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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (31846)	2/28/1999 11:42:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

"Nipple wrench." Now, I am starting to feel like Ronald Reagan. I swear, I have heard this phrase before. But, in the context that I would have heard it, the nipple wasn't wrenched off, but open. A nipple is a bleeder valve, and you open it to let something out, maybe air, maybe some liquid. Twentyfive years ago the government made Exxon hire women to work in the Baton Rouge refinery, and yours truly was the first woman process operator at an Exxon refinery in the world. I worked on Powerformer Number One and Powerformer Number Two. They used platinum in great big reactors to turn "light ends" (methane, ethane, etc.) into octane (gasoline and jet fuel). So, you use a nipple wrench to open up the nipple valve. Right?