Back in the late fifties and early sixties I was bookkeeper and part time driver for my dad at the Ashland Oil Co. bulk plant. He also was keeping the station open where Dr. Canty`s office is now. He had replaced several fifteen to twenty ton bottle jacks over time.
It seems that Ray Spicer had the same problem. He had a shop next to his dry cleaning business and it was full of tools to work on trucks and equipment.
He placed an ad it the paper that said, “Would the people who borrowed my jacks please bring them home. I have a chance to lend them out again.
He knew we had several missing and he called a few days later. It seems that several jacks had showed up on his shop front, for midnight delivery, while he was closed for business. Several of those were not his. Anyone with many tools can tell you that after a while, wear, battle scars and use will mark a tool in such a way that you can often tell yours when you see it. He wanted me to come see if I recognized any of them and sure enough four of them were truly ours.
In closing, several years ago I hunted metal antiquities and coins with metal detectors and Minnie balls were my specialty. As I loaned them out and forgot who had them new and better models would come out and I would replace them. I know I lost three or maybe four of them. Now if you borrowed one of them can you please return it for a little while. I need one to find two survey stakes and you can have it back. Thank you.
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