Trevor said:

>Hi, Sandy (and others)
>	Both St. Pierre and Weed made tire chains, and those nippers were
>used to open and insert links in repairing the chains. I guess that there
>aren't many on this list old enough to remember that nasty business.
>

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I don't understand this somehow.  Tire Chains are still in use at 
least in the great white north and I would agree that putting them on 
and taking them off is a nasty business but the "old enough" some how 
misses me. Please explain.
jim
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