just a short one for now.

i picked up some socket rails today from super cheap. is there a single tool in that place that is decient quality? the socket rails certainly aren't.

having said that at $5.50 total for a 1/4" and a 1/2" rail you can't expect too much, plus they will do till i find something better. (they were the only ones i could find anyway)

the 1/4" are basically squared away, though i may get another rail so i can get one clip to put the short expension on the rail as well. the 1/2" inch are partially done, all of the smaller ones are done, plus some of the odd stuff. aka most of the addaptors and plug sockets. i will need to get another 1/2" rail and cut it down to size to put the imperial (sp) sockets on. don't worry, that heathen imperiel stuff is in the bottom of the tool box, away from the proper tools :) . it is odd knowing that my socket set won't be in it's box, it has been in there since i was given it as a combined b'day and christmas present from my parents and grandparents. i kept the tag that came on the present in the box (yes for 10+ years, it means a lot to me).

i think i will like this though. now i just need to use my tools for something...

i also checked and found out the local wrecker will strip tyres off rims for $5 a piece. i think that will be the way to go in future. i am a tight ass (at times at least) but this seems worth it compared to an hour + to get one off myself.

i want to go on a tool buying binge, now all i need in the $. my list keeps getting longer, decent screwdrivers, a punch set, rachet spanners, a good quality 3 arm puller (hfi where to even find one) sand blasting cabinet, MIG, a variety of air tools, an automatic center punch etc etc.

hmmm what else can i do tonight?

well nothing else done. some more to say though.

i'm trying to cut down on my internet time as well as loosing the TV etc. it is funny how one thing can set you (well me) off in that regard. i got a pm from someone that pissed me off, consiquently i'm now trying to steer clear of all of the chat sections of the various forums i visit. i will try and keep my posts to just stuff i want or want to sell... i guess i'll know in a week if i have stuck to this. i will try and keep here as the exception as this is a good record of what i have done and thought at that precise time on any given day. plus as a site i think it has potential and i intend to see what i can do from my end to keep it going. even if it is just rambling on for lines at a time about stuff that will prob only be moderately interesting even to me in the future (if even that).

i'm still mulling over various things in my head re what to do about a daily driver. i'm too picky (and cheap) for my own good i think. plus with regards to a daily driver i want fairly instant gratification. maybe not straight away but an easy quick project... after all i can walk to and from work easily in summer, this time of the year though it is dark when i finish (not that the dark really worries me, though if i fell between the sleepers while crossing the railway bridge on the way home it could be most unpleasent) but it is so damn cold and the cold will cut through multipule layers. it is funny to write that as it was only just starting to get cold when i started writing this, not the cold has prettty much set in.