[AT] Cleaning the shop (or not)

[Dan Glass]

Oh no, these critters just move the stuff around but leave them in the 
shop.  Kids take the stuff and put it in their toolboxes.  Also, when 
kids move out their definition of borrow takes on a completely different 
meaning.
On 3/11/2014 1:07 PM, Joe Hazewinkel wrote:
> Dan,
>
> You mean like your kids?  I have two teenage boys and they do the same thing.
> Enjoy, Joe
>
> Sent via mobile device
>
> On Mar 11, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Dan Glass <dglass at numail.org> wrote:
>
> It may be too cold up north but here in the south we have these critters
> that live under slabs that come into your shop and move all your tools
> around.  You can be using a wrench and then set it down and when you go
> to pick it up again it's on the other side of the shop.   Also, when you
> hang up all your tools these critters will come in while your are gone
> and drag them back out.  You never see them and  I don't think there is
> any spray or traps for them.  They are what keeps my shop in disarray.
>
>> I can certainly identify with that . It just shocks and amazes me when I
>> see the things some people throw out in the name of neatness and
>> organization. My only problem is that with so much stuff saved up it can
>> be difficult to find what I want when I need it. I have kind of a
>> "filing system" in my head and it is not always reliable. For example, I
>> am looking at putting the original cast front wheels and heavy duty axle
>> back on the Cockshutt 50 that my dad bought in 1960. I "knew" I had the
>> parts stored in an old chicken barn. On searching I have only been able
>> to find one of the cast wheels with a rotted tire on it. The other wheel
>> and complete front axle continue to elude me. Did I throw it out in a
>> misguided attempt to clean up the place years ago thinking I would never
>> need or want to return the tractor to original condition? I don't think
>> the parts could have settled into the earth and disappeared but they
>> might as well have.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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