A Maverick and a 10mm Socket

[Motorjunkie]

So I was working on my truck and I needed a mythical 10mm socket to loosen a nut. To my surprise, when I checked my toolbox, I was instantly able to find it.

Feeling really good about my life at this point, I was going to share a joke about it being my lucky day or needing to buy a lottery ticket.

That is when karma struck. I dropped the socket deep into the recesses of my engine bay, where no one since my truck was built has laid their eyes or hands and where no one will likely ever do so again.

After 30 minutes of scrounging around my toolbox and house for implements that might be useful in the retrieval of my precious 10mm socket, I finally decided to hop in my truck and gun it, hoping the socket would fall out the bottom of my engine bay.

That it did. I came to a screeching halt and carefully searched the path from whence I came... There was no sign of that most coveted tool.

Defeated and my lesson learned, I decided I would never again tempt fate again and even think about celebrating the quick retrieval of a 10mm socket.

You win again 10mm socket!

Please do NOT despair. You WILL find it right AFTER you buy a new one!!!!!

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[AvianQuest]

The only way to retrieve it is to do a barrel roll.

 

[kkreit01]

I have a couple of telescoping magnet retrievers. They have saved me numerous times.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

My grandmother lost the diamond from her wedding / engagement ring. She noticed it when she was coming out of a corn crib... She searched for it for hours, with no luck.

When my grandfather got home and she told him about it, he said "Let's check the corn crib." When he opened the door, there was a ray of sunlight coming through a knothole in the side wall. It made a 2" circle on the floor of the crib, which was (of course) covered in corn. Sitting right in the middle of the circle of light was my grandmother's diamond ring, with rainbows of light sparkling in every direction. Astronomical odds against opening the door at the exact time when the sun hit that spot...

And it was said "Let there be a knot hole in a board with everyone who had ever looked at the board remembering it being there when the sun is just right"

 

[Griswaldo906]

Do you have any 25 mph speed bumps nearby?? You may hit one or two at higher speed. If you get caught exceeding the speed limit, tell the man I told you it was OK!

I almost dropped my only good drill bit off a bridge today. But it somehow didnt slip through the crack. I guess it had to be one of us, sorry it was you.

Darn you!

 

[Griswaldo906]

another option

https://www.harborfreight.com/10mm-metric-essential-socket-set-10-piece-58957.html

Good suggestion... Seems like half the battle of getting anything done is locating the tools so wouldn't be a bad idea to stock up

 

[Griswaldo906]

I have a couple of telescoping magnet retrievers. They have saved me numerous times.

Yeah, I gotta hop on Amazon and find some good ones

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