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Humphreys posted:All staff, contractors and guests at the work area were subject to random testing. The Snapon dude was there to spruick off some tools. A lot of sites I went to had a sort of lottery with testing at the gate. He initially got lucky, but the double threat test truck probably got a tipoff about a site/crew and came along to dispense justice. Happened to the cab company I worked for, I had a lot of extra fares for the next few weeks. 
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I had the PreComputer 2000  which among other things, had a better two line display. I never had any of the cartridges but did spend an inordinate amount of time learning BASIC so I could make stupid little programs on it. They couldn't be saved, so I did a lot of typing. In addition I had a Petite Electric Typewriter which I used extensively to 'write books' (plagiarise Fun Fax books). Basically I learned typing, which was very, very briefly impressive when my school introduced PCs.
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Yeah, the PreComputer 2000 is also what I had. Thinking about all this old poo poo I've gotten as gifts (usually from my parents) always makes me worried that I didn't let them know how much I appreciated and enjoyed them at the time because I was a smartass kid sometimes. I'd hate for them to feel like they wasted money that we didn't have a lot of. Then again, thinking nostalgically always leads to me ruining my own good memories to the point I try not to even think about them so maybe it's just me. Unperson_47 has a new favorite as of 20:08 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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ReidRansom posted:You don't need to go crazy on household tools if you don't rely on them for a living, but at least go something decent and not made in China. I love my Weras. Felo is also good. I'm a big fan of Wiha, myself. Some of them I use every day and they're still as good as they were when I bought them 7 years ago.
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I've known mechanics who got a lot of traction out of Stanley tools bought at Walmart and Harbor Freight. If it broke, then they'd spend money on a quality tool. One of my friends did the smart thing, though, he raided garage sales, estate sales, auctions, and used tool stores for broken Snap-on stuff, swapped it off the truck, then filled out the rest of his collection at the end of mechanics school with the school's student discount. He figured it up and had about $35k in tools that only actually cost him about $7k, not including the toolbox.
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rndmnmbr posted:I've known mechanics who got a lot of traction out of Stanley tools bought at Walmart and Harbor Freight. If it broke, then they'd spend money on a quality tool. My new Stanley socket set is actually really well made. I've only wrenched on a few things and bought it to keep in my car for mobile poo poo. No issues at all. Except me losing the clear plastic cover that I religiously keep to cover components of all my stuff as long as possible. I know where it is, the boot of grandmas car, which is slowly trundling away south on her new adventures.
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Humphreys posted:My new Stanley socket set is actually really well made. I've only wrenched on a few things and bought it to keep in my car for mobile poo poo. No issues at all. Except me losing the clear plastic cover that I religiously keep to cover components of all my stuff as long as possible. I know where it is, the boot of grandmas car, which is slowly trundling away south on her new adventures. I've broken Stanley before but never broken a Husky tool. I keep using them and they keep working. Yes, the plastic cover goes missing almost instantly, but the tools keep working. My Craftsman wrenches seem to still be OK but I've broken a 1/2" drive on those before too. I've never broken a Snap-on tool but my dad did break a Snap-on breaker bar. 6' cheater with him jumping on it to get a bolt free on the 2 ton. He was able to weld it back into place but it was never the same. Farm things.
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Sep 17, 2019 15:51
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Seeing Craftsman tools at Menards lately so they're almost certainly trash now.
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ryonguy posted:Seeing Craftsman tools at Menards lately so they're almost certainly trash now.
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Sep 17, 2019 18:48
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The legendary warranty and build quality were sacrificed though.
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Sep 17, 2019 19:53
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Aunt Beth posted:Sears sold the line to Stanley Black & Decker who are now retailing them in stores that actually exist and people actually go into.
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FilthyImp posted:The legendary warranty and build quality were sacrificed though. TBH its been about 30 years since Craftsman hand tools were a premium brand (at least in terms of build quality) and the warranty has sucked since at least 2000.
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Last I heard, Sears has also released a new Craftsman line for their stores (heritage line or something like that), and Stanley B&D are suing them over it.
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Geoj posted:TBH its been about 30 years since Craftsman hand tools were a premium brand (at least in terms of build quality) and the warranty has sucked since at least 2000. Yeah, I remember in the 90's my dad used to regale me with tales about how great the Craftsman was and all the times he had used the warranty (this is a serious post)
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Iron Crowned posted:Yeah, I remember in the 90's my dad used to regale me with tales about how great the Craftsman was and all the times he had used the warranty (this is a serious post) My dad found a Craftsman socket driver in a hole we were digging and traded it in for a new one, no questions asked. I'm pretty sure it had been in the ground for at least a couple decades by that point.
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Iron Crowned posted:Yeah, I remember in the 90's my dad used to regale me with tales about how great the Craftsman was and all the times he had used the warranty (this is a serious post) I can remember going with my Dad to Sears because he had broken something, taking it and the replacement up to the counter and walking back out. When I first moved out he bought me a set of craftsman tools. There was a point in time when that was what you bought. Just like how when I first turned 18 my mom insisted I get a sears store card, because being able to get one was one of the measures of good credit (in 1960).
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Wacky Delly posted:I can remember going with my Dad to Sears because he had broken something, taking it and the replacement up to the counter and walking back out. For comparison, somewhere around 2000-2002 they started keeping refurbished replacements behind the counter. Bring in a broken tool and they hand you the closest equivalent they have on hand. It was usually best practice to check all of the equivalent replacements they had and choose the best because there was apparently zero QC in the refurb process. On more than one occassion I was handed replacements that were pretty clearly "someone brought in a broken tool and we just tossed it in the 'refurb' pile."
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Geoj posted:] because there was apparently zero QC in the refurb process.
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There were probably supposed to be two buckets, one for refurbs and one for broken, but someone took one of the buckets and forgot to bring it back and then it was just one bucket for both.
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Sep 17, 2019 21:57
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I run incoming donations at a used tool store and let me tells ya about tools. When you die, your kids will donate your entire garage full of crap. And all your old tools too. (The ancient craftsman’s sell immediately, so do the snap ons)
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Sep 17, 2019 23:55
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Fortunately, my brother wanted much of my dad's workshop, and donated the rest to a makerspace.
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Sep 18, 2019 04:17
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ive made a decent amount of cash getting beat up vintage wood working tools and restoring them.
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Tall Tale Teller posted:I run incoming donations at a used tool store and let me tells ya about tools. When this mans father died in like 1983, they locked up his little workshop building and it never got opened again until I got access to it a few years back. Ended up with a ton of Snap on tools, sockets , wrenches, etc mostly from the 1950s. A++ would loot again
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Here have a bizarre obsolete and VERY obscure Point of Sale system that runs on an equally bizarre and obscure operating system:
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Michaeldim posted:Here have a bizarre obsolete and VERY obscure Point of Sale system that runs on an equally bizarre and obscure operating system: YPOSPOS bicth
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Dongvile General. Ah, I see that you,too, are a man of culture.
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Michaeldim posted:Here have a bizarre obsolete and VERY obscure Point of Sale system that runs on an equally bizarre and obscure operating system: Oh hey it's the PoS system that the theatre I worked for ran, before they went TOUCHSCREEN (please wipe hands before using touchscreen, liquids will render it inoperable, no this won't be a problem in an environment full of soda and butter and grease and coffee!)
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Yea, I have used POS systems that are like that, the only modern thing about the one I currently use is the flat screen monitor. Not everyone wants to shell out for RMS or even ones that work.
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That’s a good price for cool tapes.
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having worked in retail/service off and on since 2000 or so, there are only two POS systems I really like- -old 80s-90s-style physical machines -HarborTouch systems the HarborTouch was excellent, working at a bar, since we had around a couple hundred different beers/liquors, any of which might be on special incidentally, when the bar got a new one, they gave me the old HarborTouch, and I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it- thought about making it a kitchen kiosk, but it's a lil bulky for my small galley kitchen
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The software is called SurePOS ACE. It's mainly meant for supermarkets. It runs on a bizarre OS called IBM 4690, originally built on a multitasking DOS. Unfortunately I find it hopelessly fascinating so I set up a working system of my own and spent far too much time tracking the software down. The screen is optional, you can use it entirely from the little LCD pole. Alternatively you can install an ugly java GUI and have a touchscreen interface. It's still supported and Walmart and kroger use it. The registers boot diskless from a server. Here's a video I made of the OS starting up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF50zsFfS7U
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i miss rss feeds
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Kanine posted:i miss rss feeds They still exist but I just use them for webcomic updates via feedly and the feedly notifier plugin on chrome.
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Sep 22, 2019 01:01
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Podcasts usually have a RSS feed as well, the dead can never die
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Kanine posted:i miss rss feeds Do you pronounce it RSS or R S S? e: I still don't "get" podcasts.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Do you pronounce it RSS or R S S? Wouldn't " RSS" just sound like a pirate saying " arse"?
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Johnny Aztec posted:Wouldn't " RSS" just sound like a pirate saying " arse"? No.
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Kanine posted:i miss rss feeds Is there anything the mobile internet environment hasn't made worse?
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Kanine posted:i miss rss feeds I still use Feedly.
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I think I started using RSS feeds years after the internet declared them dead. The Feedbro browser plugin is pretty great.
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