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A regular pencil eraser is pretty good at erasing ink writing. Not perfect, but pretty good.
 
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Battery chargers that have a Manual Setting it forces voltage into dead batteries.

Delt with a totally dead battery in something today , my battery jumper unit error'ed and wouldn't let me jump it.
..this was news to me thinking it would start anything.
So got out an older charger and set it to Manual*,,, charged for a good 5 minutes, then put my jumper on it.
That worked like a charm.

If I didn't have the charger with the Manual setting, "would have up sh!t creek"

*never leave a charger with Manual setting unattended, it won't have float or anything like that
 
Stuff that just plain works ...

Johari West shirts.

Extremely well made "Hawaiian" (camp) type shirts. Sturdy material, strongly sewn, oversized buttons (and sewing that doesn't let go of those buttons). Have many of them. Not one has ever failed. And the pricing is affordable, particularly as compared to a great number of the typical Hawaiian shirt makers.

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May have mentioned these years ago,
the DIABLO 9" General Purpose Carbide blades are fantastico

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Hot Shot Wasp & Hornet spray

Excellent stuff. Instantly effective. A tight, long stream of foaming "fog" that blasts the nest from ~5-10ft away. (The can says up to 27ft, but I'm not that brave.) Easy to direct the spray on any strays that seem to be escaping the deluge. 17oz can, so it lasts for a dozen or so heavy applications.

10/10.


EDIT to add: Have since zapped another couple of wasp nests. Instantly "deader 'n' a door nail", as the saying goes. And not a single one got away from the stream (to get me in retaliation) ... always a bonus. But that's a key feature of this stuff, it looks like. Every single one of 'em, every single time. Performance I can rely on. Gotta love that. Time to pick up another can or two of the stuff, as I'm down to my last one now. Can't be having that, as the suckers are still out there and active.
 
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Panasonic ARC5 ES-LV95 or ES-LV97 electric shaver.

I'm on my second one. Modern electric shavers do take a bit of a beating, and they do require occasional replacement of the blade+foil set. In my case, it's amounted to between $1.50 and $2 per week to get a very close shave. The model I got comes with a cleaning "station" that cleans and sanitizes the blades/foil/head and recharges the thing.

The replacement blade+foil set can be found for about $50 per, occasionally less. Not inexpensive, but these generally last for a year or more; longer, if not doing a daily shave.

Doesn't approximate a stellar (old-fashioned) straight-razor shave, but it's about the best I've ever experienced with electric razors.

Have previously had a decent Braun unit, but this one bests it by a long way.

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Few days ago had a need for a rather small pair of groove pliers.

I don't need the best tools,, but in this case went for it since they were mentioned several times in this thread.

5" Knipex
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@orbital -- Have you used the pliers yet? Any thoughts?

That particular five-incher ought to be compact enough to get into some tight spaces.

Pliers are pliers, mostly, but I think you'll enjoy how well the Knipex work. Have a couple of them.
 
pnwoutdoors said:
@orbital -- Have you used the pliers yet? Any thoughts?

That particular five-incher ought to be compact enough to get into some tight spaces.

Pliers are pliers, mostly, but I think you'll enjoy how well the Knipex work. Have a couple of them.
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The day I really needed them, or would have been very helpful, found a workaround.
It was pulling a small electrical connection in a very tight spot, just couldn't grab it.
.a needle nose just didn't work and obviously Channellock were waay too big.

Looking at tools as a good investment, you have them when you need them,, that's just how I see things.

The 5" Knipex are very small, super handy down the road.
btw: interesting metal used, light but undoubtedly tough for its size.
 
Livin' the dream ... :clap:

If you've ever been less than comfortable or getting pinched, having it ride up ... here's a winner.

Gildan #G9592PL-BL-SM men's boxer brief underwear -- 95% cotton + 5% spandex, long-leg.

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Men's Cotton Stretch Long Leg Boxer Brief

The Official Gildan Site
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Laundry equipment for the home -- A handful of years ago, I picked up a washer/dryer pair for the home. I suspect these will outlast me.


Pretty good stuff. Straightforward design, strongly built, none of the electronic/gizmo fru-fru that many appliances have these days. Simple and works well.

At the time, I had been looking around for a pair of Maytag residential commercial-grade units, but have been extremely satisfied with the GE pair above.
 
Stuff that just works -- Big John toilet seats.

Have had one for several years, now. Exceptional. Certainly larger than normal. But it's strongly made, and well-designed. The seat itself is supported on the lip of the toilet with a wide section along ~75% of the seat, instead of a couple of those cheap-o plastic nubs most all off-the-shelf seats have. It's got heavy-grade stainless steel hardware. It doesn't flex. Available for both elongated and round bowl shapes. Is larger than the typical slim-line type seats, so (visually) it might not initially appeal to everyone.

Isn't inexpensive. Is about ~3-4x+ the cost of a typical hardware store type seat. But it might well be the last you ever need to buy.

5/5. Highly recommended.

Heavy Duty Raised Toilet Seat, Wide, Extra Large, Oversize, Ada & Handicap Toilet Seat

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pnwoutdoors said:
Stuff that just works -- Big John toilet seats.

Have had one for several years, now. Exceptional. Certainly larger than normal. But it's strongly made, and well-designed. The seat itself is supported on the lip of the toilet with a wide section along ~75% of the seat, instead of a couple of those cheap-o plastic nubs most all off-the-shelf seats have. It's got heavy-grade stainless steel hardware. It doesn't flex. Available for both elongated and round bowl shapes. Is larger than the typical slim-line type seats, so (visually) it might not initially appeal to everyone.

Isn't inexpensive. Is about ~3-4x+ the cost of a typical hardware store type seat. But it might well be the last you ever need to buy.

5/5. Highly recommended.

Heavy Duty Raised Toilet Seat, Wide, Extra Large, Oversize, Ada & Handicap Toilet Seat

Buy the high quality heavy duty raised toilet seat, oversize toilet seat, ADA toilet seat, handicap toilet seat, wide and extra large toilet seat and more Big John products with us at affordable cost.
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At a big formal offsite meeting with folks from all over the world, our GM got a bit tipsy before his manager's meeting address. He graced us with a classic, as follows: "Man, have you all noticed how small the toilet seats in this hotel are?! They are tiny! There's no way Jack (our VP) could fit on one of those!" We all howled with laughter; even Jack; who was a big ole Santa Clause of a man.
 
JimIslander said:
At a big formal offsite meeting with folks from all over the world, our GM got a bit tipsy before his manager's meeting address. He graced us with a classic, as follows: "Man, have you all noticed how small the toilet seats in this hotel are?! They are tiny! There's no way Jack (our VP) could fit on one of those!" We all howled with laughter; even Jack; who was a big ole Santa Clause of a man.
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Funny story, that.

Well, it's not so much that they're monster-sized seats. It's a great product because it's a tad broader across the seating surface, instead of those spindly "arms" that come forward from the hardware. It's great because of the nearly-full support structure underneath the seat that make it oh-so-sable and flex-free. It's due to the over-sized and strong stainless hardware that keeps it aligned, instead of torqueing and breaking like many seats' plastic attachment bits allow.

That said, probably even a Santa-sized unit could plop right down and feel comfortable. Certainly isn't one of the pinched, back-alley, typical motel-type jobs that your company's GM was speaking of.

Big John does it right. Even Big Jack would likely agree. I know that mid-sized-pnwoutdoors likes 'em a lot.
 
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