On Saturday, I had a list of interesting sales to hit in "the city." And as I was leaving early, scraping the frost off of my windshield, and letting the cab of my truck warm up, I checked my phone, and saw I had a message from my neighbor: "the interior light in [you wife's] car is one." And this was from the night before, so the light was on for a good 12 hours... Well. So, I go back inside, grab her keys, and try to start her car, to no avail. Dead battery (here is were I ***** about Subarus and the **** tiny sealed batteries that go in them). So, pull my truck around and jump it, no problem. But, alas, no luck as the battery was kaput. So, off to the parts house. And spend an unholy amount on a new battery. Grrr...
So, get the new battery home, install it, and now my morning lead time is gone. It is almost 10, I haven't had breakfast yet, and now will be primed for sitting in lines at sales, just after T-day. No thanks, not for me. So, I go eat, and revamp my list to one that started early and cut short the number of sales I do go to.
That first stop was for a field repairman, I am guessing, AC or electrical. Nothing spectacular, but somethings for working around the house: Drill index (which in my irritation for the day I grabbed the wrong one, and it turns out it isn't full...), Allen hex key box full of misc., heavy duty Master lock, Klein curve strippers (my favorite), Klein 6-in-1, and a Crowntop pocket knife, which I knew had a chipped blade, but at the prices they were asking... $10 for everything.
Second stop was a Restore that I have good luck at. S-P marked brace bit reamer, three D-I sockets and one 1/2" hex drive for 3/8"square head bolts (if that makes sense), Snap-on vacuum grip nippers (with chip), Plomb and Billings wrenches, Walden speeder socket wrench, and what is either the drive end of a 1/4" breaker bar or a 1/4" driver coupler. I will use it as the later. $2.50 for all of that.
Third and final stop was an estate sale of sorts. One company, who I normally avoid as I don't like how they generally do business, will combine 3-4 sales together and hold them in an old clothing(?) store. They will put all the tools together in one room and as they have no idea how to price tools I will go as there is enough there about half the time to make it worthwhile. So we have two heavy duty C-clamps (seriously, the forcing screws are 1"+) and a twisted Bog extension. $5 all in.
So, it was a day, not great, and I made some screwups in my selections. But I got out of the house on a nice day!
