<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanx all for your =
input.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I live in =
the Northeast (Central New York) and it's getting rather cold here now. =
(and it gets hot in the summer too- especailly in a car.)</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My friends in Boston =
(relatively same climate I would think..) leave ALL their tools in their =
car EVERY night all year 'round.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The evenings I *don't* =
bring in my gear- it sure is nice to just leave the house the next =
morning with my purse and to-go coffee.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>:(</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Stranges</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 14, =
2005, at 2:07 PM, Jeff Tanner wrote:</DIV><BR =
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type="cite"><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Don =
wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hi Michele,</FONT></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">That =
would depend on the dew point in your area. I tend to leave my =
tools</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">in the trunk during the =
summer only. Once we hit Oct I have to drag them</FONT></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: =
12.0px Helvetica">into the house.</FONT></DIV> <BR =
class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I used =
to carry an assortment of repair parts in a Plano fishing tackle box (I =
bought it new just for the purpose - so it wasn't like it had old fish =
bait in there). At the time, I drove a Chevy Blazer. It was very =
functional for service work. It can get very hot in a Chevy Blazer in =
the south, even up to about 9 months out of the year (it's pretty warm =
out there today, actually). Our summer heat ruined everything that =
was in the box. Other than than, I try to not let my tuning forks, =
mutes and SAT get exposed to extremes. I haven't noticed any damage =
to the stringing wire supply I've carried for probably 15 years. I =
keep it in a cheap plastic toolbox from Wally World, each individual =
spool in a "ziploc" with baby powder sprinkled inside.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> =
<SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; =
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, =
RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR =
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