[AT] Need help no internet connection

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Sat Apr 9 21:53:26 PDT 2016 

I hear you Dean, some of the things that are most valuable are taken for 
granted. It's clear the wrenches are worth more from a sentimental value 
than a monetary value; I'd suggest buying a roll up wrench holder and 
storing them in there.  It reminds me of an episode of Antiques Road 
show I was watching. The details are sketchy but it went a little like 
this: Lady brings in a blanket that she got from her grandmother. The 
family dog has been sleeping on it for the past 10 years. Turns out it 
was an old native American blanket worth around $15K.  No harm no foul, 
but needless to say the dog will need a new blanket.

Mike M

On 4/9/2016 11:51 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I fully understand.  But please understand my reason for not using them very
> often.  I have a huge fear that one of my Fathers wrenches will get lost so
> they are really there for show not for use. I want to pass on this set to my
> son complete as I received them. So the only time they get used is when I
> run into a situation where nothing else will work.  They just happen to be
> thinner than any other open end or box wrench I own so when I get into a
> tight spot I know these wrenches will solve the problem. And usually I am
> very religious about putting them away after uses.  For some reason the 5/8
> wrench ended up behind the bench and I just flat couldn't find it. I don't
> even remember what I was working on but I was looking for that wrench before
> the job was even completed.  I was very unhappy with myself for over a year
> even after going to several swap meets trying to find a like replacement.
> When I finally found that wrench there was this huge burden off of my
> shoulders. Self-imposed I know but as we get older we have quirks. That is
> one of mine. If my dad could use that wrench set on the farm and not lose
> one I better damn well not lose one either.  I don't know how to explain
> that other than my father was killed in a farm accident in 1962 and I guess
> this is one way I respect his memory.  Sometimes we never forget the way we
> were raised.
>
> Dean VP
> Apache Junction, AZ
>
> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike M
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 8:17 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Need help no internet connection
>
> Dean, forgive me for being so forward, but I would use those wrenches every
> chance I had; your Father didn't buy them to sit on the shelf and neither
> should you. I was given my grandfathers chainsaw when he passed away, not
> exactly the same but close. I use the heck out of that saw and care for it
> like a baby. I was old enough to remember when a link snapped on the chain
> and it wrapped around his bare arm, tore it it up pretty good. I feel like
> I'm carrying a part of him with me when I'm using using it to cut the wood,
> that keeps his great grand daughters warm in the winter.
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 4/9/2016 9:25 PM, deanvp wrote:
>>       
>> I have a set of combination wrenches that was my farhers. I value them
> very highly. I don't use them unless I have a need that absolutely requires
> them. As I recall they were made by Thorson and they are thinner than the
> tradition combination wrench like a Craftsman.  Well, I used them for a
> specific application and somehow the 5/8"Wrench disappeared.  I was beside
> myself for over a year. I looked and looked, I could not find that stinking
> wrench.  My wife and I became real swap meet hounds trying to find an exact
> replacement.  Never succeeded. Then one day I decided to do a thorough
> cleaning in the shop.  Pulled back the work bench and there it was on the
> foundation ledge 6" above the shop floor.  I no longer was in trouble with
> my father!  And that was really good.
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone being used by a dumb
> operator.
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>> Date: 04/09/2016  4:10 PM  (GMT-07:00)
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Need help no internet connection
>>
>> Boy you got that right!  I have started putting adapters and parts to
>> different specialty tools in their own box with everything for that
>> purpose in the one box.    I have a lot of Dewalt cordless tools and I
>> do not use those plastic boxes they came in.   However those boxes work
>> great to hold an assortment of snap ring pliers, Piston ring
>> compressors, hydraulic cylinder repair tools, etc....  If I find a
>> good metal box at a garage sale, it comes home with me also....  Then
>> I write what is on them with a felt tip marker on every side!!
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>> On 4/9/2016 5:55 PM, Mike M wrote:
>>> Lately I've found that a job that takes an hour involves 15 minutes
>>> of work and 45 minutes of looking for stuff.
>>>
>>> Mike M
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/9/2016 6:39 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>>> Usually they will come out when you bring the new one you bought out
>>>> into the shop.
>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/9/2016 9:14 AM, Len Rugen wrote:
>>>>> I needed to take the hitch plate of my IH H drawbar, it has been on for
> years so I got out the 3/4" drive ratchet and 1 1/8 socket.  After I got it
> off, I sat the ratchet with socket on a box while I put the plate under a
> shelf.  I knocked the ratchet off, the socket came off and shot off to parts
> unknown.  That was last week, I found the socket this morning....
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>> Len Rugen
>>>>>
>>>>> rugenl at yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>           On Saturday, April 9, 2016 8:19 AM, Thomas O Mehrkam
> <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>        That is the worse thing about getting old.  I know where all
>>>>> my tools are.  They are in my shop.  That being said I spend 90% of
>>>>> my time looking for them. :-{
>>>>>
>>>>> I did better in my younger days when everything was stored on one
>>>>> big carry around tool box.  I would just dump it on the ground and
>>>>> find my tools right away. Of course I did not need two sets of
>>>>> everything in Metric and English sizes.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/9/2016 7:29 AM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
>>>>>> Cecil you may want to be careful if you learn any of that computer
>>>>>> stuff, if you learn more you will ether have a exploded head or
>>>>>> some of what you learned will disappear like where the tools or
>>>>>> tractors are. lol R Fink Sr PA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/8/2016 10:45 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>>>>>> I got my computer fixed today.  A good friend's wife does website
>>>>>>> work and recommended an ex federal agency IT person.  It took him
>>>>>>> about 3 hours and $100 later, I had it back..  Only thing wrong
>>>>>>> later was my cordless keyboard and mouse would no longer work.  I
>>>>>>> had an older model that was brand new from a thrift store.  Only
>>>>>>> the mouse would work.  I connected a wired keyboard I used to use....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A web command file was imbedded in the filezilla program from a
>>>>>>> non-official site.  I did not pay a lot of attention when I
>>>>>>> searched on Google for filezilla.  I used the first site on the
>>>>>>> list.  I noticed that this is not the official site on a lot of
>>>>>>> searches.  I will be much more careful next time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I thought I should let you all know what caused all this.  I
>>>>>>> really appreciate all the help.  I wish I was more knowledgeable
>>>>>>> on computers and internet.  However, at this stage in life, I don't
> think I want to
>>>>>>> get confused with more stuff to remember...    I have enough trouble
>>>>>>> remembering where tools and equipment are.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/8/2016 5:19 PM, Ken Knierim wrote:
>>>>>>>> For serious viral infections you may want to look at:
>>>>>>>> http://pcsupport.about.com/od/system-security/tp/free-bootable-a
>>>>>>>> ntivirus-software.htm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've had good luck with the AVG download. Download an ISO image,
>>>>>>>> burn a CD from it, boot the infected computer off the CD and run
>>>>>>>> the linux based virus scan. It clobbers all manner of stupid
>>>>>>>> stuff and since it runs linux remotely, chances are real low that
> any virii will get past the scan alive.
>>>>>>>> It does ask for some connectivity information so it can call
>>>>>>>> home and get the latest virus info, but will work without it and
>>>>>>>> if you've got a virus older than a few months, it'll be in there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Go here for the actual download:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-arl?ECID=af:cj
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>           It's clobbered several virii for us that looked like
>>>>>>>> bad hardware (drives, motherboards). It also has a memtest (at
>>>>>>>> least on some versions?) in case you want to test the mainboard or
> memory. Poor man's toolbox of sorts.
>>>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ken in AZ
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Ron Cook <ron at lakeport-1.com>
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Steve.
>>>>>>>>>               Thanks for that info.  I can try that.  Can't hurt and
> might help.
>>>>>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 4/7/2016 11:22 AM, Steve W. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Ron Cook wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> A  few months ago I downloaded a file from filezilla and I
>>>>>>>>>>> can no longer use that computer.  Constantly pops up various
>>>>>>>>>>> windows that cannot be closed.  Cecil may have a different
>>>>>>>>>>> thing going on, but you will never find me going to that
>>>>>>>>>>> filezilla site again.  I could not go back to restore as my
>>>>>>>>>>> HD has bad areas.  That hard drive will be replaced.  Most of my
> important files were backed up, thankfully.
>>>>>>>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>>>>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ron, If you have another machine there are a few things you
>>>>>>>>>> might try first.
>>>>>>>>>> Download copies of Spybot and MalwareBytes. Both can be set up
>>>>>>>>>> to run off a bootable USB stick.
>>>>>>>>>> Run them and let them kill the infection. Should enable you to
>>>>>>>>>> run the machine enough to get any other needed files.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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