Things you buy ,For others to borrow

[41mag]

You have to. Money doesn't grow on trees. And that was you livelihood.

Yep…I always was amazed at the ones that wanted you to show them how to fix it, loan them the tools, and get them the parts cheap !

 

[basstracker89]

Oh, you must live in Plum 'Nilly.

Plumb in the middle o' nowhere and nearly off the map!

No, it's off the map in another dimension. You can't get there from anywhere

 

[palmettomoon]

I always return any tool I borrow (only from my youngest brother, and it's usually because I foolishly loaned my middle brother MY tool of the same type) in better shape than I received it. Cleaned, sharpened, whatever. My youngest brother is always delighted when I return a tool to him because it looks new.

My middle brother can tear up an anvil using a feather pillow. The last tool he borrowed (my framing nailer) he returned 4 months AFTER he was finished with his neighbor's deck and the damned thing looked like it'd been in the ocean for all 4 months. When I pointed the rust out to him he got a bewildered look on his face and offered his (in his mind) perfectly reasonable explanation for the poor condition. "Well, I stored it in the barn!"

Never. Again.

 

[basstracker89]

Yep…I always was amazed at the ones that wanted you to show them how to fix it, loan them the tools, and get them the parts cheap !

Yea, what does a body do??..... At some point you just have to say no

 

[basstracker89]

So far, I’ve ignored all requests. My wife agrees.

Wonderful and you have her support to boot

 

[basstracker89]

I always return any tool I borrow (only from my youngest brother, and it's usually because I foolishly loaned my middle brother MY tool of the same type) in better shape than I received it. Cleaned, sharpened, whatever. My youngest brother is always delighted when I return a tool to him because it looks new.

My middle brother can tear up an anvil using a feather pillow. The last tool he borrowed (my framing nailer) he returned 4 months AFTER he was finished with his neighbor's deck and the damned thing looked like it'd been in the ocean for all 4 months. When I pointed the rust out to him he got a bewildered look on his face and offered his (in his mind) perfectly reasonable explanation for the poor condition. "Well, I stored it in the barn!"

Never. Again.

LOL, I love that analogy

 

[Just1more]

Wonderful and you have her support to boot

Just tonight I was asked to come look at some little bugs getting in her garage. I looked at my wife and she just rolled her eyes.

 

[spistols]

I just skip never seeing the tools part and go right to just giving family members money. I am more sentimental about my tools.

 

[Gunanddoglover]

I don't loan tools I learned that lesson a long time ago. I worked with a guy that was always asking to borrow tools from everyone in the shop. He got mad and said it wasn't fair that I had tools to make money and he didn't when I cut him off. Never said thanks or returned them clean. Dumbass cashed his check on Friday and was broke on Monday, spent his money at the strip club.

 

[basstracker89]

Just tonight I was asked to come look at some little bugs getting in her garage. I looked at my wife and she just rolled her eyes.

LOL, people......