Do you have those "whatchamacallits"?, as I thought of what I would say to a store clerk.
I realized that when the old plumbing, hardware, paint and some outdoors items store burned down, there were many purchases I made, that had a name that was forgotten. One item I remember spotting as I walked through the store. I saw those being used by my mentor years ago, and never saw them in a sportings good store. In fact they were not sporting goods; they were merely used by reloaders.
That and a number of items were bought and remained, "whatchamacallits". So I jumped on the computer and started name searches. A little box, open top, stackable. And I can imagine trying to tell a hardware clerk that I'd use them for reloading cartridges.
Well after more than a few seaches I found a picture of them on the internet. Now I'm all set. I just have to ask for plastic, stackable, poly, storage part bins, used to hold nuts and bolts.
And I won't have to mention gun cartridges.
There's #5 and #8 bolts used for an old tree stand. Some round plumbing washers or O rings used in archery. Some machinist cutting oil used for muzzleloading. Some Jon-e fuel seen after many years, I used to rediscover how to light a hand warmer. What I payed extra for the fuel, was saved by the homemade wicks I learned to make from the internet. Before discovering the fuel, the hand warmer had been dormant in a drawer. Then there is the inexpensive Old Hickory knife, good for peeling potatoes. It proved to be the knife I enjoyed the best to sharpen.
I'll miss that old store and it's old products. I won't miss looking up the proper name of the whatchamacallits.
I realized that when the old plumbing, hardware, paint and some outdoors items store burned down, there were many purchases I made, that had a name that was forgotten. One item I remember spotting as I walked through the store. I saw those being used by my mentor years ago, and never saw them in a sportings good store. In fact they were not sporting goods; they were merely used by reloaders.
That and a number of items were bought and remained, "whatchamacallits". So I jumped on the computer and started name searches. A little box, open top, stackable. And I can imagine trying to tell a hardware clerk that I'd use them for reloading cartridges.
Well after more than a few seaches I found a picture of them on the internet. Now I'm all set. I just have to ask for plastic, stackable, poly, storage part bins, used to hold nuts and bolts.
And I won't have to mention gun cartridges.
There's #5 and #8 bolts used for an old tree stand. Some round plumbing washers or O rings used in archery. Some machinist cutting oil used for muzzleloading. Some Jon-e fuel seen after many years, I used to rediscover how to light a hand warmer. What I payed extra for the fuel, was saved by the homemade wicks I learned to make from the internet. Before discovering the fuel, the hand warmer had been dormant in a drawer. Then there is the inexpensive Old Hickory knife, good for peeling potatoes. It proved to be the knife I enjoyed the best to sharpen.
I'll miss that old store and it's old products. I won't miss looking up the proper name of the whatchamacallits.