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   forestgirl | Jul 04, 2003 12:40am | #1

   So the shoe finally dropped, did it?  Glad they at least finally made it official.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   ToolDoc | Jul 04, 2003 02:05am | #2

   Jamie: Yup, its funny how soooo much is happening in the "Tool World" these days that even IM lost at times just too much to remember cause these companys change hands all the time anymore, who owns what & who makes what for who..ohh how I long for the Good Old Days when Tools were Tools & you knew who made it & would stand behind it.. They were the Grand times in Tools,you could be proud to say you owned a "Craftsman Power Tool" or a Black & Decker Drill or any of there portable power tools,Dewalt was a Radial arm saw,

   Delta was a trusted name in stationary power tools,Miller Falls & Stanley were the Icons of the hand & power tools line.. Milwaukee & porter Cable were the main staple of any contractors stable of power tools. Ha yes we have more tool companys now but did we really gain anything??Hmm I really don't think we did, but know what IM not giving up any of my older tools cause I can always look at them & have that twinkle in my eyes as I remember "The Good Old Days"

             Yup you can just call me a silly old man...      ToolDoc

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   forestgirl | Jul 04, 2003 06:53am | #3

   You are a silly old man.  (I aim to please)forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   ToolDoc | Jul 04, 2003 02:35pm | #4

   Dear First Lady of the Forest: I see you took a Double Dose of your "Naughty" pills again !!!

   Hey Happy 4th of July.......Don't quaff too many Root beers & Hot Dogs, cause you got to keep that cute girlish figure in line ..LOL

                                           ToolDoc

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   forestgirl | Jul 04, 2003 05:27pm | #5

   Root beer and hot dogs???!!??  We have salmon over here dude!  Later on I'll start a thread for small-town 4ths and post some pictures.  We have a great time on the Island, population 18,000.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   ToolDoc | Jul 04, 2003 06:23pm | #6

   Jamie: NO Hot Dogs?? What are you guys Un-American or what?? LOL....

   althou salmon on the grill is mighty tasty..yummy.. Later today & tommorow its going to be Picnic time,get together with Family & friends do some grilling & eat plenty of Picnic foods.Baked Beans,Potato salad,Pasta salad,Macaroni Salad & burgers & dogs mmmmm.& of course wash em down with Ice Cold yuengling Lager...

                                     ToolDoc

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   ToolDoc | Jul 06, 2003 05:10pm | #11

   Ok Jamie where is your thread you promised to post on small town 4th July stuff I see NO post & No Pictures HMMMM Your A Naughty Gal saying your going to post& then you DON'T.. LOL.......

      PS>> Please Don't yell too loud I still have sort of a headache from the Picnics..

                                  ToolDoc

   Edited 7/6/2003 10:13:54 AM ET by TOOLDOC

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   forestgirl | Jul 06, 2003 07:02pm | #12

   Welllll, I had a hangover too, but not from the picnics -- from spending 36 hours with a high-powered 6-year-old boy.  Wow!!!!  Am going out for breakfast and a spot of shopping, then will come home and post the pics.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   ToolDoc | Jul 06, 2003 10:44pm | #13

   Jamie: Bet you were glad when the little tyke went home Huh!! & what ever would make you think that I have a hangover,ha,just kinda sorta a heat related induced,plus lots of noise from exploding aerial rockets  & the high pitched squeals & yells from the DJ is all that might have caused it..

                                ToolDoc

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   forestgirl | Jul 07, 2003 06:00am | #14

   Yep, I understand the heat-induced part for sure!  It was pretty hot here (for Western WA, anyway).  Here's the link to the Cafe post I just did:

   http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-knots&msg=12931.1

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   Edited 7/6/2003 11:01:22 PM ET by forestgirl

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   ToolDoc | Jul 07, 2003 04:41pm | #15

   Dear First Lady of the Forest: Well its about time you got this posted,what were you on a marathon shopping trip there or what?? LOL....

                        ToolDoc

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   forestgirl | Jul 07, 2003 07:46pm | #16

   It's a big secret, but you'll know next weekend!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   ToolDoc | Jul 07, 2003 08:20pm | #17

   Jamie: Secret huh.. I don't know if I can wait til next weekend,the supense is killin me..<G>..

                                          ToolDoc

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   scattergun | Jul 06, 2003 07:13am | #7

   Didn't Ridgid make many of the Craftsman tools? I'd heard that basically Sears said one day "By the way, you're on your own." So they performed the ad blitz we all saw at Home Depot, etc.

   Next, M Wards will rise from the dead and buy Sears and Ridgid and sell them to someone they don't like. ;)

   Butch

   Lumber Reduction Center

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   ToolDoc | Jul 06, 2003 09:34am | #8

   Butch: Your correct in that Emerson Electric- parent company of Ridgid did mfg power tools for sears/Craftsman for a good many years until they & Sears had a parting of ways.. Mongomery Wards coming back to Haunt Sears..HMMM I Don't think were going to get to see that Horror show..LOL....

                                ToolDoc

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   WorkshopJon | Jul 06, 2003 01:09pm | #9

   Tool,

   I see there is a bit of a tool thread startin' here so FWIW, Milwaukee Tools for the most part, are still made in Milwaukee (actually about two blocks over the city line but close enough) While they do mfr. and out-source stuff, they are still pretty much what they have always been. (Actually better IMO)

   FWIW, I am slightly biased as they are a client of ours (we do some of their prototyping and tooling mfr.) but compared to so many of the other power tool mfr's out there, they are doing there best to stay the course in our rapidly changing environment.

   Jon

   
   

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   Edited 7/6/2003 6:10:44 AM ET by WorkshopJon

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   ToolDoc | Jul 06, 2003 05:04pm | #10

   IM Sorry to have to Break this to you BUT Milwaukee has started moving some of there mfg to Mexico.. IM not sure if thats Bad or Good for the consumer,But its bad for the citizens of the USA that work for Milwaukee.. Dewalt has also moved some of there mfg to Mexico also,as far as Dewally goes I could care less if they moved there mfg & service center to the Moon..cause there sales & service sucks..

                                           ToolDoc