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cody1325

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I look at it this way--I buy a tool "you know, just in case" and don't need it, it's there when I need it. Chances are, when I do--it's on a weekend when the mine supply that sells good stuff is closed, or late in the evening when Harbor Freight and Lowe's are closed. If it's already in my box, I don't have that headache.

I'm sure there's stuff I've used recently that my Granddad bought even before I was born.

Case in point--I bought a replacement 3/4 ratchet (old Armstrong) to replace a busted no-name I had ('80s HFT). It went a month before I needed it ,which was on the Bush Hog this week (blade replacement).
 
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Meursault74 said:
So, where's the video about women and their shoe and handbag collections?
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I have no doubt there might be one out there in internetland, but that notwithstanding, it does not diminish in any way the significance of the message here.
One can conjure up a million different ways to justify and rationalize illogical human behavior.
That doesn't make it any less crazy.
 
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I hate to say this, but my mother could have given Imelda Marcos a good challenge as to who had more shoes. My mother was a hand-and-foot model for 30+ years, and for every pair of shoes she modeled, she got to keep. Our attic was filled from floor to roof deck with boxes and boxes of shoes, all worn only once for photographic purposes. I remember when we moved in 1955, all those shoes from the teens, twenties, thirties, and into the forties had to be carried out to the curb for the rubbish pickup. My brothers and I were tasked with removing them all. Trash pickup was on Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, and by the time it was picked up, most of what had been put out at the curb the day before was already gone. Back then, there were no stores like The Salvation Army to take them. The new house took about a year to be built, and that is how long it took to get rid of all those shoes. My wife has some of her long kid skingloves that Mom kept along with a bunch of silk stockings.
 
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KnurledNut said:
The Psychology of People Who Are Obsessed With How Others Spend Their Money
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Some people need to mind their own business but at least in my experience its usually because the person is complaining about not having any money all the time. If someone is spending but they aren't going hungry and never complain its nobodies business. But if someone is entering their credit card details with Snap-on while at the same time calling the Dave Ramsey helpline, different story.
 
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American Locomotive said:
Looks and sounds like AI-written slop. Wouldn't surprise me if the whole channel is auto-generated.
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I have seen similar videos. It does appear that way. There are lots of videos on different subject like this. For example I have come across ones about why people refuse to get rid of the car that sits in pieces in the shed that they will "restore one day".

I am not overly a fan of these kinds of channels. My opinion is if you are going to do YouTube you get yourself on camera or at a minimum record your own voice. But I just don't watch these kinds of videos when I come across them. I do my bit by watching the kind of content I want to see more of. My recommendations were gold yesterday. I got a video recommended to me of a women playing two flutes with her nose. One in each nostril.
 
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William Payne said:
Some people need to mind their own business but at least in my experience its usually because the person is complaining about not having any money all the time. If someone is spending but they aren't going hungry and never complain its nobodies business. But if someone is entering their credit card details with Snap-on while at the same time calling the Dave Ramsey helpline, different story.
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Most of that type I know are spending money on vices, not vises.
 
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lardy1 said:
It never ceases to amaze me. From the HF and Snap-On debates to the tool collecting stuff. Why would anyone care how others spend their own money?
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Exactly. However there are those who have nothing better to do than issue unsolicited advice and rude comments. If you're a grown *** man spend your money on whatever blows your skirt up. For the peanut gallery that knows all, just log off and go weave a basket.
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I know a guy…fellow ive known casually through dog walking i asked if he could come over and help install a engine,,just drop it in and mate with transmission…i pointed out a wobble extension would be handy,,he brought his NEVER use set along..he went on to tell me about all the tools he has bought but never needed…he just likes tools and can see the function as being very useless in certain situations…we mated the engine in about 15 minutes…
 
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ctandc72

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lardy1 said:
It never ceases to amaze me. From the HF and Snap-On debates to the tool collecting stuff. Why would anyone care how others spend their own money?
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Some people have always been like that. It's why tabloids have been successful for 100+ years. The internet and forums, then social media just made it easier and easier for people to chime in with their own opinions - asked for or not - and since the communication is not in person, many times there is at least the illusion of anonymity, and most of the times there are no consequences - it's changed social interaction in a lot of ways.

For some people - the things they have seen / watched online, they equate that 1 for 1 with having that experience in real life and it's leaking over into real life. I once bought a later model car for dirt cheap. It was due for a timing belt change. The owner was quoted a figure by the dealer. He looked it up on the web, then youtube and decided he could do it himself. He didn't even have most of the simple tools needed to do it. He tried to make other tools 'work'. Grew frustrated and bought another car and this one sat for a while until I bought it.

That's not to say online resources, such as videos, can't be GREAT sources of info - I use them all the time - but watching a video on how to wire an outlet doesn't make me an electrician.

I've seen people online lecture someone about a topic - a topic in which it turns out they have no actual experience, but they have read posts / forums and watched videos about the subject so they take that as actual experience. A lot of times there is much more than what that short video will show you - and it's leaking over into real life - because for some people there is no difference in their minds.

Just recently I listened to a guy holding court at a local car show / gathering about LS engine swaps / building engines etc and most of what he was saying was ridiculous. I don't mean "That works, but I personally wouldn't do it that way.." kind of stuff. I mean "You can't do a working LS swap without buying an aftermarket harness. Factory harnesses can't be used. They anti-tampering built in." - He literally said this. I snort laughed.

There are plenty of things I don't know a lot about, or even much of anything - so when I'm around people that do know about it, I tend to keep my mouth shut and my ears open. I guess that's an antiquated attitude - but it is what it is.
 
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I own many things that just make me happy to own them, even some art.

Not a collector of anything specific, not yet a hoarder either - but I can see how it happens... :rolleyes::LOL:
 
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Eh. I saw my Dad use mostly everything, less a set of brand new "Robogrip" pliers from Sears I found tucked away in the back of his box after he passed. I found a few unused chemicals that had long since expired and maybe a few new (or newish) tin snips and punches, but everything else was used.

For me, the stuff at work is all heavily used. I have new SO light and a set of long patterns that have never exited the box, but that's about it. At home, that's a different story, with maybe 30% not used, but I'm not working daily at home.

My future plans include building a large out building on land I already own. I'm young enough to open my own shop, but old enough to know I probably won't. My rational is knowing I'm purchasing the home stuff for later in life when my Son is old enough to wrench alongside me. That also means he gets a shot with nicer tools and equipment and not some of my beat to death stuff from work.
 
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Most of my "Unused" tools are the ones I bought for a purpose. Then when it came time to use that tool, I couldn't find it. Likely because I put it somewhere where I wouldn't lose it. I'd buy another. I'd start the project. Use the tool. Then later on, I would randomly find the unused version of the same tool put up somewhere that apparently made sense to me at some point.
 
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I've seen a few of those psychology shorts; they are kind of interesting. I haven't watched the one you have up, but I have watched one about people who ride motorcycles, people who fix things, and people who like solitude. They are generalized, but quite a few of the conclusions hit close to home.
There should be one about people who give zero f...s.
 
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ctandc72 said:
Most of my "Unused" tools are the ones I bought for a purpose. Then when it came time to use that tool, I couldn't find it. Likely because I put it somewhere where I wouldn't lose it. I'd buy another. I'd start the project. Use the tool. Then later on, I would randomly find the unused version of the same tool put up somewhere that apparently made sense to me at some point.
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Most of mine are ones I bought the day after I needed them....
 
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southalabama said:
I’m over an hour round trip from a Home Depot or Lowes.
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Whiner. I'm an hour-and-a-half each way from either. That's also where the nearest stop light is.

I'm pretty good at asking myself will I use it? before buying new or used tools. Mostly.

Parts? I have a Connex full of spare parts ranging from VFDs to plumbing.
 
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Ok, guilty as charged, big sigh.;)

I don't own many clothes, one 19-year-old car, three pair of old shoes, no art, no good furniture, (the kat's all killed it), nothing of great value, so what's left used tools at garage sales, what can I say. Oh, I forgot I got my brothers-in-law old sweaters, made of some fancy fabric, I better never wear one in my man cave. Still, I don't know one name from another one, but old tool names that's a different story.
 
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My employer has discontinued their house brand tools. That forced me to grab a few odd tools at a great price.
But if you don't use something, the money is ******* for nothing.
 
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