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cheers! (clink) here's to the butter knife!

My Dad passed away this evening from lung cancer, he was 75. He was an avid smoker most of his life (quit about 10 years ago) but he also had asbestos in his lungs from 30 years at a factory. He cut it up for about 15 years. Rather than dwell on that, i would like to point out the fact that he could fix almost anything around the house with a butterknife. From woodscrews to a metal tub drain to a stuck door, that butterknife would be put into service. He was really never a mechanical guy, in fact he was about as mechanical as a soapdish. I almost pissed my pants when i found out he was a seabee, (construction battalion in the Navy) It's a miracle we still have a navy! Anyway, the next time you find a small project that needs attention and the only thing handy is a butterknife, this "tool" has already been mastered! walt

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wallster
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Walt,

Do try to get, and hang on to that butter knife....as you probly already know, they dont make em like they used to--heck, who knows??....it might even save your life someday......

Sorry to hear about your loss.

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PrecisionMachinisT

Walt, You have my sympathies.. sorry for your loss. I'm glad you will have some good memories, and all it will take to bring some of them back will be to see a butterknife. . . . Ken.

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Ken Sterling

You have my sincerest condolences. My father died 40 years ago, and hardly a day goes by that I don't think about him.

Paul K. Dickman

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Paul K. Dickman

Sorry for your loss, Walt.

Jim Kovar Vulcan, Mi

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Jim Kovar

My sincere condolences.

Heh. It's not like you're using an official tool for a different purpose- few guys will complain about twisting the end of a butter knife a bit, for example. ;-)

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Spehro Pefhany

Jackie Mason uses the butterknife/screwdriver in one of his routines while poking fun of the paucity of DIY aptitude and hand tools in modern american Jewish families. (I am a living exeption to that remark of course. )

IIRC he went on to say that you could find traces of cream cheese in the slots of screwheads in the homes of the folks he was satirizing.

Jeff

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Jeff Wisnia

My sympathies as well. My mom passed a couple years ago, but my dad, who is a jack of all trades is the person Ive tried to model myself on, semi successfully over the years.

My condolences

Gunner

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Gunner

Walt,

You have my deepest sympathy.

Bill

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Gears

"Paul K. Dickman" ...

25 years for me and not a day goes by for me either. As I told my 5 year old daughter though, he is still here, a bit in each of his offspring. >
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Alan Black

yes, i got thousands of dollars worth of tools.... and the old butter knife is still used, best damn screwdriver, pry bar, spacers, lifter, measuring device i have ever had.... now when it comes to buttering toast.... i have to ask honey where are all the butter knives?????

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jim

sorry for your loss walt. My dad and I are really getting to a point in our relationship where I really appreciate the sacrifices he made for me. I'm coming up on thirty, buying a house, married for 5 years and seeing things from much more appreciative eyes than 15 years ago.

For when I'm old and gone and this post remains forever in the archives here's my toast to him: Well done Dad. I wouldn't be who I am without your influence. Thanks. I respect you more than any other man I know.

StaticsJason

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Statics

Walt,

Keep the butter knife. It will magically bring back good memories in those quiet moments.

Sincerest sympathy for your loss, regards, Jim

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JK

that's funny Jim, it's a little hard finding a butterknife at their house too. walt

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wallster

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