[AT] Shop Toys For Christmas ?

[George Willer]

DGlass,

Here's an experiment that may help with finding tools when you need them. 
Have someone hide all your 1/2" wrenches except one in a secure place where 
you can't possibly find them.  Now... with the knowledge that you only have 
one, you'll always know where it is.  When you had more than one, you had 
the ability to be casual with where they were.

If the experiment fails, you can always beg to get the others back.  :-)

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dglass" <dglass at mail.newnanutilities.org>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Shop Toys For Christmas ?


> 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:
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>>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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>>-------Original Message-------
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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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