A Harbor Freight Buying Guide (Humor)

You can google the scripts. It's in there several ways, including, "Hi You, Silver!!" "Hi ho, Silver!!' and Hi yo, Silver!!"

It's quite possible that the original phrase came from the word hie, since they were written in the 30's and that word was probably more common. "Hie You, Silver!!" makes perfect sense, grammatically, but not necessarily theatrically or written to be read by radio actors.

Some years ago I bought a couple of their orange-accented mini-bar clamps, the Quick-Grip knockoffs. They were just too cheap to resist and they were a little longer than the Irwin ones I had. The handle broke on the first one within one minute of removing it from the package, during my very first attempt to clamp it onto something. I claim no extraordinary "grip" strength, and certainly squeezed it no harder than any of the hundreds of times I have used the Irwins.

I decided to remember to be gentle with the second, reserving it for light tasks. It broke on the very first light task. The pretty orange plastic cracked in half, just like the first clamp.

I know what you mean. I almost fell in love with a gal on the first date because she used the word "loon" in a sentence.

My enthusiasm was somewhat tempered because the sentence in which the word presented itself was a self-description.

Which has a certain panache compared to "Horse feet, make tracks!"

I thought it was either a bird, or a Canadian one dollar coin. :-)

I feel pretty much the same as everyone else about HF. Go in there with your eyes open and you'll do OK. Be cautious, though, with regard to the multi-meter. I work at a large government lab and we had a safety alert a couple of years ago with serious problems with the multi-meter HF was selling. I actuall have one myself. Can't bear to throw it out but I'll only use it for low voltage applications.

Bill

I see HF has AA batteries on sale w/coupon 24 for $4.99. I've had better luck with those than the equivalent from Frys Electronics (which were too weak to power my CD player).

Bill, are you saying that you're afraid to check a 15kV line with a $3 HF multimeter? Hmm, you may have a point there.

-- Silence is more musical than any song. -- Christina Rossetti

FWIW, Wally World will sell you a set of four NiMH AAs and a charger for

My CD player takes 8 AAs. : ) Point well-taken though!

Bill wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news4.newsguy.com:

For about a year of listening to CDs, you could get a "shop" or "jobsite" boombox that uses the same batteries as your cordless drill. Some will even charge the batteries if hooked up to wall power. (Makita, why doesn't yours?)

Puckdropper

This CD/AM/FM player is actually designed to be used in the shower, so I'm going to stick with the batteries. I'd estimate that the batteries last for about 20 hours of CD play (which I think is quite acceptable). I'm most-probably behind the times--I'd expect that an mp3 player would provide more performance for the same number of batteries.

Do you really use it in the shower? I cannot imagine going 6 to 8 minutes without music!

T M I !

-- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold

To be honest, I bought it during a period when I had to spend time in the shower for medicinal purposes. At the time it was, perhaps, my favorite appliance in the house. These days, it only sees occasional use... My dancing has probably suffered... : )

I bought 100 packs of AAs and AAAs from Lowes for $20 (each). I *hate* AAAs.

SWMBO and I spent a lot more than 6 to 8 minutes in the shower and Barry White sings much better than I do.