This ever happen to you?
Road Master
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From: washington dc
I do not like me those screws at all. I used to drop the left one dang near every time I removed the outer. Then I painted them bright red and bought a good quality magnetic torx driver. Still don't like em.
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From: Wenatchee, WA
............. never leave small loose shiny things lay'n around with a cat in the area. Female friend's cat loves to 'bat' things .......... went for a beer, came back ......... surprise! ....the 'pile' of screws was a lot smaller and the evidence was scattered around on the floor. .............. 2 hours later? Yeah! They're evil, evil!
I have done the same thing , dropped my seat screw it fell and lodged in the belt somehow. I liked to have never found it luckily , after a while and getting frustrated my daughter just so happen to be walking by and found it.
Here, allow me to waste some more of your valuable time and share another "minor and inconsequential" occurrence.
Years ago, I was a passenger in my friends Chevelle, driving through the tunnel between Canada and Detroit when all of a sudden we heard the familiar sound of a wrench hitting and bouncing off the pavement. With the outstanding acoustics of the tunnel, my buddy was able to determine it was a 9/16" combination wrench. There was no traffic so he backed up and retrieved it...yep a 9/16" combination wrench, lost and forgotten, long ago.
Thanks for sharing OP.
Years ago, I was a passenger in my friends Chevelle, driving through the tunnel between Canada and Detroit when all of a sudden we heard the familiar sound of a wrench hitting and bouncing off the pavement. With the outstanding acoustics of the tunnel, my buddy was able to determine it was a 9/16" combination wrench. There was no traffic so he backed up and retrieved it...yep a 9/16" combination wrench, lost and forgotten, long ago.
Thanks for sharing OP.
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Aw...that made my day...and it hasn't even started yet! LOL
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Tourer
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From: Missouri
Dern! Lookie here at all the opportunities along the way that I have squandered to share with others the times that I, myself, have left wrenches in places never intended! I did not know that these were shareable stories that folks on the Interweb would care about! I am also happy that the OP shared with us! It opens up new vistas of opportunity, which I shall now begin to take advantage of! The glee! The joy!
And that wrench - were you headed from the US to Canada, or from Canada to the US? SAE wrenches more prevalent in US. And the 9/16 combo is the most popular, so I think your brother used deductive reasoning to determine the most likely wrench, rather than the sound. Plus, he probably remembered dropping the wrench down the exhaust pipe years ago...
Road Captain
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From: SouthWestern Ontario
No, you don't get it. Guess you need to work on your reading comprehension some. My response was addressed to Veekness ( post#6) and meant as light hearted humor. Thanks for participating.
