STILL ON A CACTUS ROLL. I am well known for my inability to turn away an orphan plant. I even go searching for them. Our local Lowes has a reduced table and if I am in the area I always stop in to take a look. In the past I have found some very nice plants on that table and I get satisfaction for restoring them to good health. However, if this week I was thinking about reducing the number of potted plants I have, all thoughts were out of my head today when I espied these cactus on the $1 table.
Figure 1: A ratchet featuring gear (1) and pawl (2) mounted on base (3). A ratchet is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Ratchets are widely used in machinery and tools. Though something of a misnomer, ratchet is also often used to refer to ratcheting socket wrenches, a common tool with a ratcheting handle.
When ratchet is used in hip hop, it can also mean cool, sloppy, sleek, or flashy. When Azealia Banks name-checks the word, as she often does on Twitter â âRatchet bitches make the world go aroundâ was one recent tweet â itâs hard to figure out exactly what she means, but it definitely has positive connotations.hile she recognizes that the expression, when used to describe a person, is often pejorative, she has also sees women embracing âratchet â¦ as an attempt to de-pathologize itâ and to celebrate both its edginess and its roots in the southern working class.