Yah, it's fun to work with big noise/stuff falls apart tools like saws and drills. But I really really appreciate the overall utility of the screwdriver.
True it's useful, but you never get the pleasure of pulling out a Sawzall and revving the sucker up so you can cut a 14'X14' professionally designed and built (and for our purposes here, irreplaceable) Hollywood flat (canvas, wood, steel and paint) brought in for a film shoot but which failed to take into consideration the dimensions of the door when it was built. I've got the producer, the director, the art director, the set designer and my boss all with the most precious look of 'Oh my ->-bleeped-<-ing god, for the love of jesus don't ->-bleeped-<- up or you're going to cost us a hella lot of money and we're all going to get fired for it, oh I'm so gonna crap my pants right now.'
But, even better, was after I finished the producer looks at me and says: "Now how are we going to get it back together?"
And I replied: "Buck up, Buttercup, you don't think I cut it without an idea about how to put it back together, and don't you think this is one hell of a time to be asking that in the first place?"
I got it reassembled - inside, after we got it in pieces through the doors - at full strength, taped it, painted it, put industrial fans on it and dried it out with a couple of hours to spare. The producer and director gave me a bottle of Cristal for that stunt.
It's in the background of just about every shot from Dave Chappelle Live At the Fillmore for What It's Worth (Uncensored & Unrated) and I dare you to find out where I cut it.
