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For more than a decade, every Thursday, I've gone down to Leeds Market to help out my mate 'Tool Man', and to enjoy the crack (that good old Northern English/Scots word) with the regulars who hang out at the tool stall. Originally, I was just a customer, which is how we got to know each other, but we've been good pals for years now. Regular posters in the Guardians thread have got to know Tool Man, his terrible diet, his dense Yorkshireness, and his various eccentricities, through my posts about him, and my frequently exasperated and disparaging comments 
I received a very generous package from Paul
Jakeywax31
in the week, full of all sorts of goodies, including an incredibly generous gift for Tool Man 
I rang the fat lump to let him know, and he was obviously very surprised, but as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve. I told him I would bring the fabulous gift down to the market on Thursday, but since he is one of several myopic middle-aged friends I have, who habitually leave home without their glasses, I warned him, on pain of fist, that he better bring his specs with him! 
Inevitably, Tool Man was absolutely bowled over by the generosity of Paul's gesture, and stunned by the knife he had been given, which as I reminded him, is thoroughly out of his league!
Here's some pics I can't post in the Guardians thread anyway, and many thanks to
Jakeywax31
for his kindness, both towards me, and my friend, Tool Man 
I received a very generous package from Paul
Jakeywax31
in the week, full of all sorts of goodies, including an incredibly generous gift for Tool Man I rang the fat lump to let him know, and he was obviously very surprised, but as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve. I told him I would bring the fabulous gift down to the market on Thursday, but since he is one of several myopic middle-aged friends I have, who habitually leave home without their glasses, I warned him, on pain of fist, that he better bring his specs with him!
Inevitably, Tool Man was absolutely bowled over by the generosity of Paul's gesture, and stunned by the knife he had been given, which as I reminded him, is thoroughly out of his league!
Here's some pics I can't post in the Guardians thread anyway, and many thanks to
Jakeywax31
for his kindness, both towards me, and my friend, Tool Man
. I am so happy he likes it. Well deserved for all the laughs that he is associated with.
