Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Week 11 -- Prompt

Tools, Tools, & More Tools

Thought that it would only take a minute to check the air in my tires.

In the garage to get the tire gauge
Holy shit where would one begin to look for it.

Benches down one wall, shelves and drawers beneath it. You can't even see the top of the bench, how does anyone work here or know where to find anything. Drills and drill bits, screwdrivers, socket sets, big wrenches, little wrenches, nuts, bolts and about anything you can think of. 

Open a drawer and close it up quick, afraid that something might jump out at you. Wires, cords and who knows what.

Grease cans, oil cans, barrels of used oil, orange gas containers everywhere. Walking through and just kick them aside. 

Tall rolling tool cabinets, some drawers open, some drawers closed. Pliers, sockets, allen wrenches, hammers, all of many sizes and shapes. Tools have in and half out. Wires here there and every where. 

Battery charges, not just one or two but three or four, all kind of in a heap in the corner Big ones and little ones, most of the cables all tangled up.

Shelving units with parts, starters, batteries, hubs, headlights, mufflers with no sort of organization at all. Containers with nuts, bolts, screws, plugs and I don't even know what else. 

Heating with a big old wood type of stove. A pile of wood in the back corner. Barrel full of ashes off to the side. Axes, molls and chainsaws. Wood chips,wood smoke and grease, God what a horrible mixture of smells. 


 

 


3 Comments:

At April 19, 2012 at 9:06 AM , Blogger johngoldfine said...

There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind like me who store stuff just as you describe and the kind of automotive student I have who is absolutely sickened at such a mess.

Fine, fine, funny description. For my money, week 11 would be served best without the last sentence, the reaction sentence. Let the reader come to his own reaction from the evidence you supply.

 
At April 19, 2012 at 9:07 AM , Blogger johngoldfine said...

"Holy shit where would one begin to look for it."

I'd drop this too for the reason I give above.

 
At April 19, 2012 at 9:07 AM , Blogger johngoldfine said...

Otherwise: perfect!

 

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