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Classic American Family heirloom
I carry my Stanley in memory of my father; he died when I was young. At eight years old I attended his funeral, and since I've been hanging on to the memories I have of him, using them as fuel to grow into the man I've become. My father, though an MIT grad, was an urban commercial roofer by trade. He was a genius of a man, and blue collar by choice. He loved his job, and he worked really hard at it. (Consequently it was the job he loved that took him from this life). I recall my father coming home from work every day, wearing jeans and a work shirt covered in tar, sweat saturated as eviden...
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READ FULL STORY Winter Camping in Wisconsin
The Chequamegon National Forest in northern Wisconsin issues a $5 permit to cut down a Christmas tree, and it's always a fun challenge to hike into the woods in late December in search of a presentable one. The trip is an overnight mission I typically make alone. After hiking or skiing along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, I make camp somewhere far off in the glowing winter night. The first time I went on this trip, the snow was already two feet deep and the top half was a weightless, swishing sparkle due to the extreme cold. The digital screen on my GPS unit faded and gave out in th...
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READ FULL STORY Go Fishing!
Stanley bottles always make me think of my dad getting up before the sun, filling his Stanley with piping hot coffee, and heading out to go fishing!
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READ FULL STORY Stanley is a family tradition
I have owned Stanley thermos ' for nearly forty years . I grew up on a rural farm and my father worked the farm and had a job at the steelmills . He was constantly dropping the thermos and breaking the glass liners that came in most thermos bottles of the time . My brother went to work on an oil rig and got tired of glass shards in his coffee every time he dropped a thermos . Finally we got a two quart Stanley for him to carry to the oil fields . I heated it with hot water first and it kept the coffee hot for two days on the job . I was so impressed with it's performance ,I got other famil...
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READ FULL STORY Survived the coal mine cave in!
Hey! I just wanted to share my story with you. I am a West Virginia coal miner in the southern coal fields of West Virginia. Being a constant temperature in the winter of about 42 degrees, a hot thermos of soup or a hot cup of coffe sure tastes good after a long ten to twelve hour day in a six day work week! I have used mine daily for three years now and it is great! I did however have an occurrence with it. I was working on the section at the face where my lunch bucket and my Stanley thermos were hanging on the rib of the mines. We were roof bolting on a two headed bolter when all of a sudden...
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