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Kent bought this model steam engine at an estate sale.
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I'm supposed to find out the maker. I have searched to no avail.
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Kent needed one of these rolls of plastic sheeting cut in two. Gregg tried a sawzall.
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Jim tried his chainsaw but it wouldn't start.
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Bill achieved tiring success with a bow saw.
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I hit a yard sale on Saturday and bought all of these tools for $20.00.
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A tap and die set.
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Greenlee and other brands of chassis, conduit or knockout punches.
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A Stanley dowel jig, a Vise Grip chain wrench, parallel jaw pliers and a corner chisel.
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The dowel jig was missing the drill bushings, but I have or can make those.
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Some of the sockets and the socket wrench. All were made in the U.S.A. and most are SK brand.
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That afternoon I took the boys to Sunset Park to walk around the swamp. We passed some juvenile nutria.
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Cute, but sort of a cross between a rat and a beaver.
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Scampering.
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I told Henry they wouldn't make good pets.
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As we walked through the field of lupine the sound was as if we were in a gigantic bowl of Rice Crispies and milk, as the pods exploded in the sun and scattered the seeds.
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You can see how the empty pods, relieved of stress, curl around each other.