All your problems look like nails?
Hammers are good things. We like hammers. We like multi-head screwdriver sets even more, but we need hammers to start the holes for screws to go into.
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grew up using a nail, soap, and a hammer instead of a drill. This would be why I like power tools to this day.
tommyrot and juliana, you've both given me a lot to think about.
But actually? I think it's because I can use a butter knife as a screwdriver, but a hammer makes a difference.
You know what is also oddly useful? A rubber mallet.
Nutty and Alibelle are right thinking people. Hammers are fantabulous, even when they're not pink.
If you had a hammer, would you hammer in the evening?
If I had a hammer, there'd be no more folk singers....
Also, silver hammers are useful for escaping punishment by teachers and the legal system.
Crescent wrench. I've seen them used as a hammer by many a stage hand.
Not that I'd ever do that.
I can't tell you how often I've wished I had a rubber mallet. Useful things, they are. Or seem to be when you don't have one, anyway.
You really have to store them someplace low or well secured. Dropping a mallet on your toes hurts much much much worse than a hammer.