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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"? (lemmy.world)

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The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I like this one more.

[-] telepresence@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

i just remember clockwise is tighten lol

[-] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can easily imagine: "right is right left gets you / it left"

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