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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2010 13:58:06 GMT -5
thumbtack......discuss  ;D  |
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Post by Mighty Mouse on May 18, 2010 20:03:57 GMT -5
I'm a fan of the clear push pins myself, but I think they're gonna go to Miami.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2010 20:39:01 GMT -5
Thumb tacks suck. What ever happened to regular tacks?
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Post by Mighty Mouse on May 18, 2010 20:54:11 GMT -5
A thumbtack (U.S.) (drawing-pin (Br.), push pin) is a short nail or pin with a circular, sometimes domed, head, used to fasten items such as documents to a wall or board for display. They are inserted and removed by hand.
Some have a colored plastic handle. Thumbtacks made from brass are sometimes called brass tacks. Some are made by attaching a metal stem to a flat metal head. Others are made from thin steel by stamping and bending a small narrow V-shape out of the head to form the pin.
The term "drawing pin" comes from them being used to hold drawings on drawing boards.
Map pins (push pins) have a plastic head or handle, allowing easy removal. Some have a spherical head for easy removal.
Map pins are safer than flat-head thumbtacks when dropped or discarded, since they fall flat on surfaces, rather than point straight up, as can easily happen with simple metal thumbtacks.
The map pin was invented by Edwin Moore around 1900, when he founded the Moore Push-Pin Company.[2]
The thumbtack was invented by clockmaker Johann Kirsten in 1903 in Lychen, Uckermark, Germany. He sold the rights to Otto Lindstedt, a businessman, who received a patent for the thumbtack on 8 January 1904. Lindstedt became wealthy, while Kirsten remained in poverty. Other sources ascribe the thumbtack invention to Austrian factory owner Heinrich Sachs in 1888.
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Post by TrailDucker on May 18, 2010 20:54:44 GMT -5
I like the Push Pins you have on your desk Mighty. They are just the typical bright red push pin....... except like 3 times the size, very cute
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