On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:11:30 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:23 -0700, jps wrote:



Snap on guy was always happy to see me, nearly as happy as the roach
coach folks on payday.

Heh. One of my kids is a mech and just yesterday bent my ear for half
an hour about the Snap-on, Mack, and Matco guys. The stories.
Right now the Matco guy is his favorite, but that guy won't last.
He's too easy.

--Vic

The calendars are nice but I was always more attacted to the tools.
There was nothing like turning bolt or nut with a Snap on wrench or
yanking a tool out of the lower drawer that made a big $ job a 20
minute turnaround. Those tools paid for themselves in little time.

When I was ready to move on to my next career, the service manager
looked at me and said "you vill alvays yearn to have a leetle greeze
under your fingernails. When you can't take it anymore, you come back
and see me." He was right but I was never tempted to turn wrenches
again for a living. It's way more fun to do it for joy.

I'm sad that I can't do it in an engine room right now but I can still
screw around with cars. I did end up with an aircooled six and it's a
gas to work on.