{"id":2951,"date":"2005-06-24T13:48:37","date_gmt":"2005-06-24T18:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2005\/06\/24\/tool-meme\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:47:25","slug":"tool-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2005\/06\/24\/tool-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the pleasant surprises last weekend is that my parents and my brother and his wife lavished me with early birthday presents while I was in Fort Stockton. The Big Day is actually next week (the 28th, in case you’re computing shipping time for that new Crossfire<\/a>…but I’m willing to wait as long as the 30th), but we weren’t likely to see one another before then.<\/p>\n

Among other goodies, I received a 5 1\/2″ Craftsman cordless circular saw, complete with laser guide. This little gem is bound to be a big time saver since my household jobs are usually small enough that it takes as much time to haul out the big saw, string an extension cord and then reverse the process when finished as it does to make the cuts.<\/p>\n

Anyway, all the guys were impressed while the girls made polite remarks before resuming their discussion about the latest catalog from Talbots. Now, I’m not trying to read too much into this, but it does seem to me that guys just naturally get more excited than girls about hardware and tools. I know there are exceptions — on both sides of the aisle — but, generally speaking, it’s a valid differentiator of gender.<\/p>\n

And it occurred to me that I’ve never seen a tool meme in the blogosphere. That’s a crying shame, and someone should do something about it.<\/p>\n