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Mike in Ind.

12-22-2005 13:51:32

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Was out in the shop the other day. Needed a tool and coulden"t find it. Tore half the shop apart trying to find it. Finaly gave it up and quit for the day. Next day I go out there for 5 minutes to get somthing and found what I looked for an hour the day before. Anybody ever do that before? Mike.

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Galen

12-23-2005 05:17:48

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Back when I was in High School, I spent a couple of weeks on a ranch owned by a friend's Uncle. He had a HUGE "tool shed" (must have been 30x50). He would use a wrench, open the door and fling it in. Next time he needed the tool, he couldn't find it, so he'd go to town and buy another - and fling it into the shed, THEN couldn't find THAT one....and on, and on! He couldn't get his older (early 60's) JD tractor to run, so we get in the truck and go down to the dealer and he writes a check for a new tractor (somewhere about $40,000)! The guy died the next Summer. We went up to help the Aunt get ready for the sale and found a gold mine in the shed!

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MonT

12-26-2005 09:33:30

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Galen, 12-23-2005 05:17:48

What all kind of good stuff did you find?

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Bartt

12-23-2005 00:30:12

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Reminds me of fishing. You have your limit and relize you're lost. Just catch another fish and a Game Warden will step out of the bushes.I'm always putting stuff away so I can find it when I need it. Good Luck/

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Dean Barker

12-22-2005 20:16:55

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

I could never find any tools or anything when my two boys were home. Now that they are grown and left home, I still can't find anything. I mentioned this fact to my oldest. He informed me that the same guy was still scattering things around, but now there was two less people to look for and find things.

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the tractor vet

12-22-2005 19:34:49

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

I spent three days tryen to find my 1/2 inch angal wrench i knew i had it but could not find it i was working on a tractor and knew that i used it on the tractor looked high and low for it then i went to the gas station to fill the truck and pulled my wallet out and low and behold there it was in the wallet.

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Aaron Ford

12-22-2005 19:16:54

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

I walked into the bedroom with my I&T manual, laid it down and haven't seen it since. She says she had nothing to do with it but I think she may have "cleaned" it. I havent received a ransom note yet.....

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Harley

12-23-2005 09:04:10

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Aaron Ford, 12-22-2005 19:16:54

I've heard of manuals in the bedroom, even used a couple myself from time to time, but an I + T? Aaron, you're the man. Git er done. I get out machinery in the bedroom and the missus just give s me "the look" and I roll over and go back to sleep like a good boy. Harley

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BobMo

12-22-2005 18:59:08

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

I know this sounds unrealistic but I bet you have trolls living at your place too. They live here! Move things around in the shop, move wrenches from toolbox to toolbox on tractors, and cut trees to fall on fences. They use your equipment at night you can tell because it doesn't run the same (or won't run at all) the next morning as when you stopped the evening before. They heat their homes with your gasoline, propane, diesel or whatever is available because your tanks are low and you know you didn't use that much.
I know a lot of people don't believe in trolls, and my grandson doesn�t believe there are bears in the barn either, but he don't go in there.

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Davis In SC

12-22-2005 17:21:35

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

By the time I find the tool, I forget what I was working on...

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fixerupper

12-22-2005 17:05:58

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Best way to find a lost tool is to go to town and buy a replacement. Jim

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big jt

12-22-2005 23:06:50

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to fixerupper, 12-22-2005 17:05:58

That usually works for me.

I know you have never tried that one out Jim.

I have seen fixerupper's shop. I should be so organized!!

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Chuck (CA)

12-22-2005 20:27:52

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to fixerupper, 12-22-2005 17:05:58

And that"s EXACTLY why I now have 2 come-alongs.

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ejr-IA.

12-22-2005 15:23:28

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Thats why I beleive in the here after, go in the shop and wonder what am I here after.

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old

12-22-2005 14:40:51

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Thats just plain normal life around my shop. Look all day for some thing and the next day there it is right in plain site. Guess thats why I have 2 or more of almost every thing. LOL That way I can loose it twice and that gives me twice the chance to find it. LOL

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John S-B

12-22-2005 18:34:07

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to old, 12-22-2005 14:40:51

'Course it's even better odds when you have 3 or 4 because you can't find the other 2 or 3. ;^)

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Know Better

12-22-2005 14:27:07

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Before I changed my ways....

I hit the clubs many a night,and didn't find what I was a' hunting....and went back the next night and had a "Beer-Joint Princess" in less than a hour!!!!! Age has cured that now.

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ShepFL

12-22-2005 14:45:05

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Know Better, 12-22-2005 14:27:07

Sounds like me when I was "hunting white tail" yr. round! Both kinds 2 legged and 4 legged!
Grins from here!

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Quebec Red

12-22-2005 14:30:04

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Know Better, 12-22-2005 14:27:07

Ain't it the truth!!!! ( but I would not know about the last sentence..... ..... QR

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hig

12-22-2005 14:17:23

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

thought it was just me. did the same exact thing the udder day hunting for brake spoon.found it a day later hunting for some other tool i couldnt find. course i didnt need spoon anymore

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RustyFarmall

12-22-2005 14:09:04

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to Mike in Ind., 12-22-2005 13:51:32

Let me guess, you couldn't find that wrench because someone actually put it back where it belonged? I have lost several good wrenches over the years, usually found them later that evening in my overalls pockets.

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Ken Macfarlane

12-23-2005 05:19:43

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Re: Ain't that always the way! in reply to RustyFarmall, 12-22-2005 14:09:04

I don't lose tools as a rule! But DanG I lost my best centre punch a year ago. I tore the place apart looking for it no luck.

The other day I open up a drill bit case and voila there be my punch staring at me. I've used the drill bits a hundred times since I lost the punch.

I've got it figured down to the squirels that share the shop with me...

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