oh boy this one made me laugh!!
thank you for that!
I knew there was a reason why I keep trying new jobs ;)
I have bouts of acquisition fever, and so does my helpmeet --
we try to moderate each other's buying behaviour for our own good..
but sometimes, despite my best efforts, I'll get a message from him late
some night
"hey, guess what I bought? "
and I'll have to admit, there's a certain justification for buying
tools for work...
like, you are going to get PAID to use them! ;)
but there is most assuredly an 18" hammer bit available and I believe
you can use one in a 3/8
chuck like that of my bosch bulldog vsr1121 model rotary hammer...
we used 1/2" bits in it on some occasions...
and you can probably get a weekend rental rate if you want to rent one
;)
or! you could send me gas money and I'll drive out and do it for you!
sign me,
deb "have bulldog, panel cart, sawzall, rappelling gear, etc etc, will
travel"
----- Original Message -----
From: Met History <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:14 AM
Subject: "Each new project is an excuse for ...
> ... buying a new tool." -- Click & Clack, the Tappett Brothers
>
> Mrs. Sharpshooter has a house on "that damn female island" (as Lyndon
Johnson
> once put it) in which I am allowed to vacation as long as I keep the
exterior
> in good repair and perform other duties.
>
> On the water-side of said house (looking out upon the noble manses of
Kenneth
> Cole, Diane Sawyer, Jimmy Cagney's sister, and a guy who does not
believe in
> the dark-sky movement) there are some big square porches built by
> Sharpshooter's father-in-law in 1955, when said f-i-l was under the
sway of
> the orthodox modernism he was taught at Penn Architecture School in
the late
> 1940's. Think ... plain, very plain.
>
> We replaced the Gropiusian non-draining flat roofs some years ago.
But the
> concrete floor slabs (about 12" thick, unexcavated, apparently poured
onto
> sand) which form the porch floors need more 1/2" drainage holes around
the
> perimeter than were originally provided. (Wind blows rain onto the
porch.)
>
> QUESTION: What tool should Click and Clack buy to bore more 1/2"
holes
> through a foot of concrete? And, is there really such a thing as an
18" long
> masonry bit?
>
> Sign me, Count Tersunk
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