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Old shoer I met outside Great Falls told me something I still think about
He was maybe 75, bent over a anvil in his truck bed, and said 'son, I've shod more horses than you've ever seen, and not one of 'em cared about my fancy tools or my YouTube channel. They just cared if I was gentle and got it right the first time.' Anybody else had an old timer drop some simple truth on you that stuck around?
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morganhayes19d ago
Learned that lesson the hard way with my own dad's old truck. He could fix anything with a pair of pliers and a hammer, no YouTube needed. Turns out patience beats fancy tools every time when you're trying to get something right the first shot.
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patkelly19d ago
...and then there's my buddy who showed up to help me swap a water pump with a Snap-On socket set worth more than my car. Spent twenty minutes trying to find the right 10mm and ended up dropping it into the engine bay. Never did find that socket... still sitting in there somewhere rattling around.
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