Well, I am slipping, but known that for awhile. My wife gets medical treatment every week and have gotten to know the nurses there. During our talks, during treatment, they have come to know I work on cars. It turns out the nurse's son is starting work at a big Case-IH dealership. The problem is, the parents are not mechanically minded. No tools at home, other than what the boy, just out of high school has scrounged. The nurse, mom went to Sears and bought him a starter set of Craftsman, and was asking what I thought he would be needing. That's like, how high is the mountain? Told her in short that he would soon be told what to bring, what kind of tools. Not for her to overspend right away. Wrote out some notes for the son, about not going into debt to the tool guy right away. Then added that bargains can be had on ebay, craigslist, the classifieds etc. Not to overlook rummage sales and pawn shops. Then got to thinking what he might need right away that may not be in the (set) he received. So I boxed up a 12in. Crescent style wrench, some end wrenches, from 3/4 down, and metric wrenches, 10-13-15. A good Philips screwdriver and a couple of heavy straight blade screwdrivers. Just gave it to her outright. I'll add that he will work there six months then go to tech school for a few months, so am hoping they will start him out with as an assistant, doing stuff like assembling new farm machinery. It still arrives broken down at the dealership. Haven't met the son, am impressed by the mother, hope I didn't throw the stuff away.
