[AT] Shop Toys For Christmas ?

[dglass]

Are you kidding?  I have to have 20 1/2inch wrenches to be able to fine 
one when I need it. If you set one down, a ground squirrel moves it to 
somewhere you cannot find it until much later.

H. L. Staples wrote:

>From the sound of your windfall you have some that could find new homes via
>the ATIS Charity Auction.  
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>H. L.  
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>From: dglass
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>Date: 12/06/04 17:24:23
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>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
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>Subject: [AT] Shop Toys For Christmas ?
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>A couple of years ago my son was working for Williams tool co. division
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>of Snap-on tools as a computer programer.  He told me they were going to
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>have a tool sale and he thought the prices were going to be pretty
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>good.  I gave him a $100 bill and told him to buy me whatever that would
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>get and he agreed.  I talked to him a couple of days later and I asked
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>him if he got me $100 worth of tools.  He said it turned out that his
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>truck wouldn't haul $100 worth of tools . (I thought it was because he
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>had a Ford truck)  He gave me my $100 back and said he would just give
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>me the tools for Christmas.  He gave me sets of wrenches from 1/4 in to
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>5 inches.  (Did you know a 5 in wrench weighs 55 lbs.?) Piles of sockets
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>up to about 3 inches.  Half a dozen or so crescent type wrenches.
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>Several tool boxes, screwdrivers, flare nut wrenches, ratchets up to 1
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>inch drive.  He had to wrap up a couple of wrenches and after I opened
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>that, he backed his truck up and we unloaded the rest. The box end
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>wrenches I  now have about twenty of each size up to about 2 inches.  So
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>far, one 5 inch wrench has been enough. It was an exciting Christmas for
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>me. Unfortunately, he left that job for more pay. I thought about
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>subsidizing him to stay, but too late. It was good while it lasted.
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