>>So I measure 1.64 feet on my breaker bar and make a mark on the bar and
>>stand with >one foot on each side of the bar, and equalize my wieght.
>
>Huh?  "One foot on each side of the bar"?  I know what you're are trying to
>say, but I don't know what you mean by "one foot on each side of the bar". 

>This might be interpreted as one foot on the top side and one foot on the
>bottom side - but you can't stand on the bottom side.  Also, if you had a
>slide-handle that was centered at the socket, your words might be 
interpreted
>as one foot on the left side and one foot on the right side - but this 
would
>of course impart no torque.

Uh... I think he meant, "one foot on either side of the MARK..."

But, taken the way he did write it, wait 'till the socket slips off the nut
while you're standing astride it. Gives a whole new meaning to the term
"breaker bar"...       =:-()