You may have been a mechanic for too long if:
• you sort of like the sulfuric smell of used gear lube.
• you have a pet name for your favorite hammer.
• your wife no longer buys you tools for Christmas or birthdays because you’re too fussy about the way they look or “feel.”
• you have an analog volt/ohm meter in your toolbox.
• you never have to oil your work boots because they’re always oiled.
• your wife knows what you mean when you say you’ll be home by “dark-thirty.”
• you can no longer remember where and when you got each of the various scars on your hands.
• you’ve ever tripped a metal detector at the security station in a public building because of wrenches in your pockets.
• no matter how much aftershave you wear, your wife says you always smell faintly of “Eau de Diesel.”
• a Mac or Snap-on tool salesman has named his yacht after you.
• you consider Duct Tape a “tool”, and view any wrench larger than 15/16-inch as a valid substitute for a hammer, but are appalled at the thought of using a screwdriver as a pry bar.
• you have a drawer full of broken screwdrivers that were used as pry bars.
• when not working, you don’t mind getting stalled at a
road construction detour because you enjoy looking at the machines.