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JanetL
Joined 2014
Posts: 8

10 years ago

Tools

10 years ago

I've been a do-it-yourselfer for decades, and have accumulated a lot of tools to doing a lot of things.

I wanted a BMW back when I was in college, so my father insisted I learn how to do the maintenance, which has resulted in the accumulation of around a couple hundred pounds of mechanic's tools over the years. Not top of the line stuff, but mostly pretty decent.

If you have more mechanic's tools than I do, you probably use them to make your living.

Likewise I probably have as many tools for their respective occupations as many journeyman electricians, carpenters and plumbers have. I'm not nearly as fast as a professional tradesman, but I do get things done.

We are talking about roughly three large tool chests worth of tools.

Then there are the musical instruments, recording equipment, electronic instrumentation and ham radio gear. . .

Would this be a problem if/when I move there? I realize there is not nearly the benefit of doing stuff myself here that there would be here in Kansas, but I LIKE the fact that I can fix stuff. . .

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