Whatcha got on order ?

In my op of this thread I mentioned my order of a two pack of perma pic reuseable pocket toothpicks, well I just ordered an assorted 10 pack.
I could use a new one, but I also know a few people who saw mine and wanted one.
 
22-rimfire said:
Hickory n steel Hickory n steel You order a lot of stuff. Don't they have stores where you live?
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In my small dinky rural town we've got a hardware a grocery store and a dollar general.
There are other larger towns around me with walmarts...ect but there's a lot of stuff I can only get if I order it , especially if I something specific.
 
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Do you use wire strippers? I'm always worried that I'll just cut the wire off. Maybe I need to practice to get a better feel for them. I haven't bought any hand tools in a good while except for some allen wrenches.

I am waiting on delivery of the 2019 Traditional Forum knife and some photography accessories. Not concerned about getting this stuff before Christmas, but all are supposed to arrive before.
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The best strippers have a compound action that hold the insulated bit while removing the insulation from the end of the wire. I got these at flea markets. The large one does 8 - 22 gauge. The small one does 16 - 26 gauge.
 
Got my Maxpedition micro and my pocket notebooks on the same day.
I've gotta say the little notebooks are smaller than I expected and I'm actually impressed.

And the Maxpedition micro holds everything for my left front pocket plus my keys without being too bulky at all.


Sure now I have to pull this thing out and open it up for some of the things, but they made it so easy to draw out that I think I can get used to it.
 
Looks like a good combination. I was in Office Depot to pick up my preferred 2020 Appointment book that I use to keep track of many things jobwise.... from mileage, brief notes on a job, miscl costs I might forget about (business stuff), what jobs I do on what day, hotel reservations... bit of everything. I told my helper once that if he wanted to hurt me, just steal the appointment book. :D He would never do that but it illustrated just how important it is in my business documentation.

These appointment books are getting really expensive, but unfortunately I would pay twice the price as I have each year's saved as part of the business documentation.... like 15 of them now (all the same size).

But the reason I mentioned this at all is that I saw these three packs of little notebooks with lined paper for $10. I bought a pack as I can use them as a shirt pocket item. I got some black magic markers as I use them a lot for labeling things that ultimately I photograph as part of job documentation.
 
I have this little pocket spray bottle of glass cleaner I use for my phone screen and sunglasses, but normally keep it in my bag because I lost the cap and it's kind of bulkier than I'd carry in my pocket and I decided I wanted something smaller.
I went on eBay and found a 3 pack of 5ml 10ml and 15ml plastic spray bottles for $6, and a 5 pack of little 2ml plastic spray bottles for $5.
I didn't know what size I'd like, and I know multiple people who could use one for their glasses so it's all good.
 
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My "inheritance" came through finally today. I'm visiting family in Texas currently, but when I get back to the CHI I'm going to have my lgs find a good deal on a Dan Wesson model 715 .357 pistol pack.

Other than that, nothing on order yet. Got $100 to the 'zon, no idea what to buy.

Thursday or Friday I'll be driving to San Antonio with my grandma to visit friends, and will be going on a tour of the SAS shoe factory, and I have a $250 gc there so I'll be getting some new shoes. Size 14 wide!
 
Got the 3 pack of mini spray bottles in, here's the 5ml next to a standard expo marker.

I don't have one to compare it to but it's about the size of a chapstick.

They arrived surprisingly fast ( apparently Amazon also sells through eBay because it was an Amazon package )
 
Ordered a number of things recently including a boot dryer.

Just got these cool machined brass keychain capsules in.
The price was great, they're pretty well machined, and they even came with extra O-rings which I didn't expect.


I also received some GI cattlehide gloves as well as a couple of new US ARMY surplus jackets I ordered my dad from Sportsman's guide, a PT jacket as well as a hoodie. He's proud of his service and likes to show it.
A long time ago my dad gave me the last pair he had been issued and they're finally wearing out so I decided to replace them.
 
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I ordered and received a Robert's carpet puller. Never knew about them. Probably will come in handy removing difficult carpet. Got it a Home Depot and shipped to the local store for pickup. One day shipping. Very fast service. This is probably about the 5th purchase I made though their online site and shipped free to the local store. Very pleased with the service.
 
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I ordered and received a Robert's carpet puller. Never knew about them. Probably will come in handy removing difficult carpet. Got it a Home Depot and shipped to the local store for pickup. One day shipping. Very fast service. This is probably about the 5th purchase I made though their online site and shipped free to the local store. Very pleased with the service.
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Cool tool there, seems very simple yet effective.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Cool tool there, seems very simple yet effective.
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I hope it works well. I got two of them for my crew. Next item on the agenda is a carpet winch for yanking glued down carpet. (Waiting on approval on a particular job before I spend the $.) I will probably buy the winch and make the set up myself. This again is something I didn't know existed and I have spent an entire day with a scraper trying to get heavily glued down carpet up in a single room.

I figure two jobs and I have paid for it in time savings. Plus I have winch I can use for other stuff. :D
 
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I ordered a competition trigger group for my Beretta PX4. Probably gonna gonna get a sight pusher and Tru-glo TFX sights.
 
Ordered a metal guide rod assembly and a comp cam block for the Px4. Trigger kit will be here Tuesday.

So Tru-glo doesn't make a set of TFX/TFO sights for the Px4. Not sure if I'm gonna bother with new sights.

For now, the Dan Wesson model 715 is off the table.
 
Been ordering photography/camera accessories over the last few weeks. This is all stuff that is under $100 in general. I got a replacement quick release assembly today and have another plate on order. The original one broke and it never really had good fit. (That's probably why it broke.) I find these quick release plates very useful and like to have one for each camera I might use on a given outing.
 
Installed the new trigger group today, wow what a difference it makes! Very impressed, this should be standard on the Px4. Reduces the slack and pull weight.
 
I was watching my daily Adam 12 reruns on meTV when I saw an add for T shirts on their website.
I went on there and while I didn't find a Rockford files T shirt for myself like I had hoped, I did find a MASH t-shirt for my dad's birthday next month.
That's just about his favorite show, and i just know he's gonna love it.
 
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