"
or the heavily blood stained torque spanner in my van....."
That constitutes incorrect use of tools old chap...and think about the recalibration problems thereafter.....you really should know better.....now, a jacking handle...
on the other hand would serve exactly the same purpose.... and would only need some Kim-wipe after use....
On a serious note, I would concur with
forget and his more than feasible escalation of matters c/o the individual concerned. OK, he is entertaining in his own demented way, but I also feel he's not a wind-up merchant..his posts ( various ) have a consistency to their content if you read them carefully and thus I get a very strong sense of an impending serious problem in the making.