Things borrowed at hunt camp and never returned
- Thread starter dogger1
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surplusshooter
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- BC Sea to Sky
same as for me
It is hard to say no especially being the rental shop is one and half hours each way. I write everything down when I lend it in big letters on the dry erase board by the main entrance to the house for all to see. I have been burned more times than I care to remember. Books, which I collect, are the most abused as far as returning. I was raised to return the tool immediately upon finishing with it. Not everyone follows that rule. I am tired of buying ratchet tie downs, they always seem to have legs. My brother in law borrowed my pickup so much the lumberyard thought it belonged to him. I just lent one of my 410's for the season to a buddy who had a B+E and the losers took his whole gunsafe. I will never learn.
Does this reply have anything to do with yer bewt laces thread from awhile ago??
So, to the Op, can i borrow your lawnmower
Some interesting replies so far too.
Rob
I learned a very hard lesson almost 15 years ago. I live by the rules, if you borrow something, return it as good or better than it was when you borrowed it.
I very stupidly borrowed a buddies brand new street bike and took it for a ride. He said, you break it, you bought it. Well I broke it, should have broke my legs, and more likely should have been killed. I was extremely lucky, but had to pull every string I had to cut my buddy a cheque for $15000 to buy a brand new bike. The 5 minute joy ride nearly cost me my house, I lost a month of work over it, and was living on a string budget in those days.
My rules now, never borrow something you can't afford to replace. And in most circumstances now, if I am looking to borrow something, I just go buy what I need. I figure if I'm going to buy someone a new item, that someone might as well be me.
I very stupidly borrowed a buddies brand new street bike and took it for a ride. He said, you break it, you bought it. Well I broke it, should have broke my legs, and more likely should have been killed. I was extremely lucky, but had to pull every string I had to cut my buddy a cheque for $15000 to buy a brand new bike. The 5 minute joy ride nearly cost me my house, I lost a month of work over it, and was living on a string budget in those days.
My rules now, never borrow something you can't afford to replace. And in most circumstances now, if I am looking to borrow something, I just go buy what I need. I figure if I'm going to buy someone a new item, that someone might as well be me.
Does this reply have anything to do with yer bewt laces thread from awhile ago??
So, to the Op, can i borrow your lawnmower
Some interesting replies so far too.
Rob
Bewt laces?
Yah dun bust yerzse?
I can mail ya a set.
Nawt loners t'either.
No'in yewzse, yew'll diddle awll over them, gift them back and laff........
Ya skowndrell.
I'll lend out little things. Stuff that I can afford to lose if it never comes back. Like an old hunting knife (I make my own, so I'm not out any money on that score)
Lent out an old 303 to a buddy who broke his rifle just before hunting season. He's good people, but hard on gear, and equipment. Wasn't worried about the 303. If he broke it, I was out $100,
Like some of the other guys, I expect stuff to get broken, scratched, damaged, etc. when it gets into other peoples hands. Had a tractor spend the summer in a neighbours garden because he thought a little rain wasn't going to stop him from moving dirt around. 2 months later...
Lent out an old 303 to a buddy who broke his rifle just before hunting season. He's good people, but hard on gear, and equipment. Wasn't worried about the 303. If he broke it, I was out $100,
Like some of the other guys, I expect stuff to get broken, scratched, damaged, etc. when it gets into other peoples hands. Had a tractor spend the summer in a neighbours garden because he thought a little rain wasn't going to stop him from moving dirt around. 2 months later...
Most of the guys that I know treat borrowed equipment better then their own
I have 2 exceptions in my group
1 is my brother's best friend, that guy just destroys anything lent to him, and thinks nothing of it, to be fair he treats his own stuff that way. It has been years since any of us have lent him anything.
despite this he is a great guy in all other aspects
The other is my brother in law
He never returns anything unless you go get it from him, and if you wait more than a couple of weeks it is his
I haven't lent him anything for years
the final straw was he borrowed a tool while we were camping to fix his trailer
I forgot to grab it off him when we left
2 years later while camping again I spotted it in his toolbox and retrieved it
a few weeks later he was complaining about me not returning his tool (never figured out why he would put my name on one of his tools)
I have 2 exceptions in my group
1 is my brother's best friend, that guy just destroys anything lent to him, and thinks nothing of it, to be fair he treats his own stuff that way. It has been years since any of us have lent him anything.
despite this he is a great guy in all other aspects
The other is my brother in law
He never returns anything unless you go get it from him, and if you wait more than a couple of weeks it is his
I haven't lent him anything for years
the final straw was he borrowed a tool while we were camping to fix his trailer
I forgot to grab it off him when we left
2 years later while camping again I spotted it in his toolbox and retrieved it
a few weeks later he was complaining about me not returning his tool (never figured out why he would put my name on one of his tools)
