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   Bob La Londe to Snag   
   Re: Tool Gloat   
   15 Jun 24 10:39:59   
   
   From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 6/14/2024 8:03 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > SCORE ! We hit a few yard sales today and I'm pumped . My best score in   
   > some time , today I bought a Sioux valve seat grinder with the stone   
   > dresser plus the valve face grinder . It's all rusty and going to take   
   > some cleaning up , but the motors all run and there are several stones   
   > that aren't worn out plus a couple of carbide cutters . All for 40 bucks   
   > ... included was a 3/4 hp/3450 RPM 56 frame motor , and it also runs .   
   > I'm hoping that I can trade this stuff to a local shop for the labor to   
   > swap the gears in my truck axle ... I've got all the parts , just   
   > haven't gotten a round tuit yet .   
      
      
   In the spirit in which it was intended... You Suck.   
      
   My latest tool gloat is nowhere near that cool.  I decided I wanted a   
   second Badlands 12000lb winch to use as my hitch/plate mounted utility   
   winch instead of the 8000lb Warn I've been abusing the last few months.   
   I haven't looked at the Warn since, but during my "rescue" mission a   
   week or three ago it started to cut out spooling in the cable.   
      
   For Father's Day weekend HF had a $50 off coupon for the winch I wanted.   
     They also had a 10% off any single item coupon.  A few days prior I   
   had looked at a couple roll away tool boxes to use as tool carts for the   
   manual mill and lathe in the back shop, but the shipping was pretty high   
   (nearly $200 maybe).  Even logged in with my Inside Track Membership.   
   When I went back to add the winch and coupons to my shopping cart it   
   applied both coupons and gave me shipping of less than ten bucks.  I was   
   pretty stoked about getting a thousand bucks worth of stuff for just a   
   thousand bucks AND getting it delivered cheaper than I could go get it.   
      
   Then YOU had to come along with a better deal, make me all jealous, and   
   take all the wind out of my sales.  Seriously, congratulations on what   
   sounds like a great score.   
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
      
      
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