Becker, Dan wrote:
*After tortuous internal debate, necessity intervenes and defeats the 
frugal penny-pinching waste-not want-not values drummed into me by my 
depression-era father. I buy the box.*

CONGRATULATIONS! I wish I had a nickel for every jury-rigged, 
wrong-sized, inappropriate-materials cobble inflicted on my poor house 
here over the years, I'd be rich. My hand pump is held down with three 
bolts; each one is a different type and takes a different tool to 
remove. Waste 10 minutes digging out appropriate tools year after year 
to service the pump leather, because someone wanted to save $0.40 on 
fasteners 20 years ago. Multiply by 15 or 20 such situations a year. 
ARGH. This is what I call pathological frugality, and we have a lot of 
it here.

I finally BROKE DOWN and went and bought a four-pack of stainless bolts 
($1.68) and replaced the old fasteners. And I threw away the odd bolt 
from the pack, and fasteners that I'd removed. Mr Battlestations, I hope 
you don't hold onto the extra duct unless you have an immediate need for 
it.

I know, I know, I'm going to burn...

~deb  "cleaned out and filled a dumpster with all the moldy left-over 
insulation scraps, broken equipment, 5" 2x4's, and other 30 YO drek from 
the shed and crawlspace and was accused of 'throwing away all the good 
stuff'" bledsoe

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