Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What power drill should I buy?
From: Jeffery Smith <jsmith@dcc.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:54:16 -0500
References: <MNELJONCHOKNFLMBFJCCAENACAAA.kitmc@acmefoto.com> <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA25801371007@asc02.asc.upenn.edu> <MNELJONCHOKNFLMBFJCCAENACAAA.kitmc@acmefoto.com>

And they sell them at Sams!

At 04:10 PM 4/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>i got one of them Makitas because all the contractors who came into
>my house tracking mud all over and generally wrecking stuff had these
>Makitas so i reckon they must be the real mccoy.  more importantly, the
>battery pack slaps into the handle like a 7-round magazine into a 1911.
>
>-rei
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Kyle
> > Cassidy
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:53 AM
> > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> > Subject: [Leica] What power drill should I buy?
> >
> >
> > So I'm in Home Depot yesterday, I need a drill because I need to drill six
> > pilot holes to put hardware on my kitchen cabinets. And I pick up this $24
> > corded Royce drill and this guy next to me, covered in drywall dust with
> > kneepads and goggles around his face, hair sticking out from his yellow 
> hard
> > hat looks over and says "Buying a drill for your wife?" I immediately
> > dropped it like it was a spider and grabbed a 36 volt Hilti TE 6-A Rotary
> > Hammer drill with a $1,059 sticker price, gave him a "what the hell are you
> > talking about kemosabe?" look and edged sideways out of the tool corral
> > shouting "hey, I'm building a four room extension. Last weekend I built a
> > freakin sixty foot SAILBOAT out of TEAK."
> >
> > So I drilled my six pilot holes. Thinking I might drill something else in
> > again in a couple of years if the mood strikes me.
> >
> > I think this is EXACTLY how I ended up with my leica....
> >
> > Speaking of which, I posted some new pix, mostly girls:
> >
> > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2003/16/index.html
>
>--
>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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In reply to: Message from "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com> (RE: [Leica] What power drill should I buy?)
Message from Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> ([Leica] What power drill should I buy?)
Message from "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com> (RE: [Leica] What power drill should I buy?)