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DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Oh, sh*t!" SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short. PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters. BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race. TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge. TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent to the object we are trying to hit usually smashing the thumb that is holding the object that you are trying to pound into whatever it is that you are working on effectively eliminating the need for manicure care on that thumbnail for weeks. See: "Son of a b*tch TOOL" UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use. Son of a b*tch TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling, "Son of a b*tch" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need. Ken

Intercontinental ballistic missile. Bang bang I win

Sorry P4GTR suicide and self banning's are sins and as such not permitted on RWG. Please see your new user title. Ken

Did the Diwali tour of duty last night, got home 5hrs ago and now I have to get the wife out the door for work....one tired family here. Happy Diwali to all who celebrate it. Ken

Curry Try it you'll like it

John Fogarty

The twelve apostles (an Australian/Victorian landmark...although I think there's only about 9 of them left)

Sometimes I lie awake at night pondering just this question, then I think "fug it" and go back to sleep. Ken

Rombus

Best reply yet! Ken

I see you reading Josh but remember it's better to be Willy Wonka than to have them bartering your nuts. Ken

pie

No I test ran it and didn't get a sale, so I figured it was better to eat dirt than not eat at all. Ken

Counter balance

Unless of course you're an Australian seller dealing in USD Ken

Congrats on 1000 quality posts Red. Now pick up the pace a little and you will be Powermax in no time. ken

Thats a good point about the non watch related, remember folks with Christmas fast approaching the girls love bags and shoes. A pleasure doing business with you. Ken

+1 for Imageshack Ken

Avon

Exceptionally well put Nanuq. Ken

Personally i think the term 'Pride' has been given a beating. I mean I'm Proud to be Australian just as you my friends are proud to be Americans, British, Italian, Japanese etc etc... I am also proud of certain musical achievements I have gained over the years, I am proud of my wife and what she has achieved and I am very proud of what my daughter has achieved. But proud to be white, black, green, orange, gay, straight, 6'5", 3'10", etc,,,who thinks up this rubbish? Exactly where does this end? Are we one day going to be walking out of the toilet and saying I'm proud I just took a 2lb dump? If we all decided to just drop the whole 'Pride' bit maybe, just maybe there might be a little less division in the first place. Ken

I do think we need to be careful we don't over police these watches. At the end of the day you have a very nice looking watch here for $198, how much MBW/MBK does 200 bucks get you? Ken

Zest

I did the whole test and then when it was going to display my result the entire link closed. Ken

I was looking for a lady offshore too but then I realised my wife would start asking about the plane fares. Seriously welcome to RWG. All our dealers have AP's, the best one is the one that suits you best (accuracy vs price), the best thing you can do is start reading through our forum until you come to know yourself which dealer/watch you wish to go for. Ken