The Universe's Paradigm Has Shifted

[TexMedium]

Yes, that is correct. Today i FOUND a 10mm socket! Working on a strange car my kid dragged home, and i found a 3/8" drive shallow chrome 6pt. A chinese Craftsman to be sure, but it wasn't one i'd previously lost. The Universe has shifted!

 

[B_Bimmer]

Coronavirus.

 

[M6erfan]

I thought the same thing when I found a Mac 1/4" 10mm socket in the battery tray of my dad's truck.

That was pre-virus though...

 

[ovilla]

I have now bought the same one mid-length 10mm Snap-on socket (4 times) in the last 2 years. They all fell in the engine compartment of a vehicle while parked inside my garage.

 

[darkzero]

No way, not possible, I don't believe it! Being Craftsman probably a defective socket, 3/8" or 11mm socket mis-stamped 10mm.

Happened to me last year. Had this 14mm Craftsman except it was a 16mm by Halfords Advanced but was laser etched 14mm in a set that I finally opened after a year. Went to Sears to get it exchange under warranty. No 14mm to be found except I did find one on a 15mm card. Pre covid19 so it must have been aliens!

 

[3baygarage]

That socket’s a doozy.

Funny timing. Taking a dog walk two days ago I spotted something in the grass along the road. An Indestro 10mm 12 point socket, half buried in the dirt. The 10mm part made me laugh.

Then a couple streets over, we walked right up on a Craftsman 1/4 by 1/4 in the middle of the road.

Both sockets were preceded by an old Millers Falls miter box at the curb, which I went back for with the car.

 

[Kev442]

I got a 10mm deep no name from the radiator support of a car I parted last year.
Best one was wrenching under my van and finding the 10mm I lost 2.5 years previously. Wiped the rust off it and clicked it onto the empty slot on my socket rail. That felt good!

 

[Ton ton]

Cool.

 

[mikegt4]

Just today I was using a 10mm Craftsman combo wrench that I found in an 1966 Alfa Romeo Duetto when I bought it in the early 1970's. It has turned a lot of 10mm nuts and bolts over the years.

 

[L5wolvesf]

I thought 10mm sockets were just a myth. Does this mean aliens are . . . real

 

[Spike01]

I'll never be able to sell my truck because there is a 15mm Mac wrench in there SOMEWHERE!

Great news on the 10mm socket find!!

 

[Rico.]

Narnia must be so full of 10mm sockets by now,
they're finally starting to throw a few back.

 

[DadsTools]

Narnia must be so full of 10mm sockets by now,
they're finally starting to throw a few back.

This is probably as good an explanation as any.

 

[Lassen Forge]

I noticed the same thing - all of the sudden, I have 5 or 6 10mm sockets that appeared out of nowhere... OK, I recognize one or two, but they were lost a long time (eg many moves) ago...

 

[Ton ton]

Narnia must be so full of 10mm sockets by now,
they're finally starting to throw a few back.

I like the way you think.

 

[larry4406]

This whole 10 mm joke thread has me confused...

A common size that gets used a lot so chance for loss is high?

IF so, there is a 10 pack available for you fumble finger guys/gals..
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08462XY6L/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[TexMedium]

Narnia must be so full of 10mm sockets by now,
they're finally starting to throw a few back.

Okay, this made me laugh out loud! Many thanks for that.

 

[TexMedium]

This whole 10 mm joke thread has me confused...

A common size that gets used a lot so chance for loss is high?

IF so, there is a 10 pack available for you fumble finger guys/gals..
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08462XY6L/?tag=atomicindus08-20

And i have to admit i've never lost one either. If ANY tool falls, ANYWHERE, work stops until it is found. Big, hard chunks of metal can do bad things in the wrong places!

 

[Ton ton]

10 mm is the first socket to go missing for me.