[AT] A question for the electrical wizards: now tools

Paul Waugh pwaugh at embarqmail.com
Wed Oct 28 16:28:24 PDT 2009


I had a similar thing at Sears years ago. Busted 1/2 breaker bar and split 
1" 1/4 socket. She gave me the new ones, then said, off the record, just 
because I am keeping my own track record, how long a cheater bar did you 
have  ..... "3 ft", and that was all that was said.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] A question for the electrical wizards


> Hi John,  I hate when that happens!  Kind of like that sorry Blackhawk 
> pull
> handle I broke about 3 years ago.  It was my dad's and he died in 1966.  I
> broke it trying to take lug nuts off a C-65 Chevy truck with a 3 foot
> cheater pipe.  I took it to the Blackhawk dealer and if he had even asked 
> me
> how I broke it I would have plead guilty and not asked for a replacement. 
> I
> walked in the place, he asked if he could help me.  I never said a word,
> just laid the pull handle on the counter in front of him.  Without saying 
> a
> word himself he turned and walked to the tool display on the wall, pulled
> one identical to it off the rack and handed it to me.   I said thank you 
> and
> turned around and walked out.





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