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What tools do you own?

Typical stuff...socket set, screwdrivers, pliers, saws, hammers and an electric drill/screwdriver.

Alias Irrelevante

I don't own any personally. My dad owns quite a few though.

Shanna, 15
Cardiff  ENGLAND

An "All A Girl Needs For Her First Apartment" Tool Kit (tm) my dad bought me a few years back for, you guessed it, my first apartment. It's complete with one of those several head fit things for a screwdriver, hammer, wrench, pliers, and a bunch of other stuff I'll never use since I wouldn't know  what to do with it.

Amy, 23
New Orleans
, LA  USA

The only tools that I own personally are a computer and printer.

Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch
, CO  USA

Before I got married I owned a screwdriver that has smaller and smaller screwdrivers inside each handle, a hammer, nails and a yardstick. Now we have a whole bunch of stuff that I'm not really too interested in.

Susan, 31
Chicago
, IL   USA

Well, I used to own a full set of neon screwdrivers and some wrenches..a hammer, and ... pliers Now I've got a hammer and 2 screwdrivers Moved too many times and lent them out too much

Firelady, 22
Dallas
, TX   USA

The minimum household basics -- screwdrivers, wrenches, hammer, sturdy scissors, etc. Or do you count all the kitchen tools, in which case I would include can openers, corkscrews, good knives, apple corers, spatulas, and all that ilk.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR   USA

A hammer, an assortment of screwdrivers, a set of allen wrenches, a ratchet set, sandpaper, nails, putty knife, paint brushes, eye glass repair kit, tape measure. No saws, drills or electric tools.

Felicia, 34
Lowell
, MA   USA

Everything! My Dad is a tool nut so he thinks I should have everything too.  It's really a good thing because if I need it, it's there. Basic screwdriver set, hammer, assortment of nails, screws and picture hanging devices, drill and complete bit set (wood, metal and concrete), everything I need to change the oil in my car (another habit learned from my father), the all important duct tape...need I go on? Besides, what I don't have, I go to my parent's and borrow!!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

A bezel tool, a ring sizer, a hammer, wrenches, screwdrivers--basically everything I could ever possibly need.

Karen, 21
Marshelltown/Ames
, IA  USA

I own all kinds of tools. My favorite tool is my bread machine. I stopped buying bread when we bought it. I have hammers, a large variety of screw drivers, wrenches, nail pullers, a Leatherman, sewing machine, computer, car, gardening tools. My favorite gardening tool is my razorback shovel. Household appliances like the mircowave, oven, fridge, etc. This list could go on and on.

Laura, 35
Lowell
, MA USA

Gardening implements, kitchen gadgets, cleaning equipment, a home computer, ten fingers and a curious mind.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg
,
PA  USA

My tool box has yet to be inventoried, but it always yeilds exactly what I need when I need it.

Jami, 27
Lowell
, MA   USA

I have a nail that i use to open my bedroom door with when its locked...

Dianne, 16
Oshawa, Ontario  CANADA

none

Savannah

A screwdriver, a wrench, and a hammer -- just the basics

Melodi, 19
Hlliard
, OH   USA

Well, now that there's a man of the house again, you name it! But when it was just myself, I owned two hammers...supposedly different kinds, but they both pounded a nail. I also had nails, screws, nuts and bolts (in an old mayonnaise jar - no lie) and a set of cheap screwdrivers, some yard tools and an ancient power drill which had been my fathers years ago. I had duct tape and I had a measuring tape. I had a wrench, a pipe wrench and pliers. I think

Fisch, 45
Preston
, CT   USA

none!!! I am such a girl.  do my art supplies count?

Maggie, 20
Sandwich
, IL   USA

Which type of tools do you mean? In one sense, I have a hammer and a couple screwdrivers. In another sense, I have my computer and my brain.

Kim, 30
New York
, NY   USA

You mean "tools" such as the stick Jane Goodall's chimp used? In that case,just about everything in the world is a tool. "All the world's a tool and am but a simple hammer."

Reba, 51
Rockville
, MD   USA

I have my own tool box to use tools around the house because i never could find my husband's or son. I also have a cordless screw driver that isreally handy. There is always something that I need to repair.

Marci, 55
Diamond
, OH   USA

I own the usual- Hammer, drill, a plethoria of screwdrivers, a soldering iron, allen wrenches, wreches, and accessories..the usual

Stephanie, 25
TX  USA

Two working computer systems, a kitchen full of cookware and gadgetry, a shed full of typical yard care items, 2 cars, a drill and bit set, a ratchet and screwdriver set... Geez, I could go on and on. 'Tool' can be pretty close to all-encompassing with the right mindset.

Jesse, 25
Bowie
, MD   USA

What tools do I own? Well, let's see, I have tools to apply makeup. I have tools to work on my nails. I have tools to do my hair. I have tools to get me off(actually, its my husbands' tool).I have tools to cook with, draw and tools to eat with, tools to clean with, and tools to work with, like a screwdriver and a hammer.Tools to tear things apart and tools to put things back together. Like relationships. Oh, I also have tools to clean my car. Ok, that 's about all I can think of.

Lisa J., 22
TN   USA

Only the ones God graced me with--and that's damn near the literal truth. I think I have a screwdriver somewhere, too.

Charlie, 21
PA

screwdriver set, my roommate list the handle various screwdrivers wire cutters trowel I buy them as needed

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge
, LA  USA

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