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Long time --- No post...Old folks are continuing to fall apart... Oldman's Wisdom --- If three tons is good, then six tons is twice as good... Sunex 1006 Rev.B 6 ton Jack Stands are well worth the money... I received two of them, and a 3.5 ton Floor Jack, for free, to evaluate from Team...

You had to bring up a minor technicality... Sheesh...

Smitty----Voted for "Johnny Quest" as the cartoon to rule them all... Outlaw favors the "Roadrunner"... Well you are Oh so.... WRONG!!! I give you "Calvin and Hobbes"....:bowdown: And... A Hammer....:beer:

Outlaw --- I wish!!! That price is absatively. posilutely, INSANE!!!

I've got all the Tekton ratchets, with the ubiquitous Taiwanese 72 tooth mechanism...' For the money they're fantastic... The 90 tooth ratchets are on my "Wish List"... Buy them, if they're as good as the 72's, you'll be very happy with them...

If one needs a really serious club...May I recommend the Steelman Pro 1/2" drive 160 tooth ratchet... I have all three of the 160 tooth ratchets...:( They're all right, but I wouldn't go crazy about them... As clubs, they're dynamite...:bowdown: As ratchets, not so much...:headscrat

BirdMan --- Do not get me started...:mad:

My Wife buys me tools for Christmas, Father's Day, etc... So, I got the GearWrench XP120 Flex Head Ratchet Set for Christmas, about five years ago...Really nice...They don't seem to have any of the problems some folks have had with them...I use the 3/8" drive Stubby, a lot... Then I bought all...

OOPS!!! My bad... The ad copy states Reed 105...:headscrat How it became a Parker, I'll attribute to the hour of the posting, and my advanced state of decrepitude...:( I will now go out and do 100 pushups as penance

Or... A Parker 105, and a Columbian 605... Both on the Tampa, Florida Craigslist... For about $ 120.00 each!!!:bounce: I'll just bet you could get them both for $ 200.00!!!:beer: I mean, the Columbian needs some of Reverend Scott's dental work...:) And "Jaws are really expensive..."...How...

Or.... The Palm Coast Craigslist, will net you this 125mm York (that's about 5 inches for you folks who are "metrically challenged", like me...)....:spit: Or... The Daytona Craigslist, will net you, this "Giant Vice"...It's a Parker...I'm guessing a 5 or 6 inch...:thumbup: Both can be had...

Is anyone looking for a Prentiss 23???...:drool: It appears to have had a quickie "Navy Grey" restoration...When I tell you where it is, you'll understand the color... No price is given... However, both the Emmert and the Cole "Vise and Stand", can be had for $350.00....:bounce: All...

As my "Ever Faithful Readers" know, I sometimes wax poetic on these pages...:headscrat Well, when one will turn 74 next month, a little self appraisal is sometimes in order...:bounce: The first attached photo, was taken by the Hubble Telescope...:wtf: It shows a tiny piece of sky...Think a...

As John Wayne once said...:bowdown: "Life is hard...It's harder if you're stupid!!!":lol_hitti

In Fort Worth, Texas... Over 500 jobs... Open next year... Do you suppose, someone listened???