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The most commonly lost tool
August 21, 2024, 10:01 AM
GustoferThe most commonly lost tool
It would seem that it is universally believed to be the 10mm socket, and as evidence of that, something comical happened recently.
I finally got around to replacing the stock radio in my Mustang with an aftermarket bluetooth model. Upon removing the behemoth from the dash, I looked in and saw this on the shelf it sat on:
Yep, that's a 10mm deep socket laying there. Somewhere, there's a guy who's been walking around his shop for the past 50 years, scratching his head going, "Dammit! Where did I put that socket?"
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August 21, 2024, 10:07 AM
P250UA5My first thought when seeing the title was '10mm socket'
Found a mini vise-grip & a tiny wrench in my Midget.
The wrench was the scary one, as it was on one of the bleeders for the front caliper & I'd probably driven it 10 miles that way before I found it.
The Enemy's gate is down. August 21, 2024, 10:17 AM
cslingerBwahahahaha I literally read the title and said 10mm socket.
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Chris
August 21, 2024, 10:31 AM
Sig2340My most lost tool is my mind.
Followed closely by 10mm sockets.
Nice is overrated
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Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
August 21, 2024, 10:50 AM
GeorgeairWhat year Mustang? Having a 10mm in there if old suggests something else I think. Not sure what, but something?
Like that's where mine bounced to?
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August 21, 2024, 10:56 AM
PHPaulThe one I had in my hand 2 minutes ago, dammit!
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
August 21, 2024, 10:56 AM
GustoferIt's a '68, so I suspect it was dropped at some point and just ended up there to sit for who knows how long. I don't believe that there were any original metric bolts back then, but could be wrong on that. It's an original old Craftsman, though, so I suspect it's been in there awhile.
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August 21, 2024, 10:56 AM
92fstechquote:
Originally posted by cslinger:
Bwahahahaha I literally read the title and said 10mm socket.
Same here!
I think some companies actually started selling bulk packs of 10mm sockets just to address this problem!
August 21, 2024, 10:57 AM
sigcrazy7I spent twelve years as a distance runner and a trucker. I ran everywhere, from roads in Indiana, to all over California. While running, I’d stop and pick up any tools I found on the road. I ended up with a dish of odds and ends, and most of those are 10mm sockets. You loose it in your car, and it falls out on the road when you hit a bump.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus August 21, 2024, 10:58 AM
egregoreIn my former work, I unfortunately left some tools in cars. One - a 10mm socket - had me quite apprehensive, since I had earlier used it working on an engine where I had the intake ports open. (It was OK - it didn't fall down in one - but I still never found it.) Conversely, I have also acquired tools that somebody else left in a car, such as the flashlight that now sits on my nightstand.
August 21, 2024, 11:04 AM
wxdaveHarbor Freight makes a 10mm set for this very reason. 1/4, 3/8, deep and shallow. I have one in my box and it comes in handy!
10mm Metric Essential Socket Set
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August 21, 2024, 11:12 AM
Anush10mm Combo wrench + 10mm & 13mm Sockets by my stepson when he raced motocross. I would buy several at a time.
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August 21, 2024, 11:14 AM
Georgeairquote:
One - a 10mm socket - had me quite apprehensive, since I had earlier used it working on an engine where I had the intake ports open. (It was OK - it didn't fall down in one - but I still never found it.)
There were two ways to verify that. Which did you choose?
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
August 21, 2024, 11:21 AM
BOATTRASH1My first thought. 10mm socket. My neighbor owns an auto shop. I bought him a Belden 10 mm master set as a gag gift. He loved it. He keeps it locked up so nobody else grabs it. There is one tool in there that he said is the only one that works in some situation he runs into. I also bought 3 more of those sets. Gave 1 each to the techs that work on the boat I run and kept 1 for myself.
August 21, 2024, 11:29 AM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by BOATTRASH1:
Belden 10 mm master set
"Belden?" Or Brazen?
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים August 21, 2024, 11:33 AM
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Oops. My bad.
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August 21, 2024, 11:41 AM
RogueJSKquote:
Originally posted by xd45man:
Nobody thought Joe Biden?
No, because the rest of us are all well aware of the forum owner's long-running and oft-repeated policy towards those who interject political commentary into nonpolitical threads.
For a refresher, see
https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...935/m/2250066464/p/1 :
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Originally posted by parabellum:
This forum has a policy which is more than a decade old, of requiring members to refrain from interjecting poltical commentary into apolitical threads. This policy came about because some members felt the need to turn each and every thread political, which is an annoying and idiotic thing to do. This behavior is unwelcome, to say the least.
In some forums, political discussion of any kind is prohibited, but we allow such discussions here and I am glad to do so. No one familiar with this forum can deny that such discussions here are extensive and many of these discussions offer in-depth political analysis, thanks to certain dedicated members. You can find link after link to relevant political articles which are on the web. You can gain insight from others here- insight not available on most major news networks because of the obscene bias of these networks, It would be possible, as a matter of fact, to rely solely on this forum for staying informed on the important events in American and global politics. That's a fact. Anyone who browses the Lounge daily knows this is true, as silly as it may sound to someone unfamiliar with this place.
Given this, we ask one thing of members- do not post political commentary in threads which have nothing to do with politics- no political commentary- absolutely none. Zero- not even casual jokes. Not the first word about politics or politicians should appear in apolitical threads.
It is astonishing to me- with this policy being in place for years and years, and with it being strictly enforced- that we have members who have been here for many, many years and who have thousands upon thousands of posts- violate this policy so blatanty and so casually.
No one who is reading a thread which deals with firearms or cars or the million other subjects outside of politics is reading it with anticipation and desire of the thread suddenly turning into the pervasive subject of politics.
This must stop. No one wants to hear your lame, unoriginal, boring, unfunny jokes or your angry, railing speeches about politics in threads which have nothing to do with politics, least of all, me. Those of you who violate this policy have to find a way to keep it in your mind that this annoying behavior is entirely unwelcome and to comprehend that it will be addressed harshly each and every time you shoehorn that shit into a thread. Stop it. I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. Stop it. If this behavior persists, I'll start handing out suspensions. Maybe that will help those of you who should damn well know better, to stop this silly, pointless, unwelcome crap.
August 21, 2024, 11:51 AM
YooperSigsI cant find my glasses...
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August 21, 2024, 11:58 AM
ChowserGift idea:
Not minority enough! August 21, 2024, 12:14 PM
Skins2881quote:
Gift idea:
I went to grab a 10mm from unlocked tool chest at work. Tried 3 socket sets 5/6 sockets were missing, and 1/2 ratcheting wrenches was.
Sent pics to some friends and we all got a good laugh.
Jesse
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