All things TOOLS!

[flman]

So how did everyone score for Christmas?
Hazard Freight Bead breaker
2 Piece electrical automotive plug disconnect pliers
13 Piece Milwaukee wood spade bit kit
21 Piece Milwaukee hole saw set
150 PSI 12V air compressor
Winchester Gun safe
Jeep Liberty transfer case skid plate
And a 50 states wall map

 

[Kajtek1]

I've got chocolate and hot sauce.
Just right for the retirement.

 

[vreihen]

I received absolutely nothing as usual, although I'm hopeful that a Maserati on a trailer will be showing up soon.....

 

[3Play]

I received absolutely nothing as usual, although I'm hopeful that a Maserati on a trailer will be showing up soon.....

Sort of redundant!
Aren't they always on a trailer?

 

[vreihen]

Sort of redundant!
Aren't they always on a trailer?

No. Most of the time they are on flatbeds.....

 

[flman]

I received absolutely nothing as usual, although I'm hopeful that a Maserati on a trailer will be showing up soon.....

Told you, be nice to your retarded brother, OTOH Sybil can't even be nice to his brother Rock.

 

[Green Maned Lion]

Told you, be nice to your retarded brother, OTOH Sybil can't even be nice to his brother Rock.

Are you calling Rocky my brother? That's low, even for you.

 

[SkunkyTom]

So how did everyone score for Christmas?

My wife and I have a fire in the fireplace, and my son home from college for the winter break. Feel like I did pretty good.

 

[Green Maned Lion]

My mother decamped for Aruba during Chanukah, so we didn't meet up for it, and in any case, my sister has barricaded herself inside her house with my four month old nephew and is only letting her mother in law and my mother over to see him so far. My in-laws baked some cookies and sent them over, but my wife got pissed off at her mom during the text conversation that followed (or so she told me, I didn't ask to read it), so that's the end of them talking until her birthday in April most likely.

My wife asked for a vinyl of They Might Be Giants' Lincoln, so I got her that. I finally found an IBM Model F122 Battleship, and my wife didn't object to me spending north of $600 on another keyboard, so thats what I got. The rest of it was green in colour. I remember when I was younger and preferred my presents to be green, but I actually miss people going to the trouble to pick something out, even if they get it wrong (my aunt keeps remembering I collect pens, and usually gets me a beautiful one... except they are always ballpoints and I collect fountain pens. But its the thought that counts...)

 

[flman]

Geez, all you guys buy your own stuff?

 

[Roamers]

Geez, all you guys buy your own stuff?

We don't exchange gifts. If we want something, we buy it, whenever.

 

[vreihen]

Geez, all you guys buy your own stuff?

The best thing about old age is that I can wrap my own gifts and still be surprised when I open them.....

 

[flman]

We don't exchange gifts. If we want something, we buy it, whenever.

To each their own, I start my need later list in September.

 

[flman]

Are you calling Rocky my brother? That's low, even for you.

You are both part of the same regression generation.

 

[Green Maned Lion]

You are both part of the same regression generation.

He's younger than me. And considerably dumber.

 

[VHNB]

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My wife and I are on board with the toolbox aesthetic. We have 2, one in the kitchen and one in the dining room. The kitchen one is perfect, the dining room one is just ok, but the only other option was custom at a 5 to 10 fold increase in cost.

 

[vreihen]

The kitchen one is perfect, the dining room one is just ok, but the only other option was custom at a 5 to 10 fold increase in cost.

Take it one step further, and look at wall-mounted metal garage storage system cabinets versus traditional kitchen cabinet stuff. Your choice is expensive real wood, or being poisoned by formaldehyde out-gassing from particle board and formica cabinets. My great-grandmother's 1920's house had metal cabinets in the kitchen, so not even @Green Maned Lion can argue that metal cabinets aren't suitable for kitchen use.....

 

[vreihen]

To each their own, I start my need later list in September.

I just gave up on Christmas, and turned off the outside driveway lights. It's obvious that there's no Maserati on a trailer arriving any time soon.....

 

[flman]

I just gave up on Christmas, and turned off the outside driveway lights. It's obvious that there's no Maserati on a trailer arriving any time soon.....

Gonna be a tough new year for the Green one. No love in 2026.

He's younger than me. And considerably dumber.

Well then, that makes you feel better, being the 2nd dumbest member, if that's really the case?

Also you're jealous, he is actually smarter that's why he's way ahead of you in reactions, and you have over 15K stupid posts more than him. In ratio, he must say a lot less stupid stuff.

 

[Diver160651]

Really happy with this Jaco tire inflator gauge with dually air chuck. The chuck swivels which lets you get into weird places, like Sprinter dually rear wheels kind of weird places. The chuck locks on and does not leak at all. Inflate and deflate with air hose attached. It is also much smaller than inflator gauges that I have owned in the past -- easier to pack for a trip.

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For those that may not know, Jaco makes the easiest chucks by far to push on. Their small size is also an asset especially with the duals

Their silver chucks are N/O and that further makes them easier to attach. The N/C versions are red but still easier than most chucks -