I just tell them, "Just drive down to General Equipment in Weaverville and you can rent a chain saw, nearly as good as the one I own that you want to borrow."
I don't lend out tools.
#digk
Yeah, I am just a Bad Man. Selfish B*&&%$!!
Several years ago I loaned my nice Stihl Farm Boss to a neighbor. This guy was my best friend. He returned it a week later it looked great. Plus he has filled it up with gas and oil.
A few days later I cranked up my Stihl. It ran real fast for 30 seconds, then put out a puff of blue smoke, and it conked out. I took it to the shop. My neighbor had filled it up with straight gas with no oil. $350 chain saw destroyed.
"Neither a borrow nor a lender be. For borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry, and a loan often loses both itself and friend."
You probably don't know who I am referring to but that is Shakespeare from 400 years ago. Some things never change.
