Thread: last time i lend to my Brother

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Having a brother can be a complicated thing. Best thing is to learn his limitations and yours.

I don't have a brother but do possess several limitations.

Last thing I loaned to my Brother was $500.he bought two half gals of Jim beam and 150 seconals,he was dead the next day.
That was 32 yrs ago

Beat me too it, I was about to say the same.
If you want to get rid of someone, "loan" them anything, ask for it back. You will never see either again .

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I loaned a coti to an SRP member two yrs ago,have not seen it since

After you're generous enough to lend it out, he better have a good excuse! Appalling.

Originally Posted by dooey

nope not again.

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on the plus side i do know what to get him for his birthday - a new quality brush

anyone else have horror lending stories? if you do, you have to say at least one positive out of it

"Brotherly love"!
I've learned the hard way about lending things, which always ends with the same conclusion.....DON'T!

Originally Posted by Scareface

Add:
Only lend out your CHEAP tools!

I have my set of tools and then my wife's set of crap. Cuz I know she's going to break her tape measure, leave them outside, use the level as a hammer.

Then, let me Barrow yours I can't find mine

I may be lucky, I have neighbors that use and return and take care of my snow shoveling and yard mowing. Having a machine shop in the basement is good neighbor productive...especially when they have cool cars and bikes! Extras from auctions, I give to a young man with a general repair business who does some work for me at low cost.
So, know the enema!
~Richard

I agree with you Richard,Have never had a bad lending experiance with Tools.(except the Coti)
Fella down the street builds model trains (beautifull Stuff) He is a will qualified home shop Machinist.
I gave Him a key to my shop,he can use anything he wants,never a problem

Your lucky, I gave to hunt my tools down so if it leaves, I to too

I only give, but don't lend. There are two people I will loan tools to, and one is my dad (but I have to be careful because things come back rusty) and a single friend who got me into woodworking. He doesn't like to *borrow* tools, though.

Anything else I'd ever lend out came back worse (or in the case of something like a shop vac, full of someone else's dirt).

Lending things is like giving food to a dog, too. If you do it, you create a precedent and the borrowers decide you're a better option than buying (just like a dog decides they'd rather have your food than theirs).

Not lending only pisses off my wife, because her friends are the ones who ask.

I never lend anything soap, strop or brush related when it comes to shaving stuff. They can all hold hep B and I don't love that.