Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for November 02, 2020

He’s lucky he has a wife with a lot of common sense!

and tell me how owning that new purse would make your life better, then you can buy it.

I can’t believe he HASN’T got a set of ratchet sockets! And a big ratchet screwdriver!

When my father died and I had to clear his roomy house to sell it I discovered that he was that same type. I wish garage sales were something people do where he lived, I could have made some money, get all that stuff put to good use (or other collectors) and wouldn’t have been forced to sort and move it myself. As it were quite some of his collection went into the dumpster – much of it was garbage, but a shame for quite a lot of other pieces.

Years ago I visited a friend’s well-equipped shop to use his band saw. He mentioned that he had never used it. I asked why he had bought it and he said “Because I didn’t have one.” — Comics, an imitation of life.

I’m lucky to be married to a guy who actually uses most everything he owns in his shop. The only things that he doesn’t were inherited, and were pretty useless to begin with.

We called them speed wrenches. Very handy. (Pun only partially intended)

I have tools my grandfather owned, ones my dad owned and ones I purchased. Some things keep changing; I have flat blade screwdrivers, Phillips, square head, Torx, inverted Torx and a few I can’t remember what they are called.

If by Ratcheting Wrench he means a box wrench with a ratcheting head, I have a few and rarely ever use them. They’re too bulky in tight spaces and are flat, so turning against a flat surface is a problem.Now, Arlo, if Powered Ratchets, which you hold in your hand while it turns the socket, come on sale, you definitely need one of those.

If he actually used them, he’d need Nurse Ratchet (spelling changed to fit joke). Of course, no-one needs Nurse Ratched (spelling corrected because the joke has already gone by)… ☺

I had a professor who collected antique surgical instruments.

If ratcheting wrenches would have been a help he would have already bought them, I guess I’m reaching too far. I received metric ratcheting wrenches as a gift, after a couple of uses I went out and bought a set of them in SAE, they were a help.I did buy a 10" miter saw in a big box store as a impulse buy, turned out to be one of those “what did I do without this saw” things.

I’m still an amateur at the tools thing – I tend to get into a job and realize I don’t have the right tool, then get the right tool. So everything I have has been used at least once. Although, it turns out there is a difference in quality in lots of these tools, so some have been used ONLY once.

The best way to accumulate a full tool set is to go buy the best replacement you can find every time you misplace one. In short time you’ll have really good tools plus a loaner set.

A man after my own heart

I always had the right tool to do a half-assed job (eg. pliers instead of wrenches). As I accumulated tools that I seemed not to need, I found myself using the correct tools for the job and “SURPRISE” the jobs were done well. I recently bought a 12" miter saw for cutting the Trex (which still hasn’t arrived*) for resurfacing our deck.

*Ordered from Lowes in June.

My husband’s set of ratchet wrenches is a wonder to behold. But then, he always has a vehicle to repair.

As my husband tells me when he buys things for himself; “I work too so I’m entitled to use my own money sometimes.” I do the budget and sometimes forget that it’s not all mine. Don’t worry, I don’t make him explain why he needs things like Betty does. lol