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In Reply to: How many here do their own maintenance work on car and house? posted by FenderLover on September 22, 2015 at 18:46:22:
Doggone it, FenderLover, ya darn near made me tear up.My Dad grew up on a farm, so he was no stranger to taking care of things. That's where I got it from.
I have not only the tools I bought, but also the tools he bought, and the tools which both of my grandfathers bought. Good tools are forever, and are a link to our past. Heck, the thick string with the cool knot which ties the drill chuck "key" to the drill cord, he tied that over 50 years ago. I can't ever use the drill without thinking of him.
Having installed numerous commercial sound systems, I acquired several tools specifically for that. A long time ago, my son asked "What's that?" I replied "that's a wire stripper", and showed him how to use it. (I still need to show him how to professionally solder and shrink-tube an XLR connector, though. In fact, now that I think about it, I've got a brand new Switchcraft connector which needs to be put on a microphone cable. Hmmm.)
When I'm done with my tools, my kids get 'em. (Actually, I've already given both of them their own tool boxes and some new tools, and have started giving them some of my tools of which I have duplicates.)
Heck, I've got pliers and wrenches that are older than me. Can y'all say "wooden mallet"? I've got an old Stanley No. 5 plane, in excellent condition, which I've used maybe five times, but you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands before I'll give it up. And I've got an 80 year old crowbar you could use to do it. LOL
Anyway... I/we do our own yard work, basic maintenance, etc. I do NOT do replacement siding or windows. For about a year, we had a guy come to mow and trim the yard, 'cause our mower broke for the third time, and we couldn't repair it (self-propel transmission), and the shop wanted about $120 to fix it, so I eventually bought a new one. I do basic plumbing repair, although since that time when I turned a 10 minute $10 shower handle repair into a two month $800 repair, I've gotten a little gun-shy on some of that.
Cars are an entirely different story. I used to do basic maintenance like oil changes (and, yes, I have an oil filter wrench), spark plug changes (I have the gapping/feeler gauge set) and carb adjustment, but these days, car maintenance is a pain in the butt, so, not anymore.
And, there was the time when I wanted to fish a wire to a new outdoor floodlight. Well, the damn fish tape somehow got hung up somewhere in the wall, so I had to just cut it off, and ended up running the wire externally through conduit, which may or may not have met code.
But, like I always say, "You can never have too many tools."
:)
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Follow Ups
- RE: How many here do their own maintenance work on car and house? - Inmate51 07:43:09 09/23/15 (3)
- Cool, I'll just throw in a red hammer. - grantv 15:02:16 09/23/15 (0)
- Very nice story - FenderLover 11:52:56 09/23/15 (1)
- And Built - Inmate51 13:44:09 09/23/15 (0)
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