"cbell04" (cbell04)
09/07/2016 at 22:54 • Filed to: None
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"cbell04" (cbell04)
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I have two kids and a beautiful wife. We all possess walk in closets full of garments hanging on coat hangers. NOT ONE OF THEM METAL!?!? Needed a freaking wire coat hanger for a little diy project and nothing but plastic junk! What the hell they’ve gotten me out of so many jams in my years of existence how did I let my stock get down to zero?
I’ve cleaned clogged drains, strapped my busted exhaust to broken muffler mounts to stop the trail of sparks, broken into cars (not the crime style more like the I or a friend locked keys inside of said car), fished keys out of a sewer, fixed sagging plants, scaled a mountain (that one was a lie). The list could go on. Tomorrow I will find a 20 pack and I’ll hide them in my bug out bag because the wire coat hanger will be worth more than nearly anything ( well maybe not more than bullets/gasoline/tampons/water/food not in that order) in a post apocalyptic environment.
Nibby
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 22:56 |
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wire hangers are so handy to have... especially for routing wires in tight spaces or where you can’t reach
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 22:58 |
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Or for when you drop your phone behind a counter you can’t reach behind and is screwed to the wall
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cbell04
> Nibby
09/07/2016 at 22:58 |
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One thousand times yes to this!
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cbell04
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
09/07/2016 at 23:00 |
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I like it! Screwed to the wall? SCREW the wall give me my damn phone back!
TheRealBicycleBuck
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:02 |
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A friend of mine in high school locked his keys in his car so many times that he decided to wrap a wire coat hanger around the luggage rack so he’d always have one handy for the next time.
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cbell04
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/07/2016 at 23:04 |
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This is good oppo. Also he should have smoked less pot:)
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:04 |
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I, however, somehow have lots of metal coat hangers
notsomethingstructural
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:06 |
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I don’t have a best wire coat hanger story, but my worst is I made it out anyways.
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cbell04
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:07 |
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Home made rabbit ears for the tv! There must be no less than a thousand uses.
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cbell04
> notsomethingstructural
09/07/2016 at 23:09 |
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Knew it was coming! The wire hanger is such a good product I bet it was user error can’t blame the hanger in this situation.
Die-Trying
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:11 |
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return spring anchors for clutch or brakes..........diy hoseclamp. fencing pliers are MAGIC with metal clothes hangers.
i have used them also when welding exhaust pipe with propane/oxygen torch. when its white its right.......... catching feral free-range chickens........
Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:11 |
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What, you can’t find some of these lying around somewhere? I find the metal frames in these to work very well for many uses you state.
smobgirl
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:12 |
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...I still haven’t gotten over four walk-in closets.
I do possess wire coat hangers though! I think I win.
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cbell04
> smobgirl
09/07/2016 at 23:21 |
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I think I have more closet Sq ft now than my first apartment’s total sq. Didn’t mention the guest bedroom, pantry (I guess it a closet and I can walk in it) or the coat closet. But yes you win all my closets have cost me dearly when it comes to my car stable..
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cbell04
> Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
09/07/2016 at 23:22 |
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I hear by volunteer to clean my entire neighborhood
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cbell04
> Die-Trying
09/07/2016 at 23:24 |
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You sir have lived a full and exciting wire hanger life.
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Die-Trying
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:38 |
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when you absolutely got to get home, in the middle of the night, you FIND a way to make it happen....... fence repairs too, makeshift cotter pins........
leicester
> cbell04
09/07/2016 at 23:55 |
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Conan
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 01:02 |
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I somehow fixed a radiator leak with one and reattached a muffler with one. I’m not even that good a mechanic. I bet there’s some crazy stories on here.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 01:05 |
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Just use a dry cleaners every once in a while and you’ll get some wire hangers.
sonicgabe
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 01:26 |
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Hit up yr local laundromat. Bring quarters. Get hangers.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
while our washing machine was broken a while back, we found this at the laundromat. didn't need the hangers, but had to try it to see if it was real. was not disappointed.
McMike
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 05:51 |
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We don’t have many in the house, but whenever Mrs McMike brings some home from the dry cleaners she always checks with me before throwing them away. “Do you need any for the garage?” she asks.
I just checked, and I only have one. I need to go get some of her clothes dirty. brb
XJDano
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 06:23 |
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DipodomysDeserti
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 07:17 |
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I feel bad for trashing the hundreds of metal hangers I've been collecting from the dry cleaners.
The Stig's former college room mate
> cbell04
09/08/2016 at 08:33 |
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I steal my wire hangers from work. uniform guy always leaves a big stack of them in the break room. i usually have half a dozen or so in a drawer in my shop. I actually prefer them to real brazing rod.
Dave the car guy , still here
> cbell04
09/29/2016 at 14:22 |
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Back in the day. Friend who worked for my Dad bought a Cadillac and was bragging about the alarm system he had installed, how nobody was going to break into his car without him knowing it. I had been working a dealership job for about a year, it was the mid 70's. Within 10 minutes I had grabbed a coat hanger , opened his car without the shaker alarm sensing me doing it and brought his glovebox belongings into my Dad’s business and set all of it on a counter in front of him. The proud new Cadillac owner said he must have left the doors unlock. I took him to the car, locked it and because of practice got in the next time in under 30 seconds.
I have also used it for cheap welding rod for fixing an exhaust with torches.
Have made many a hook for painting small parts from hangers.