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Snap-on Tools pinup Rina Bambina

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A personal favorite from my Etsy shop

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I grew up in a Mennonite family, and we farmed, so we all learned how to use tools and such, and that's carried over, so I do a lot of my own work on my car and I do some work on the vehicles, though we do have actual mechanics  here. And I was looking for some stuff for my job, so I got on one of these... not this one.. I got this photo from Google Images. You want to talk about something that can bump your ego down a notch, go in there as anyone other than a professional mechanic thinking you're ready to buy some of their tools, then look at their prices. That'll deflate you real quick. I think I understand the fascination the guys have with these things a little better. Even though I had no idea exactly what half (or more) of the stuff was for, they had most of everything I did know, and it was almost hypnotic the way it was laid out.. you go in, and there's just all these tools all around you.. on the walls, even on the ceiling. There's shelves on the sides and drawers full of various tools, display cases with knives, video displays highlighting certain products, even a mini fridge with drinks in it. I sort of felt like Alice from Alice in Wonderland after she stepped through the looking glass. I wonder is it just me, or is the first time stepping onto one of those the same way for everyone else? It's weird.. I mean, I could go to Ace or Sears and their tool displays inside the building are certainly larger, but I feel indifferent walking through those... if I need something, I get what I need and leave, and I don't fawn over tools.. I'm not really the 'butch' type of trying to go for that... I just know how to do a couple things which don't fall within the gender role stereotype that gets applied to me... nothing I do can change that I'm 4'11, skinny, and very tiny and 'girly' appearing overall.... but these trucks, stepping inside one for me was just a totally captivating experience. They did have a handheld air hammer that got my attention... a lot of the things I do here require one, so I bought one from Harbor Freight... only to have it literally explode in my hands a few months later. I was really dismayed to learn that it was $412, but I also learned that I could make scheduled payments on the truck, rather than having to pay it in one lump sum, and if it'll save me from the disaster which the Harbor Freight one brought about, I think I'm willing to splurge for it.