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My trowel snapped right in the middle of a dig at the Cahokia Mounds site
I was carefully working on a unit near Monks Mound last Tuesday when my Marshalltown trowel just broke in half. The handle split clean through while I was trying to clear some compacted soil. I had to borrow a spare from the field director and felt like a total rookie. Has anyone else had a tool fail at the worst possible moment?
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miller.jason5mo ago
My old Stanley tape measure did the same thing last month. It feels like everything's built to break right when you need it most.
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stella3075mo ago
Tools always break at the worst time. A snapped trowel during careful work is just bad luck. Don't feel bad about borrowing a spare.
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