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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 11:29 AM
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Tool uses explained..

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat
metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and
flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project
which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under
the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and
hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,
'Oh sh--!'

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of
blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor
touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more
dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt
heads... If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer
intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable
objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside
the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood
projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground
after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle
firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to
cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into
the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the
outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of
everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids
or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on
your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out
Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to
convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering
your palms.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or
bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is
used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts
adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard
cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on
contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles,
collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts.
Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

SON-OF-A-B*TCH TOOL: (A personal favorite!) Any handy tool that you grab
and throw across the garage while yelling 'Son of a B*TCH!' at the top
of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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ha.............
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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funnny.. but a re post
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by lisaniel
Thanx for sharing

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Die spammer!
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Corey
Die spammer!

awww, i missed it.....

die spammer
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 92 TOY
awww, i missed it.....

die spammer
This was hist post.
Thanx for sharing

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He is from the breed we label "smart spammer", as they interact with the membership and display a link.

Just saw one over on the FJ site I use, and the spammer referred to his FJ as a "Toyota Jeep", and he had the worst English I have seen.
Most are from Asia that post this crap.
http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forum...ml#post1632437
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:20 AM
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Corey your "speeling" is bad today....open a window......hahahhahaha or have a snack.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:22 AM
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unless "hist" refers to "history" as in that spammer has a history of spamming.

and "refereed" as in at the FJ Forum you guys have "referees" instead of moderators....because then it's all cool.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:25 AM
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He he he...
Fixed.

A moderator there though changed my text in the quote of the spammer.
It did state something different as in giving a link to fridge repair.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:29 AM
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fridge repair.....now that's something I really need....wife has been on my butt to fix the water supply to the ice maker.....BAH!
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