So Happy Hearts Day!

Tomorrow would be my mother's Birthday were she still with us. Is your's that close to hearts day? I suppose it's not so bad as Christmas, but ...

I've had multiple Leatherman tools. Some better than others, but every motorcycle for the last 30 years or so has one stashed on it to get me home if the worst thing happens...

My last GF had a Schrade Multi Tool that was like a piece of artwork. Beautiful and functional. She had actually gone down to the factory in Portland, Oregon to pick up this specific piece of art. When she opened the tool it was like a Ninja master twirling his numchucks. Quick and beautiful.

She was helping me with a refrigerator repair when we owned the coffee shop. I was on the top of our industrial grade 3 door refrigerator changing out a condenser fan motor and trying to do it in a hurry before everything in the refer spoiled. I asked her to get me a pliers and she opened her Schrade and handed it to me. I put it on whatever I was trying to hold and put the death grip to it. Plink. One of the jaws on the plier just freaking broke. Just like that, plink.

I knew if I was ever going to get laid again I needed to replace that tool. I called Schrade and they allowed that the thing was lifetime guaranteed and all I had to do was send it to them. I did. Next day air.

Two days later I got the call that they weren't going to repair the tool because of obvious abuse. I may have gotten just a tad belligerent (the prospect of lack of sex forever had already taken hold of me) and not only would they not repair they wouldn't even sell me a replacement to send.

Just by way of saying it could have been worse :)