Locks onto any Zerk

Amazon is targeting me with ads for this thing, everywhere I go online. Had no idea what it was, so had to go google “zerk”.

Which will ultimately lead to me being targeted with even more ads for zerk-related tools and accessories 🙁

Turns out, I do know what this is – but only because I worked a couple summers in college as a construction equipment mechanic. It goes on the end of a grease gun, and locks onto the little fitting where you inject grease into grease-needing mechanical things.

Which, my mechanic’s experience was a million years ago, so how did the internet decide now is the time that I need to improve my grease gun with a Lock ‘n’ Lube? If I think back to when I actually did use a grease gun, way back then – I do remember that you always had to hold the hose coupling thingy on the grease input thing with one hand, while you pumped the grease with the other hand. So having something that locks on is a good idea.

But still, not a device I need in my current job 🙂

I do have one theory though. Frequent visitors will remember that I am a reader on WWII history, quite a lot. I -may- have googled “grease gun” at some point, but in reference to the WWII-era M3 submachine gun, which was known colloquially as the “grease gun” due to its appearance. Maybe.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how long the internet keeps trying to sell me the Lock ‘n’ Lube, it’s been going on already for a few days.