[AT] The old putty knife does it again

[Brad Gunnells]

I'll have to remember this to tell my wife. She just shakes her head  
when I tell her about some of my "road finds"!

On Apr 14, 2007, at 9:17 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:

> One day about seven years ago I was on my way somewhere and saw a  
> putty
> knife lying in the road.  I drove past it and then thought better  
> of it,
> turned around and got out and waited for traffic to clear then  
> picked it up.
> It's a non-descript little thing, black handle, no markings, blade  
> would
> have been about an inch and a half wide except one corner of it is  
> broken
> off.  I didn't think much of it at the time, but it's been a great  
> little
> tool.  I find myself reaching for it for all sorts of things that I  
> wouldn't
> do with my "good" tools.  Today it was just the right thing to  
> slowly peel
> up and scrape off the old gasket on the rear of the transmission  
> case of my
> Farmall M, as I prepared to put the PTO housing back on.  Right  
> width, right
> degree of flexibility, right feel as I worked that old stuff off of  
> there.
> Made me glad, again, that I turned around for it.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
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