Ken,  The very reason that I NEVER use power tools.  The only exception
being the cordless screw driver I had once.  Not a drill/driver, just a
screw driver.  I loved that gadget but it got lost along the way somewhere.
Don't know if they still make them or not.

When Black & Decker came out with the first cordless drill/drivers I told
hubby he needed one. He rather poo-pooed the idea but bought one, that was
many, many drill/drivers ago.  I don't know how many he has upgraded.  Ruth



At 11:36 AM -0100 5/10/07, Gabriel Orgrease wrote:
>My last impression of him I was using an auger drill to drill through a
>floor joist, working overhead from a step ladder. You have to be fairly
>well braced and determined to drill a hole in order to do this. He asked
>if he could try it. I obliged him. Why not? He pulled the trigger, the
>auger caught and did one of those mad twist around maneuvers that wraps
>the cord several times around the drill body and tries to wrench your
>arm out of the shoulder socket while breaking your wrist. If you are
>really good and only haphazardly braced it also tries to whip around the
>side handle to smash into you skull and poke your eye out. Then it
>knocked him off the step ladder. In most cases the auger stays in the
>joist with the drill hanging from it that jerks up and down a few times
>as if to say, "So there!" It was a surprise to me though he did not
>think it was and that I had meant it to happen. I suppose it reinforced
>that he should stay away from playing with toys. It has been more than
>thirty years now since I have seen or heard from him.
>
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