Now, thanks to Stanley, Firefighters can have their very own FUBAR. As you know, I’ve written about the FUBAR quite a bit. I love mine, and I’m sure Firefighters would love to have one as well. They call it the FUBAR Forcible Entry Tool and, at 30 inches and 9 lbs, is nearly double the size [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
For the Love of Tools: Fire fighter’s FUBAR
June 12, 2008
Best Gas Tip by the Numbers
June 10, 2008
I’ve written about saving gas before, but it always bears repeating–especially when gas prices are inching above $4 a gallon! To summarize my previous post:
There’s one thing that can save you tons of gas. You need to change the nut behind the wheel. If you (the nut) change your driving style to be closer to [...]
For the Love of Tools: Grabbing Rounded Fasteners
June 7, 2008
Better Tools & Fasteners mission is to make your life easier. That’s it. That’s their sole mission. I have to say I think they’ve accomplished it with the Grip-Tite system. You can purchase Grip-Tite sockets in the der5er Store!
The key to the Grip-Tite system is ACT. Advanced Camming Technology. You can see in the end [...]
Useless Laws 101: Money Grubbing States
June 5, 2008
I was just reading at Meta-Dad about California’s new cell phone driving laws (going into effect on July 1, 2008) and I’ve got to say I’m a little peeved. This is the same bill I wrote about in September, 2006 – and I didn’t like it then.
Either the hands-free device manufacturers have a really good lobby, [...]


Run on Sat, Mar 20
3.15 mi in 53:50 (17:07 min/mi)
Burned 301 C
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