In a message dated 12/2/03 2:22:44 AM, jeff@TSSGI.COM writes:

<< Where did this tri-square crap come from?>>  I know this is far fetched,
but could it possibly be a contraction of triple square?

<<Snap-On calls it a 12 point. >>  We'll have to let them know that so they
can edit their catalogue.

<<Hazet calls it a 12 point.>>  No, to them it would be an
Innenvielzahnschraubendreher.  Gotta love those Kraut words; lots of letters, but no confusion.

<<Even Sears calls it a 12 point.>>  Incorrecto.  In the Sears Associates
Training Manual, Vol. II, their clerks are instructed to call it, and I quote, a
"twelve point thingie".

George