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THE OFFICIAL PISSED OFF THREAD! 25-Aug-2009 At 6:13:44 PM evanbb

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Again, probably not the right forum, but I doubt the good people at Better Homes and Gardens would publish this.

I'm pissed off about Phillips Head screws. Who was the fukkin retard that came up with that idea, and then for some unknown reason the whole farking world has fallen in to line with them. Why? Mostly because I can hardly imagine a dumber engagement system. Small points of contact driven by a round handled tool. I don't buy the cost argument either, because it can't be that much harder to cast a hex head. I've wrecked so many in critical places I can't count.

The straw that broke this camel's back was the fan in our bedroom. It's a ceiling fan with a light inside it. The bulb in the light's broken. The light is accessed by PH screws that come down through the top. Better still, they're stainless, and probably in stainless nuts, so they're seized to buggery. I can't get them out with a screw driver and can't get a welder into the bedroom. I think I'll have to take the the fan out of the roof, so I can properly access the screws.

Anyway, this is a pretty esoteric rant, but why can't they use hex heads so I could use an allan key?