aoleg
Active member
Hi guys,
I have joined GJ a while ago. Lots of great info shared here!
After some 12 years living in Vancouver, Canada, my entire family moved to Berlin (my got a position here). First we wanted to stay here for a couple years, but now it seems we like it here, so maybe we'll stay for a bit longer before returning to Canada.
I'm not a pro, so I'm using tools for hobby/DIY. After I realized how many good tools are available here at incredibly low prices (compared to Canada), I started building my collection... quickly replacing the cheap/worn out tools I brought from Canada. A set of 4 VBW pliers, made in Germany, for 29 EUR? A complete set of 12 German-made VDE pliers for 106 EUR shipped? 12 German-made VDE screwdrivers for 10 EUR? Such things are unheard of in Canada (or at least very difficult to get). In Vancouver, this sort of money would buy me mid-range tools made in Taiwan.
Anyway; I expect to be posting soon to my favorite thread here, Tools from the old world, with some interesting and unusual stuff I was able to source here. Cheers!
I have joined GJ a while ago. Lots of great info shared here!
After some 12 years living in Vancouver, Canada, my entire family moved to Berlin (my got a position here). First we wanted to stay here for a couple years, but now it seems we like it here, so maybe we'll stay for a bit longer before returning to Canada.
I'm not a pro, so I'm using tools for hobby/DIY. After I realized how many good tools are available here at incredibly low prices (compared to Canada), I started building my collection... quickly replacing the cheap/worn out tools I brought from Canada. A set of 4 VBW pliers, made in Germany, for 29 EUR? A complete set of 12 German-made VDE pliers for 106 EUR shipped? 12 German-made VDE screwdrivers for 10 EUR? Such things are unheard of in Canada (or at least very difficult to get). In Vancouver, this sort of money would buy me mid-range tools made in Taiwan.
Anyway; I expect to be posting soon to my favorite thread here, Tools from the old world, with some interesting and unusual stuff I was able to source here. Cheers!
My ex- was German-born, up near Denmark, I went to Germany with her to see her old haunts. I am not German, U.S. born. I met her when she was 16. At 18, we married. At 25, she still was able to find the tree she fell out of (tomboy) at age 14, forget the town now, broke her wrist, her mother beat the hell out of her for being stupid. Old country ways! monkey