the value, in brass rivets alone, of the tool, but the cool thing was that the Wave isn't a small tool by any means, and at the time almost thermomoulded itself into the sheath. There was no way I'd carry this prize in one of those gaudy bigass nylon geek badges, and at the time the only store-bought genuine Leatherman holsters had equally-gaudy gold/brass button closures and bright gold foil "LEATHERMAN" text sprawled across the front. I normally didn't wear a belt at the time, only with slacks or a suit, but I've had a belt on and this Wave attached to my left hip every day since, with a handful of necessary exceptions. So, what have I done with it that the manufacturer probably never intended?
I've used it to pull nasty slivers of decorative glass out of a gash in my forearm. I've used various of its tools to pop dozens of stuck, iced, keyless and unwanted locks. I used its blades as the sole available tool for eating peanut butten, which was the only item of food in the house (moving-out celebration of a friend, who, perhaps with the help of the Good Luck Leatherman, is now my wonderful wife. You see, we're both diabetics and the peanut butter restored me to a more functional state). I've whittled maybe fifty improvised toothpicks out of everything from weed-whacker cord to notebook wire binding, and used the tool itself for the toothpicking perhaps more than I should feel good about. I have used it to retrieve countless objects, nuts, washers, valuables, a ring and a watch from under, between, beneath, dangling-from, and crammed into all manner of places my knife and hands could never have done. I have used it to repair other tools, cars, PC cases, and completely stripped a bare floor of a couple hundred ancient broken carpet staples (other tools were available, but it's so nice having flat handles on a pair of pliers you never think about it). I've used it as a sort of hammer a great deal more than I'd have ever anticipated. I have used it to fabricate a makeshift screw for mounting a drive. Fixed collapsing metal garment racks at a department store. Sharpened pencils. I used it to hack open an old potmetal WWII-era canteen a friend had managed to get his credit card stuck in (don't ask). I've used it as a potholder. I used it to get a friend a discount on a used car by surreptitiously "revealing" an oil pan leak. I failed to get a coconut open with it.
But I can't for the life of me recall any of those numerous moments when I find myself working with it and smiling because there's just no way the manufacturer would have been able to envision the absolute versatility and intriguing life my Good Luck Leatherman has led over these years, and will surely continue to for many more to come.
/this is what happens when I start drinking before I find threads like this. Apologia for loquacity.
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I wouldn't really call this strange, but my wife thinks it's funny. On more than one occasion I've used my LM sideclip as a are extention. The last time was a few days ago when we where picking the kids up from daycare. One of my kids threw his toys under the car next to us. My arm was 3 inches to short to reach it.
