# Attention all manly men!! This is better than porn! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017 "2002-06-14T11:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/1 "2002-06-14T11:27:47Z")
OK, that may be a bit subjective, but I wanted y’all to know that I got my Harbor Freight catalog in the mail. 4 1/2 inch angle grinder, 5 amp motor, 10,000 rpm, comes with an extra set of user replaceable brushes… $19.99!!! Solar powered auto darkening welding helmet… $129.99!!! 40 pc tap & die set SAE or Metric $12.99 each!!! HVLP paint guns from $49.99!!! 'Scuse me, I gotta be alone with myself now. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/2 "2002-06-14T12:40:30Z")
I’ll stick to jerking off to nekkid women, thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/3 "2002-06-14T12:45:54Z")
Harbor Freight’s all well and good, but in my experience: Harbor Freight is to tools, as Big Lots is to electronics. So… ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/4 "2002-06-14T12:56:00Z")
Ain’t never heared of a Big!Lots. Their website sounds like they are part of a group that owns KB\*Toys. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/5 "2002-06-14T13:12:38Z")
Big Lots is what used to be Pic’n’Save. Good prices on some things (a 1,134g – 2.5 pound – bag of Famous Amos cookies for three bucks, tuna for $0.49/can), but lots of inferior-quality stuff. Me? I’ll stick to Craftsman. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/6 "2002-06-14T13:13:16Z")
Big Lots=close out shopping. stuff that couldn’t get moved by other stores get bought and sold by Big Lots ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/7 "2002-06-14T13:25:02Z")
I’ll go Craftsman for anything that does not have an electric motor. All my wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, etc. are Craftsman (gotta love their replacement policy.) Years ago they changed makers of their electric motors and I’ve been quite unimpressed with the quality. I believe they buy their motors from the same company B&D/DeWalt does. ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/8 "2002-06-14T13:28:05Z")
More Power!! Argh, Argh. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/9 "2002-06-14T13:30:50Z")
**Spritle** : Got a Craftsman story… My uncle bought a very stout Craftsman screwdriver many years ago (this was related to me by my father). Somehow he managed to bend it. He was not at all happy. He marched into sears with a scowl on his face, and a salesman saw him coming. Quickly, the salesman grabbed an identical screwdriver from the rack and met my uncle half-way down the aisle. They exchanged screwdrivers, but not words. My uncle turned and left with his new screwdriver and the silent exchange was over. Good timing, and good customer service. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/10 "2002-06-14T13:32:31Z")
Oh, I got the coolest tools recently. I was in an antique shop and picked up an old Yankee ratchet screwdriver just like dad had. I was in Home Depot and picked up a small Stanley Yankee screwdriver. Works great! ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/11 "2002-06-14T13:53:26Z")
I’ll see your Harbor Freight and raise you a [JC Whitney](http://www.jcwhitney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/12 "2002-06-14T13:55:13Z")
::ahem: There is NOTHING better than porn. Enjoy the catalog. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/13 "2002-06-14T13:59:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > There is NOTHING better than porn. Nonsense. There’s the sort of sex that _belongs_ in porn. 😃 “Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, bay-bee…” ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/14 "2002-06-14T14:09:32Z")
Mmmmmmmmmmm. [Titanium Crowbar](http://dutchguard.com/cgi-bin/sh000001.cgi?ACTINIC_REFERRER=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2edutchguard%2ecom%2facatalog%2fsearch%2ehtml&REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2edutchguard%2ecom%2facatalog%2fsearch%2ehtml&WD=crowbar%20titanium&PREVQUERY=RANDOM%3dNETQUOTEVAR%253ARANDOM%26PAGE%3dSEARCH%26SS%3dtitanium%2bcrowbar%26TB%3dA%26PR%3d%2d1%26GB%3dA%26SX%3d0&PN=DutchGuard_Titanium_Tools_67%2ehtml%23a31#a31). ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/15 "2002-06-14T15:20:24Z")
_ahem_ I don’t know why, as a blue blooded gal, I clicked on this thread (maybe it was remnants of my post in the Tomboy Thread), but it certainly wasn’t what I was expecting. And you’re not alone. My SO gets the Harbor Freight stuff in the mail all the time. He flips through it, oohs and ahs, and says “look at all these tools that I need!” ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/16 "2002-06-14T15:20:40Z")
About 20 years ago while working in a tire repair shop I removed a Craftsman 3/8" combination wrench from some poor sucker’s steelbelted radial. He had run over the wrench and managed to get the open end of the wrench through the tire and left the box end sticking out. I tried putting a bar through the box end and pulling mightily but was unable to pull the wrench out. Ended up breaking the wrench in half (not an easy job, either) and removing it in pieces. Noticed it was a Craftsman, so the next time I was at Sears I turned it in and was given a new one, no questions asked. I think I still have that replacement in my toolbox. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/17 "2002-06-14T16:26:25Z")
> [@](#): > > My SO gets the Harbor Freight stuff in the mail all the time. He flips through it, oohs and ahs, and says “look at all these tools that I need!” I do that when I go to Sears. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/18 "2002-06-14T16:28:09Z")
\ Tools scare me. But my new dolby 5.1 sound card… mmmmmmmmmmm FFXI mmmmm SOF 2 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stiletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stiletto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stiletto)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/19 "2002-06-14T16:48:36Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but I saw: > [@](#): > > _originally posted by RTFirefly_ > There’s the sort of sex that belongs in porn. > > “Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, bay-bee…” and then > [@](#): > > _originally posted by Inky_ > Mmmmmmmmmmm. Titanium Crowbar. and I had to wonder… **Inky** , what were you planning on _doing_ with that titanium crowbar? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017/20 "2002-06-14T17:04:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **Inky** , what were you planning on doing with that titanium crowbar? 😃 Personally, I prefer a woman who doesn’t need to be pried open, but to each his own! 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-all-manly-men-this-is-better-than-porn/114017.md?page=2)