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That old pipe wrench I found for $8 at a garage sale in Tulsa
Spent probably 5 hours trying to free up a stuck valve on my water heater last Tuesday. Turns out the wrench I grabbed from my dad's old toolbox was worn down so bad it just slipped every time. Borrowed a newer Ridgid from my buddy and it came loose in like 2 minutes. Has anyone else wasted a ton of time because their tool was just too beat up?
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brian_coleman4d ago
Spent a whole Saturday chasing a stripped bolt on my old truck once... turns out the socket set I was using had been my brother's from high school and half the teeth were gone. Felt real smart after I borrowed a neighbor's set and it popped right off in 10 seconds.
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verac403d ago
Look, I gotta push back a little here @brian_coleman. I mean sure, the socket set was old and beat up, but that Saturday wasn't wasted. You learned something about your tools and your truck that day that a quick fix wouldn't have taught you. Sometimes the hard way is the only way to actually remember a lesson. If your neighbor's set popped it off in 10 seconds, you probably would have forgotten all about that bolt by now. Instead you know exactly what condition your sockets are in and you'll never grab that old set again without double checking it. That's not a wasted day, that's an investment in not having to learn the same lesson twice.
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