Most used tool
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Most used tool
Many of you have undoubtedly had this tool for years. Why it has not been in my toolbox for the last ten years for myself is a real head scratcher. Anytime I am stumped, angry, or dehydrated I have reached for this tool, and it has always solved my problem.
Here's to you, bottle opener. Your have yet to fail me.
Here's to you, bottle opener. Your have yet to fail me.
Last edited by LeMans Pete; Dec 31, 2013 at 09:55 PM.
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I have one too- not near that fancy. Mine will pop a hole in an oil can or the lid off a bottle. Remember when oil came in metal cans and not bottles?
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As a younger me working at the local Sunoco pumping gas, (remember when the gas attendant actually pumped a customer's gas?) part of our job was to check the oil (remember when the gas station attendant who pumped your gas actually checked under the hood?), and whether or not the car needed oil, the station owner wanted us to press the filler spout into an empty can of oil, make it look like we were adding oil, and charge the customers for oil.
He fired me when I did not react the way he hoped after he made an inappropriate slur about my Italian heritage.
Love that tool, Pete. I don't leave home without it.
He fired me when I did not react the way he hoped after he made an inappropriate slur about my Italian heritage.
Love that tool, Pete. I don't leave home without it.
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As a younger me working at the local Sunoco pumping gas, (remember when the gas attendant actually pumped a customer's gas?) part of our job was to check the oil (remember when the gas station attendant who pumped your gas actually checked under the hood?), and whether or not the car needed oil, the station owner wanted us to press the filler spout into an empty can of oil, make it look like we were adding oil, and charge the customers for oil.
He fired me when I did not react the way he hoped after he made an inappropriate slur about my Italian heritage.
Love that tool, Pete. I don't leave home without it.
He fired me when I did not react the way he hoped after he made an inappropriate slur about my Italian heritage.
Love that tool, Pete. I don't leave home without it.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Very refreshing and satisfying! I end every corvette night with a brewskie, and Friday nights tend to conclude with an aged single malt whisky.
Paul, Labatt Blue is an old favorite of mine. It just doesn't taste the same here in the South.
Paul, Labatt Blue is an old favorite of mine. It just doesn't taste the same here in the South.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
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I like to pound a few beers when tearing my cars apart amazeling enough never have any extra parts and everything works when I am done. Working on my own cars is a hobby I enjoy like Beers, Cigars and Cars all go together in the same Vice but never while driving them.
Working on them an oil change is like a 2 beer job ;o) Brake jobs 4 beer job and 2 cigars. Tune up 3 beer and a cigar job. I can judge a job by how many beers it takes to complete. Working on cars is relaxing to me and I enjoy my vices while doing it. Can opener is my Lighter to light my cigars and open the import beers.
Each to there own as I always say. Beer is an acquired taste that is thirst quenching on a hot summer evening in the Man Cave Garage. I would never work on my cars with a PBR than that would not go down well
Working on them an oil change is like a 2 beer job ;o) Brake jobs 4 beer job and 2 cigars. Tune up 3 beer and a cigar job. I can judge a job by how many beers it takes to complete. Working on cars is relaxing to me and I enjoy my vices while doing it. Can opener is my Lighter to light my cigars and open the import beers.
Each to there own as I always say. Beer is an acquired taste that is thirst quenching on a hot summer evening in the Man Cave Garage. I would never work on my cars with a PBR than that would not go down well
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Kinda like those that sit and watch sports and drink beers.While working on cars it is thirst quenching to have a few beers in the man cave but never so many that you screw up the car. Too me it is a release from what I do for a living which is very stressful. Fixing problems for over 200 employees is a stressfull job so when I work on a car it is a change of pace and I like to have a few beers while I do it. I can think about something else than relax while I wrench on my cars. It is physical and rewarding at the same time. To me as I work almost mindlessly because I know how to do it and takes my brain to somewhere else that is simple to do.
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Good stuff, but I brew my own. Got five taps running now, will be adding a sixth over the winter.
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LOL beer does not smell like feet unless your feet have this really bad yeast diseases whereas Onions actually smell like armpits as an example which is why I cannot understand why people eat them 
Not really seeing the correlation here Only joking buddy Beer is not for everyone and some people do not like the effects of beers so I respect that
Not really seeing the correlation here Only joking buddy Beer is not for everyone and some people do not like the effects of beers so I respect that
Last edited by MakoJoe; Nov 16, 2013 at 10:28 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
That's a bottle of Elder Betty in your pic- came from Magic Hat in Burlington VT, not that far from where I used to live. Always used to stop at the brewery when I was in town on uhhh 'business'. Good stuff, but I brew my own. Got five taps running now, will be adding a sixth over the winter.
Good stuff, but I brew my own. Got five taps running now, will be adding a sixth over the winter.That brewery is a trippy place. We always grab a growler when we are in town, and am glad they make deliveries down here in NC.