Hickory hickory and woods that are harder, but the combination of strength, toughness, hardness, and stiffness found in hickory wood is not found in any other commercial wood. It is used for tool handles, bows, wheel spokes, carts, drumsticks, lacrosse stick handles, golf club shafts (sometimes still called "hickory stick", even though made of steel or graphite), the bottom of skis, walking sticks, and for punitive use as a switch (like hazel), and especially as a cane-like hickory stick in schools and use by parents. Paddles are often made from hickory. This property of hickory wood has left a trace in
Love Handles (game show) Love Handles (game show) Love Handles was a Canadian television game show produced by Blair Murdoch from 1996 to 1998 on the Global Television Network, and hosted by Stu Jeffries. The show's announcer was David Kaye. The series had the same premise as the United States show "The Newlywed Game": Three married couples or mates competed, including occasional same-sex couples, to determine which couple knew each other the best. Like many of Murdoch's shows, "Love Handles" was taped at CKVU-TV in Vancouver, British Columbia without a studio audience. The set had each team sitting on a love seat. Many episodes