"Leon" wrote in message
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"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
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"Larry Jaques" wrote

I drape my cords over my shoulder, sometimes wrapping them around my
arm, so they never get munched. It's embarassing to saw through your
cord and blow a client's circuits, not to mention a real hassle in the
interim, until you get the cord repaired and then replaced.


Remember the old Black and Decker cords? They plugged into all their
tools and came in different lengths, If you damaged one of them, you
just unplugged it and plugged in another cord. Then repair the old one.
And the could be used as extension cords too.

That was back in the day when black and decker actually made good tools.


I was getting B&D back in the 60's, when the detachable cords came out I
saw "that" as beginning of the decline... ;~(
Oh yeah, they definitely went through a decline.

But back in the day, when I was young and poor, they did good work for me.
I used to go to the factory service center and buy the reconditioned tools.
Big bang for the buck. I still have one or two of those tools in my garage,
almost 40 years later.

I used to build a lot of rustic furniture. I needed to drill lots of holes
and sand those planks down. I was buying drills and sanders for $10 - $25.
And they would last for a couple years or so.