On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:20:39 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
DaveM wrote:
You're absolutely right, though, in that B&D is no longer the
manufacturer they once were, but for that matter, neither is Skil.
Hang onto your old tools... they don't make 'em like they used to.

But ISTR that first drill costing a week's wages. You can buy one for less
than an hour's now.

You're right.

10 or 20 years ago, I heard that the most sold power tool in the US
was a sabre saw. Why not a drill? Because everyone had a drill.