It's lefty-loosey, righty-tighty, right?

Wrong.

My mother told me about this great floor fan she got, that has a remote control. I thought that sounded great for the bedroom, so she found another one and sent it to me. Yay mom!

It arrived yesterday, just in time - it's been 100 degrees here. So I assembled the whole thing, and there's one plastic piece you have to screw over the fan blades to prevent them from flying off. Well, I spent 2 hours trying to get this piece on. The plastic at the "female" end of it was a bit warped, and I figured it was just bent beyond repair. I tried everything to get it to screw on, and nothing.

I got the phone number of the company, and was resigned to having to call them Monday morning for a replacement piece. I was composing nasty letters in my mind, questioning the CEO's business acumen and parentage. I was pissed.

The bf comes home and sees the fan - I tell him my tale of woe. Of course, he tries to put the piece on. "Don't bother, it just doesn't work. The piece is busted. I tried everything."

He LOOKS at the screw and says "that's a backwards screw".

"Don't be silly - there's no such thing."

"sure there is!" he says, while he turns the plastic piece COUNTER-clockwise,and it goes right on.

"How can you tell just by looking at it!?!? And we're north of the equator! It's righty-tighty!"

"I know what a screw looks like. And don't be stupid."

sigh... who ever heard of such nonsense? Anyway, I love my new fan. I sit there in bed with the remote and change the settings. It's surprisingly rewarding.

the manufacturer has a screw loose.....:silly:

he shows me in the instructions where it says to turn it counter-clockwise.

I just saw the part that said "attach the whoosiwhats to the thingy." I didn't think I needed specific instructions on how to screw a cap on!

He better not to try to steal my fan-breeze, cocky bastard.

Where torque might loosen whatever it is you want to stay tight. It's rare though and most people can't tell by looking.

is some kind of screw savant, I guess. I'd never seen such a thing in my life. But then, I don't assemble mechanical thingamajiggies that often.

You sound like my ex...

cept she called everything a "whatsits"

for public facilities (like lightbulbs) so people won't steal them and take them home to use them. :P

They use them when the motion would have a tendency to loosen the screw (or screwed on object). They are not common in the everyday world, but in moving parts they are actually pretty common. If you have a bicycle one of the pedals will have reverse threads (as an example).

My BF Really Knows How to Screw

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I can't help it. I'm a terminal Pev. My mind just always goes there. :hi:

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