tool addiction

[hyperactive]

haven't posted in a while. This place sure doesn't help my "problem"! Can anyone tell me if this acciction goes away? I think my wife has lost hope. Merkava, what should I do. P.S. Just bought a 1/2 pipe plug remover 1/2 inch drive snappy, boy do they ever make taking out diff plugs alot better.

 

[Merkava_4]

I think of tools as a healthy addiction; money well spent on "durable goods."

 

[SteveU]

haven't posted in a while. This place sure doesn't help my "problem"! Can anyone tell me if this acciction goes away? I think my wife has lost hope. Merkava, what should I do. P.S. Just bought a 1/2 pipe plug remover 1/2 inch drive snappy, boy do they ever make taking out diff plugs alot better.

Wait till you buy all the cheap stuff then you have to save up for the lift & more expensive toys. I'm up over 12,000 in the last 2 yrs & from what a lot of guys have posted here my expenditures pale in comparison.

 

[bushhawg73]

NO it does not go away. I start shaking just thinking about CHROME. Oh yes, and the sound of an impact tool is music to my ears. My wife has also given up hope. I love tools. Not just the tools but what I can do with them. For example: After fighting with somthing for hours and finally giving up it is nice to find a tool that makes the process take only a few minutes and works perfectly.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Been buying for about 18 monts, at about $16,000 now..

 

[bushhawg73]

Wait till you buy all the cheap stuff then you have to save up for the lift & more expensive toys. I'm up over 12,000 in the last 2 yrs & from what a lot of guys have posted here my expenditures pale in comparison.

According to my excel spreadsheet I am at 29,000.00

The Snap on man loves guys like me

 

[SteveU]

Look at the bright side though, if you put that amount of money into lottery tickets, booze, tobacco you wouldn't have anything to show for it. With tools you can make money with them, use them to make life easier & cheaper by fixing your own & other people's stuff & worst case scenario could sell them for money to live on, try doing that with a stack of losing lottery tickets.

 

[bushhawg73]

Look at the bright side though, if you put that amount of money into lottery tickets, booze, tobacco you wouldn't have anything to show for it. With tools you can make money with them, use them to make life easier & cheaper by fixing your own & other people's stuff & worst case scenario could sell them for money to live on, try doing that with a stack of losing lottery tickets.

You speak many words of wisdom!

 

[Merkava_4]

A tool addiction can be very good for your health too:

Are you a little short on funds this month and have a couple a pounds to lose? The hell with eating! I'm gonna get my tool fix and lose weight at the same time!

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

A TOOL ADDICTION IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS BOARD

 

[eschoendorff]

Look at the bright side though, if you put that amount of money into lottery tickets, booze, tobacco you wouldn't have anything to show for it. With tools you can make money with them, use them to make life easier & cheaper by fixing your own & other people's stuff & worst case scenario could sell them for money to live on, try doing that with a stack of losing lottery tickets.

Dammit, that was gonna be my post!


But Steve is right. If buying tools is the worst thing that you do, then you have little to worry about....

 

[rsanter]

I dont have addiction to buying tools

I just buy the tools I want, or need, or the ones that sparkle a little at me. sometimes they talk to me asking to go home with me while others just need rescue from the store

bob

 

[ToolGlutton]

Exactly. You got to have some kind of hobby.

I spend about $300 a month on tools in the past 12 months. Now I have a good collection of tools (and most of them have life time warranty).

My wife spends about $300 a month on clothes. And most of them end up in GoodWill.

I think of tools as a healthy addiction; money well spent on "durable goods."

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I spend about $300 a month on tools.

I spend that in a week.

 

[ToolGlutton]

I feel much better now.

I spend that in a week.

 

[wrenchr]

I spend that in a week.

On orange handled tools.

 

[ToolGlutton]

I like to have a rainbow of colors for my tools. My flat-blade screwdrivers are all red; my Phillips screwdrivers are all green; my torx screwdrivers are all orange. Snap on is good in that it won't cost you much more if you buy them separately.

On orange handled tools.

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

Exactly. You got to have some kind of hobby.

I spend about $300 a month on tools in the past 12 months. Now I have a good collection of tools (and most of them have life time warranty).

My wife spends about $300 a month on clothes. And most of them end up in GoodWill.

Where your tools will end up, if you piss her off! Keep her happy and on your good side. As Socrates said, defacateous occurous.

I spend that in a week.

Not all of us here have the budget to spend that a week, or a month, etc. I have a few friends, that are worth more then I would ever see or know. If I had there budgets, all kinds of toys could I buy.
Everyone has to live within their means. It adjusts your addiction, but doesn't eliminate it.
I plan on hitting Harry Epstien's tomorrow, I have my list, now can I stay within it?
Wish me luck.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I don't make a lot of money, i just spend it on few things.

 

[klswvu]

With all of that being said...
I do not have a problem and feel much better now!

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Also, adjust my buget to the exchange rate, it's the equivalent of you guys spending $150/week. And i still pay my rent, pay for food and pay off my bills. Just got to have two incomes.

 

[Frank Elson]

dunno how you do it Moose, living in London, you posted your wage recently as well.
I couldn't live on that up here in the frozen north.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Wages pay for rent/bills/food/etc and a little towards tools, cash jobs pays the rest towards tools.

You know, clutches and stuff; two weels on the kerb, two axle stands under the other side, pull the gearbox on the trolley jack.

In a couple weeks i'm rebuilding a cylinder head and putting it on a friend's 5-Series. That should put a little in the bank account and little towards tools.

 

[Frank Elson]

do you know your way around Land Rovers? I have a female friend lives in London who can't find a decent mechanic close by to do jobs on her motor.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I know a bit about them. I can't do them at work as it's VAG-only, but can help out here and there. PM me if you want to give her my number, and she can call if she needs anything done.