Welcome to the porch Eric!

On Jul 8, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Eric Seidlitz wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I just found and joined this list last week, and I thought since I  
> plan to be around a while, I ought to introduce myself.
>

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> The only downside to being a galoot, that I can see, is the  
> addiction I now have to eBay. I suppose that once I round out my  
> basic starter set of hand tools, I'll calm down. But I'm spending  
> way too much time right now looking online for stuff that I *could*  
> buy cheaper at a store, but don't because I want the (usually)  
> better-quality old stuff.

Get thee immediately to a national or regional MWTCA meet.  Piles and  
Piles of user tools at extremely reasonable prices.  Check the  
archives for messages with MWTCA in the subject and be prepared for  
tool overload.

I don't think I saw exactly where you are located.  I'm sure some  
local galoots can point you to sources of tools.

--Scott

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Scott Stager
Columbia Missouri

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