Xmas prezzie FOR ME!, Mmmm, new shiney tools!! Options

[Dave_Darling]

I had an opportunity to order Snap-On tools at a healthy discount recently. The tools came in Monday.

I now have a set of 3/8" drive metric sockets, and a set of 1/4" drive metric sockets. As well as one ratchet in each size. And two new deep-offset box-end wrenches (to match the one I already bought for valve adjustments). And a locking 6" extension in 3/8" drive. And a roll pin punch. And a torque wrench, 5-75 lb-ft, to complement my 20-150 (forget the exact range) one. And a few other goodies that I'm forgetting.

Happiness is owning quality tools! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

--DD

[Dave_Darling]

When do you move?

When's the housewarming?

Do you have garage space?

My "orientation walk-through" is TOMORROW!! The mortgage people are still being buttheads (I'm almost all the way through the procees, but they're still buttheads!) so I'm not sure exactly what is going on there. But if everything works out correctly, I should be getting my keys next week.

I won't be moving in until next year, though. Too much going on, what with the Hawaii trip and all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I told my landlord that I was moving at the end of January.

Housewarming party will probably be in February, at a guess.

No garage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Two spaces (at least side-by-side, not tandem!) in the big under-building parking lot, but I'm sure they won't let me work on anything there. Plus I wouldn't want to leave my tools and parts out for anyone to grab. I'll have to see iffin I can scam up some workspace soon! Hmm, maybe a barn in Milpitas? Or maybe Scotty still has that one space in Paly?

Uhm, anyway! On to the other points/questions raised:


I guess pics will be forthcoming. Next week, though.

I was indeed a good boy this year! Or so I tell myself, who is the one who bought the present. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I brought the tools home and started using them the next day. No tree this year; Xmas is going to be relatively low-key and scattered over many days. (My attorney and I don't want to have to schlep lots of stuff we can't use to Oahu and back again, so we're giving presents early or late.)

Oh, and the discount got the prices down to "just a bit over Craftsman" level. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) So now I have top-quality tools (at least a few of them) and didn't have to pay a buttload of money for them.

--DD