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"My hardware store is funny how? Does it amuse you? How exactly is my hardware store funny?"

Out of town, in my remote location, and in a pickle doing a fuel filter change on the Econoline. My road toolbags do not have any long needle-nose pliers in them. I would have preferred to have my El Cheapo HF hose-grabbing long needle noses for what I was doing, but HF is a bit of a haul from...

I never knew about these until a couple of years ago when a friend sent me one as a gift. Pretty magical!

I only eat metric potatoes.

Bought a new air tank. It's been, oh, 30 years. And I figured the missus would blow a gasket it I tried to cram my old 7 gallon tank into the car for this trip. Need to change spark plugs on a car in my remote location, also, top up some tires. I drove to HF down the highway in the next town...

Got an email today showing the backordered items from HJE Day order #1 have been shipped.

It's probably been 50 years since I used a wrench like the first one in that video, and I'll always remember this lesson learned: if the lid to your Testors model paint is stuck, probably from paint on the threads, and you put this bottle gently into your vise, then this kind of wrench will...

Project Farm could!

Some like their mashed potatoes pure and smooth. I can go either way! Real mashed potatoes just taste so good anyway.

I have now hoisted the jack, without handle, into the back of the SUV. Sweet relief! Not hard at all.

This being GJ, I have found the overkill solution:

Please, the tools to make friends there are from: I have a friend who has these and likes them. Says they're faster. Sure, I distrust the break from tradition and the flashiness, but really, I don't know that I'll remember the color/size code.

I assume he's got some kind of Milwaukee cordless tool with an attachment. But more seriously, I'm guessing, hold the potato steady on a cutting board with the pincers of the artificial arm/hand, peel parallel to board with a potato peeler using the biological hand.

The march of progress! Next up, mild electric shocks!

Recent purchases of a few weeks ago: 1) Prothane brand jack pad. $18.51 Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00387A6TC?tag=atomicindus08-20 Had trouble finding it on Amazon this time around, but figured it out. Really wasn't finding it on the Prothane website, they're busy selling suspension...

I'd eat it. That parking lot is probably safer than lettuce.

Pimp my Pan! Two HJE upgrades to my frequently-used 6" skillet. 1) the Opinel knife sheath fits on skillet handles, and not just little skillets. It gets darker and shrinks from the heat and moisture. Every year or two I might cut it off and slide a new one on. Hey, $2.50...

Learned some things this morning. A friend sent me a used car from social media. An unrestored 1963 Ford Falcon. Alleged to have under 100K miles. I don't know why they sent it to me, but I learned some things. 1) So that's why people started calling them shock towers! 2) 170 cubic inches? I...