I need to know if a guy goes into a store that sells tools, to get just one simple thing, if he can leave without buying something else.
I made three trips to the “store” for things I needed on a job today and not once was I able to leave with just the stuff I needed.
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I refuse to accept that there are limitations to what we can accomplish. Pete Draganic
Take life as a test and shoot for a better score each day. Matt Garcia
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you're just fine!
I go to tool store when I,m depress. it cheers me up, that and junkyards.
I'm OK, you're OK.
I feel for you, bro.
AitchKay
I don't think you are abnormal.
We are all just alike, on this issue anyway.
October 17th, 2009
Jeremy and Lisa
Was there ever any doubt?
As long as you did get the stuff you went for, you're good.
Joe H
I refuse to accept that there are limitations to how much we can spend. Pete Draganic
~ Ted W ~
Cheap Tools - BuildersTools.net
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Wear a thick rubber band around your wrist and carry a note. When ever you stop to look at anything not on your list pop the rubber band hard.
May not work, may take several trips and added rubber bands. Put them around your forehead, neck or jollies eventually you'll find a spot that will deter you from deviating from the list.
Thanks aren't neccessarry just trying to help a brother out.
Just A Guy With A Hammer
You guys are like that guy who's friend is trying to quit smoking and he offers him a smoke after he has had a couple of beers
You guys are like that guy who's friend is trying to quit smoking and he offers him a smoke after he has had a couple of beers
We're trying our best to do our part in helping to stimulate the economy. ~ Ted W ~
Cheap Tools - BuildersTools.netSee my work - TedsCarpentry.com
LOL, thanks for the support, guys.
My first trip involved $3.85 of neccessities and $27 worth of other stuff I couldn't live without.
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I refuse to accept that there are limitations to what we can accomplish. Pete Draganic
Take life as a test and shoot for a better score each day. Matt Garcia
Just before I was about to have back surgery - and in the worst pain - I liked to hold my little 14.4 drill and pull the trigger. It somehow calmed the pain - and my nerves - a bit.
My wife just stared at me and wondered if she had made the correct decision on who she married.
I also think it's a bit weird looking back on it, but it worked for me, and I was willing to do about anything to get any type of relief.
A man and his tools...
No Coffee No Workee!
what's so unusual about that????
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
you can keep your Man-Card
...for at least 1 more day
I spend most of my weekends down in my basement shop, where I am currently building kitchen cabinets. My wife NEVER goes down there. Not that I told her not to, but she just doesn't. Last weekend I was milling lumber for the door frames, and had the planer and dust collector running, and she came down for the first time in probably two years to tell me she was going out to run errands. You should have seen the look on her face as she was looking around all the fun stuff I've been sneaking through the basement door! Bag of nails? Hmmm... That new Milwaukee miter saw looks real shiny!
Busted!
You ned to install one of those electric eye alarms to warn you when she's coming.
Then figure out a way to hide everything REAL quick
Repeat after me. I (your name) am a toolaholic. You will feel so much better getting that weight off your shoulders
"Shawdow boxing the appoclipse and wandering the land"
Wier/Barlow
Edited 2/9/2009 5:04 pm ET by dedhed6b
I think it may be possible, I just haven't ever done it myself.
"Forty bucks a day ... "
That's what my budy Joe has been telling me "it takes to leave the house".
Says no matter what ... you leave the house ... yer gonna spend $40.
Joe smokes and is a coffee drinker ... so his numbers are a bit higher than mine.
but more times than not ... $40/day just to walk out the door.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I went in a farm store Monday afternoon with the GF just to look aorund and kill some time before an appointment. Walked out $90 lighter.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work [Thomas Alva Edison]
I would wager that Farm stores are even MORE dangerous than Hardware stores.There is ALWAYS something on a farm that needs fixing or is missing a part....
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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according to statistical analysis, "for some time now, bears apparently have been going to the bathroom in the woods."
You have to think of it as the "Pete Draganic local stimulus effort"
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion"
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according to statistical analysis, "for some time now, bears apparently have been going to the bathroom in the woods."
ROFLMAO...... just doing my part.
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I refuse to accept that there are limitations to what we can accomplish. Pete Draganic
Take life as a test and shoot for a better score each day. Matt Garcia
You get the "rez 1000 points of light" award...
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
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according to statistical analysis, "for some time now, bears apparently have been going to the bathroom in the woods."
not once was I able to leave with just the stuff I needed.
Actually, you were saving future trips. Just because you didn't need it then doesn't mean you won't need it later.
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yesterday I needed a box of nails
and some o- rings
and evidently an air compressor
my wife said "why did you buy an air compressor?"
"it has wheels."
"uh huh- don't you already have an air compressor?"
"three- well four if you count this one."
"why wouldn't it count?"
" it is part of my strategic tool reserve-only for emergencies... really shouldn't count it- it isn't for everyday"
major rolling of her eyes and exasperated sigh
"did you see the wheels?"
No Tag
Edited 2/12/2009 8:01 am ET by hubcap
and evidently an air compressor
LOL. Funny how much we learn about our needs when we tool shop.
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I refuse to accept that there are limitations to what we can accomplish. Pete Draganic
Take life as a test and shoot for a better score each day. Matt Garcia
I will put that at the top of my list of excuses to the wife.
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I refuse to accept that there are limitations to what we can accomplish. Pete Draganic
Take life as a test and shoot for a better score each day. Matt Garcia