Visit our Popular Forums

Belbein · 12-23-2014, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PharmGeek

asking if she and her husband could borrow the truck...

When I bought my pick up, a good friend of mine in the community warned me that everybody would be asking me to borrow it, and if I refused, would get quite nasty about it. So I had the chance to think about it before the first person asked. I decided that I would only loan it if I was ready and willing to sue the person I loaned it to who damaged it in any way. That leaves out family, close friends, and people in the clergy--any of whom would feel the chutzpah to ask, but none of whom I could sue. And then a guy I'm pretty friendly with asked if he could borrow it to pick up furniture; I said "No, but I'll drive you." That was fine. But the second time he asked, a week later, I was busy, so I couldn't drive him and of course I wouldn't loan him the truck. He has not talked to me since. Boy did I learn a good lesson. The answer now is just "no."

rmkrum · 12-23-2014, 03:59 PM

A simple firm no without any explanation or justification is best, IMHO

I don't loan out trucks or power tools without me driving either.

Sent from my pocket Internet using Airstream Forums

m.hony · 12-23-2014, 05:19 PM

I concur. I don't have to justify my decision. Because I said so is good enough.

scamp · 12-23-2014, 06:05 PM

Simply no😁

gsmithii · 12-24-2014, 09:07 AM

Reading this thread again has been fun and instructive. So many are so darned polite.

Then it came to mind that many gentle souls felt it necessary to apologize to the rude motherless sons who asked to borrow their little silver house. Eh? Who then were rude when declined. Eh?

Well yes civility is the partial reason we aren't dueling today. That's a public health hazard eliminated.

Still, however it needs to be said, "No, thank you."

ALUMINUMINUM · 12-24-2014, 11:57 AM

I guess, as individuals, we are free to set our boundaries and tolerate their consequences.

I have a neighbor with whom I've generously, and often unknowingly, shared anything I have. He killed my Ariens lawnmower, I found my never returned Norlund axe with a broken handle in his shed, I came home one day to discover that the burning smell wafting through the neighborhood was my worm-drive Skilsaw, and... he doesn't know why my Snap-on torque wrench doesn't click anymore. The list goes on...

Even tho he gave me a set of keys to his new Tacoma, I coldly said NO, with no explanation, when he asked if he could borrow the Airstream.

I gifted him a new Harbor Freight axe, re-handled, and hid mine. I've never used his truck.

We're still “walk to the end of the earth for each other” friends.

Conspicuously posted in my shop, this always gets a chuckle.

did · 12-25-2014, 09:18 AM

Borrow tools?............O.K.
Use a guitar?.............Yup
Shoot my guns?.........Help yourself
Need a kidney?..........No problemo

Use my AS?..............N.F.W.

Panama Red · 12-25-2014, 05:35 PM

Yes, no, no, no, NFW... There, that's better.

-Red, stopping at loaning out tools, and then, only cheap ones...

MontyV · 02-24-2015, 06:53 PM

nope, never happen. If someone was a good enough friend that they had the right to ask I would give them the money for a hotel or an actual rental RV if they were in a financial bind.

rmkrum · 02-24-2015, 10:27 PM

My youngest son, the original owner, can borrow the family AS anytime he has full insurance on it. The rest of the immediate family...I'd have to think about that idea, and it's probably "...only if I come along to tow and operate it..."

Sent from my pocket Internet using Airstream Forums

switz · 02-25-2015, 08:36 AM

We took my wife's 90 year old father visiting from the UK on a five day road trip to visit three of his granddaughters.

We learned that our trailer is just fine for the two of us, but an older third guest was a challenge.

We had the "aha" moment and have decided this is a trailer build for two.

The second owner will do as they please, but no loaning out for me, period.

APPRVD · 02-25-2015, 09:16 AM

It's a careless question to ask. You wouldn't ask a friend to borrow his hatteras. No one has asked me to borrow the airstream, and if the time does come, I'll try real hard not to laugh

It's such a weird question!!

CoolCat · 03-23-2015, 03:29 PM

You may look at it admiringly, but that's about it . . . Wait! Is that a finger print????? Where's my polishing cloth . . .

J. Morgan · 03-23-2015, 07:43 PM

I loaned my trailer to my son several months ago, I ended up having to fix some things that I knew were marginal before I loaned the trailer...

But I will loan it again if the need arrises.

1/2 Ton 4WD Truck, 72 Sovereign Hensley Arrow

sparkymark · 03-23-2015, 08:12 PM

No chance in hell! While laughing hysterically!

Ford F-350 crew cab 4X4 diesel, 25' Jack Bauer edition AS

mnmhays · 03-23-2015, 08:55 PM

I have a small handull of people in "my circle of trust" (think Robert Deniro here) but mostly just 2 friends that I would loan it to. But I know that they value things (even other people's) but that's it!

My ex-wife's husband (of all of 4 days at the time) asked me if they could borrow my Suburban for a 1200 mile trip last Summer. Ummm...NO!!! I wouldn't even let you borrow my vehicle for a Home Depot trip.

People get way too presumptive about "borrowing" things...the whole "well, you aren't using it right now. so, why can't I?"

Cannonball · 03-23-2015, 09:39 PM

No.

Cannonball, Deep in the Heart of Texas!

WBCCI #4387, Air #84080

Sent from my iPad using Airstream Forums

LucaBluPlus2 · 04-07-2015, 12:27 PM

There are three people my husband and I put on an approved list of friends/family that we would consider loaning our Airstream to. One of which saw our trailer and loved it. Then, instead of asking, he went out and bought his own.

We loved his response and realize now that he pretty much ruined it for the other two. You want to travel in an Airstream? Me too. That's why I bought one.

For anyone else that may ever ask, I would simply laugh. And laugh. Then reply with, "Oh. You're serious?"

Uh, no.

featherbedder · 04-07-2015, 02:16 PM

There is a old saying I do not loan any thing but every thing is for sale except for wife you can have her... I will be in trouble when she finds out this old saying, but she does not read forums. Bill

drboyd · 04-07-2015, 03:16 PM

My daughter actually asked to borrow it one time. I asked if she had an electric brake controller on her truck.

"A what?"

"Sorry!"

It's not just knowing how to tow it and set it up; it's knowing the absolute best way to fix it when it breaks. Someone would have to be a journeyman millwright, electrician, big rig driver, and RV mechanic for me to even consider it.