A really smooth jazz number I heard on the Waterford, Ireland station in the wee, wee hours. I recognized the tune right away but didn't recognize the artist. Fortunately, the disc jockey filled that in for me. It's a long tune at10 minutes, but well worth listening to.
It's been an absolutely lovely Spring this year. Everything has been blooming - no late frost - just good weather for all the trees and flowers. We could use some rain now to get the field crops germinated but it'll come. The lilac is about the best it's ever been. The rose is the first blossom of the season but there'll be a lot more coming.
I took the dog to the groomer yesterday and in between dropping him off and picking him up I went to Menards to get a couple of things. When I was in line to check out there was an old guy behind me in line. He was probably about my age but looked a little rougher. He was wearing a Marine Veteran cap, so that might explain him looking a little older. He only had one item, so I told him to go ahead of me. He paid for his $4.00 dollar item with a twenty and told the cashier to put his change towards my bill. I didn't hear the conversation and I had to ask the cashier what was going on when she adjusted my bill. The Marine and his wife were out the door before I could thank him and didn't see them when I made it to the parking lot. Made my day even though it was totally unnecessary.
One of the items I bought was the organizer in the above photo. I got the large taps (3/4 and larger) out of the toolbox and then organized the rest of them - pipe taps, fractional sizes both fine and coarse threads, left hand taps, and special thread pitch taps like the 3/8-32 for the caps on the TIG torches. Metric taps and dies are in another drawer.
The toolbox is a Penncraft the Missus bought for me as a Christmas present about 50 years ago. J.C. Penney used to sell most everything like Sears and Wards did. They sold mechanic's tools and sporting goods. Must be a tough business. Wards is defunct, Sears Craftsman tools were being sold by KMart and now Ace Hardware is selling them. It's been years since I was in the Sears store at the local mall. There was a Sears hardware that sold tools, paint, etc., close to the college that I used to shop at, but it closed down several years ago. I've still got quite a few Craftsman tools. They built them to last.
I bought some pepper and tomato plants as well. Depending on the weather, I'll try and get those in the ground in the next few days.
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Lowe's carries Craftsman. I warrantied a socket recently.
That's good to know. Years ago I went on a field trip with an engineering group and we toured Snap-On. At that time they were making Lowes house brand wrenches. A couple of years later I saw their wrenches were made in China. That's probably where most of the Craftsman brand is made now also.
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