You may have been a mechanic too long if …
• You sort of enjoy the sulfuric smell of used gear lube.
• You have a pet name for your favorite hammer.
• You don’t carry a Band-Aid in your wallet; you carry Band-Aids.
• You’ve noticed your greasy fingerprint on the bun of a Big Mac you’re eating, and didn’t care.
• You never have to oil your work boots because they’re always oiled.
• You have ever tripped a metal detector at the security station in a public building because of wrenches in your pockets.
• The Mac or Snap-on tool salesman named his yacht after you.
• The baseball cap you wear while working on equipment is waterproof, and it wasn’t designed to be waterproof.
• You consider duct tape a “tool,” 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.
— Dan Anderson
