The tools of the blessing trade
I used to work with a guy named Jack. We shared a common interest in woodworking and tools - he was an accomplished woodworker, while I was an accomplished armchair woodworker. One day I was in a woodworking store and saw a beautiful tool, a marking gauge, used to scribe a line parallel to the edge of a board. It was made in England of rosewood and brass, it was without doubt the most beautiful tool I had even seen, and it was expensive. I wanted it badly, but couldn't justify buying it. Later that day I told Jack about it.
