Where do the tools go?
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From: SW Indiana
And the funny thing? He wants to be a mechanic. Now I'm not one, but I'll bet that the first time he "borrows" some other professional's $200 tool and doesn't bring it back he'll wish he'd paid attention to all my lecturing.
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From: wichita kansas
My Dad cured my lack of respect for his tools by having me go out in the dirt driveway and dig around until I found the tool that was missing. Since then I've tried to be careful about tools. Still have most of the orignal set of SK Wayne wrenches from ove 40 years ago. Lost one by leaving it out at a air craft plant and a couple that broke.
Cranky Old Guy
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From: Raphine, Virginia
Judging by the amount of someone else's tools I've found in project vehicles, alot get left under the hood and either fall out on the road or lodged somewhere. I just found my Leatherman tool I lost 3 years ago.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
i found a pair of 6 inch vice grips that were missing for over 20 years a few months ago.
i was taking the license plates off a 88 pickup, and the vice grips were rite where i left them, on the nut behind the bumper for the plate bolt.
i was taking the license plates off a 88 pickup, and the vice grips were rite where i left them, on the nut behind the bumper for the plate bolt.
Jäger
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From: Northern Arizona
I believe the 'Tool Gremlin' can be found in the bathroom mirror in most cases.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
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From: Duluth, Mn.
My Dad's famous saying, " Heeey, that looks like MINE!"
Of course I ..um.. borrowed some of His stuff in My younger years. Most is still in My toolbox. He's pretty much done with wrenching, so He never takes anything home with Him. But, We still do a lot of work at the reloading bench.
Of course I ..um.. borrowed some of His stuff in My younger years. Most is still in My toolbox. He's pretty much done with wrenching, so He never takes anything home with Him. But, We still do a lot of work at the reloading bench.
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From: New Philadelphia, Ohio
As I was trading in my 1979 Dodge power wagen, The guy that was looking at it to give me a price, handed me my 9/16 wrench. It was hanging from the header bolt that I put on about 4 years earlier?? I really can not believe it hang under that truck for 4 years.
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From: waterloo, iowa
I have that problem all the time... about once a month a have to go all around the house and cars to gather all of the tools i've left scattered around.
For example, last week I tore down one of our small offices out in the shop where I work. First night, I loaded my tools into the back of my truck. The next day, I grabbed about half of those tools out of my truck and put them in the trunk of my car (didn't need the truck that day)
So now... there are some tools in the back of my truck, some in the trunk of the car, and I have no intention of putting them away until the next time I go to grab one of them and realize it's not in my shop.
For example, last week I tore down one of our small offices out in the shop where I work. First night, I loaded my tools into the back of my truck. The next day, I grabbed about half of those tools out of my truck and put them in the trunk of my car (didn't need the truck that day)
So now... there are some tools in the back of my truck, some in the trunk of the car, and I have no intention of putting them away until the next time I go to grab one of them and realize it's not in my shop.
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
I have a 17 year old son, need I really explain?
i almost never go on a service call ( some 100 miles away and 50 miles from a city) and have a fully stocked service truck. I am so tired of looking like an idiot trying to get a cat or tractor fixed and asking the cowboys if they have any tools because some of mine are not in the truck.
I went into his bedroom a while back and there was a few hundred dollars worth of my service truck tools on his desk. his response was "I haven't had time to put them away"
i almost never go on a service call ( some 100 miles away and 50 miles from a city) and have a fully stocked service truck. I am so tired of looking like an idiot trying to get a cat or tractor fixed and asking the cowboys if they have any tools because some of mine are not in the truck.
I went into his bedroom a while back and there was a few hundred dollars worth of my service truck tools on his desk. his response was "I haven't had time to put them away"
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From: Chicago Area, Illinois
I cant keep my boss out of my tool box, it seems like hes borrowing somthing new every day. When i want somthing back i just look in his cars and there it will be. Hes known locally as the "tool bandit"