Pickaxe the tool. A pickaxe handle (sometimes called a "pickhandle" or "pick helve") without the head is sometimes used, often unofficially, as a baton: for example it is officially sometimes used as a baton in the British Army. In "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, pick handles featured prominently as a weapon used against the migrant farmers. A normal pickaxe handle is made of ash or hickory wood and is about three feet long and weighs about 2.5 pounds. British Army pickaxe handles must, by regulation, be exactly three feet long, for use in measuring in the field. New variant
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