I can't think of anything that hasn't been returned, but that is the criteria that I use deciding to lend or not. I never lend anything with the expectation that I'll get it back. Simple stuff like a hand cart, wheel barrow, etc, yes I will loan those. It is far more likely for them to ask if I could help because what they really need is a second pair of hands. Like others have said, most of my friends wouldn't / don't need to ask. As a general rule I do not lend or borrow. I'm sure I would have a different outlook if I needed those tools or equipment for my livelihood, but that's not the case. The small satisfaction I receive by helping others outweighs any downside of being a lender. I've never been embarrassed to bluntly tell people "No" where a "Yes" would be expected, but pretty much anything I own can be borrowed if you ask. I've had to remind borrowers a few times that they need to return a borrowed item, but that isn't a big deal. There's been some damage and some wear and tear, but that could happen if it was me using the tool. I've never been burned when loaning tools or equipment. If I'm not busy, I might volunteer to deliver the borrowed item to your house or business if you've got cold beer in your fridge. You can borrow any hand tool or equipment, and your name goes on a list on my shop wall and stays there until the tool or equipment is returned. You can borrow a snowblower, garden tiller, table saw, welding equipment or anything that's movable, but you pick it up and bring it back and don't expect me to be there to help you load or unload. You can borrow my trailers, but you need your own truck. I never hesitate to let others borrow them, as I hope that my good fortunes will help others, just as I was helped. That practice has resulted in tools and equipment that I've only used a couple times. When I grew into an established adult, my practice on borrowing became "Borrow once and buy twice." If I had the need to borrow something a second time, I bought my own. They all offered me the use of their tools and equipment many times, and often helped me with bigger projects. When I was first married and starting out with a home that needed a lot of work, I was fortunate to have a FIL who was a contractor and an uncle who was in the road construction field, and most of my friends worked in the trades. My tools and small equipment, on the other hand, are yours to use for the asking. My brother and one friend would be welcome to use the tractor itself, but neither has asked. I don't lend my tractor out, but I often volunteer my services along with the tractor. But he never failed, always returned everything so I was stuck until we finally moved. He was otherwise a pretty nice guy and I tried to be neighborly, but I always hoped he would fail to return something and then I would have an excuse next time to turn him down. One night he came over and rang the doorbell about 10:00 and wanted to know if we had any Cokes, he had friends coming over and had forgotten to buy any. We both had dirt bikes at the time and he was always needing to borrow a tool or a part for his cycle.:gaah: I would go out to the back yard to fire up the charcoal grill, if he saw me pretty soon he would be pulling out his grill, then call over the fence to borrow some charcoal, and/or starter fluid, or both!:bbq: :hide:Īlso back in my younger and more innocent days before I learned to say no, we lived right next door to a guy who would borrow anything. There was a guy where I worked once that everyone in my group learned to not say anything about getting something new when he was within earshot, 'cause if he heard you mention it he would want to borrow it.
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