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People actually buy this!? 
Can I interest you in a wrench? For you only €1000,- because we're friends 
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Sander Rossel wrote: People actually buy this!?
I have no idea but I do know that professional mechanics will have toolkits worth many tens of thousands of dollars - it is their livelihood, after all and a really good mechanic can probably earn as much as a pretty good developer.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: a really good mechanic can probably earn as much as a pretty good developer
Maybe, but as developers we don't need a second mortgage on our tools 
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I have no idea what it cost him >35 years ago; but my Dad's got a similarly massive toolcart full of Snapon tools from when he worked as a mechanic.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Still many tens of thousands of dollars I would say.
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My dad retired from his 40+ year auto mechanic career 10 years ago, and his toolbox--empty--was worth over $20K. It looked similar to the one at the link, but also had a separate unit sitting on top of it, and an extension on the side.
He figured with the actual tools he accumulated over the years, the whole kit was probably worth around $70K.
Since nobody wants to spend that sort of money in one go, after a few years in the garage at home, and a few months on Ebay, he let the whole thing go for $14K.
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I'm surprised tools are that expensive and even more surprised people buy those things.
Then again, I can hardly tell which end of a hammer to hold
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Well, the toolbox was a SnapOn, and my dad used to be a big supporter of the company, until one day he realized that in some cases he was paying 10x the amount of a cheaper tool that had the same lifetime warranty. I don't think he bought anything from SnapOn in the last 20+ years of his career, except for the toolbox itself.
Still--when buying mechanic's tools, nothing's cheap. I remind him of that whenever he sees me buy new hardware that may or may not be related to my job.
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You may move into the cabinet and left the apartment to the wife?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Follow your dreams! Who knows what the future will bring!
Sudden Sun Death Syndrome (SSDS) is a very real concern which we should be raising awareness of. 156 billion suns die every year before they're just 1 billion years old.
While the military are doing their part, it simply isn't enough to make the amount of nukes needed to save those poor stars. - TWI2T3D (Reddit)
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David O'Neil wrote: Who knows what the future will bring!
In this case it sounds like a divorce (minimally) or more likely, intense bodily harm. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That's just details!
Sudden Sun Death Syndrome (SSDS) is a very real concern which we should be raising awareness of. 156 billion suns die every year before they're just 1 billion years old.
While the military are doing their part, it simply isn't enough to make the amount of nukes needed to save those poor stars. - TWI2T3D (Reddit)
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Haha - in reality she's pretty cool with my "addiction" especially as when I retire my hobby will be restoring vintage sports cars. More dreams...
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: in reality she's pretty cool with my "addiction"
You are a lucky man.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Are blood donors efforts always in vein?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Been out getting drunk in caerphillary again, have you?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There's a Type O in your post.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Don't be sO negative.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Most of them are bleeding useless.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Tourniquet your thoughts to better things.
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Bloody good pun 
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I thought they were always out of vein. That is, if the phlebotomist does it right.
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Why do you keep needling us?
Software Zen: delete this;
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When I red that I thought it to B rather sanguine concept.
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Go on with the series...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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