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Grandfather's Stanley N944
For years I saw my grandfather's thermos in our storage building. Didn't think much about it until I started taking coffee to the duck blind. I purchased a rather nice "thermos" thinking it would do the same as any other, but it was easily dinged up while carrying to and from the swamp. My fellow hunters were all carrying Stanley brand and had nothing but praise for them. My mind immediately went to that old Stanley sitting on the shelf of the buidling many years ago. I went back to my parents and asked if they knew where it was located now. My mom had found it in the building...
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I have been Hunting for over 14 years and started hunting waterfowl last season. During early Teal season in Central Illinois I packed my fathers Stanley Thermos that ages at least 35 years. My father told me no matter what don't loose his thermos. As I started to move across what I though was a shall pocket of water I found my chest waders taking in water. Without any hesitation my fathers thermos and my shotgun went over my head to protect them from the water. After the incident of nearly drowning that morning I realized how important my fathers thermos and my shotgun were to me. Late...
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My father was my Scoutmaster growing up. Every month we went camping, and every month he brought his trusty 1qt Stanley filled with his favorite hot tea. No matter what the weather, my father never had to worry about starting the fire in the morning in order to have a piping hot drink to start his day. He was the envy of all of us Scouts on every trip. Two months ago I took the reigns as Scoutmaster in my local troop. As a congratulations gift from my father, I recieved a 1 qt Stanley thermos of my own (not his old one... it is still in use) with a simple note attached: "For good luck an...
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while driving my 1964 minneapolis-moline U-302 tractor to the neighbors to split some firewood with the attached log splitter in tow, i felt as if i ran over a log with the left rear tire. A quick glance behind me didnt show anything, and so i went on. reaching the wood pile I stopped the tractor & prepared to set up. About the time I reached for my classic stanley quart bottle it hit me,"wern't no log" because it wasn't were I put it on the tractor!... Back tracking on foot I found it in the pathway half under the semi soft earth. Still mostly full of hot coffee & not to bad...
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I am not exactly sure when I received my Stanley stainless steel thermos, but I know that I was around 15 years old. It was a Christmas gift from my brother and was meant to be used when we went deer hunting. I am nearly 51 years old now, so that bottle is/was at least 36 years old. For over 20 years I stopped deer hunting and rarely used the thermos during that time. When I used the thermos during the 2008 deer season I was impressed when I poured myself a cup of coffee and it was still hot after 10 hours in the near freezing cold. This past 2009 deer season I used the thermos again....
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i have owned a stanley for 22 years, and i mean the same one.Im a union ironworker and its a pretty tough busness, my stanley has dropped at least 3 floors and survied, it has never let me down i do a lot of work in new york city so when i leave my house its around 3:30 am coming from delaware and even the last cup of coffee, and that can be at 3:00 p.m and its still warm.Well this christmas my son got me a new stanley, but my old one still works fine, i just cant let my old friend go, thanks for a great product. Poncho , new castle delaware.
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I was in the Army for 20 years and half of my time in the Army I was in Jump Status, in other words, I was in the Rapid Deployment Forces, where we have to be ready to go any-where in the world within 18 hours of been notified. So, I always tried to take my Stanley Thermo with me where-ever I was sent, any way, My thermo was always full of coffee ( Go-Go Juice ). It was a surprise to my fellow Paratroopers to see me in the Drop Zone, after making sure my M-16 Rifle was ready to go and i had all my equipment, drinking a steamy-hot cup of coffee and asking me, '' A sarge, where did you ge...
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My father worked for Amoco Oil Refinery for 30 yrs. He never worked a shift without his lunch box cooler combo. When I was 13, 23 yrs ago he gave me the original 1.1 qt bottle that went to it when I started working summers in the family house building business. I have since looked with no success for 23 yrs to find my own lunch box cooler to match it. I am now 36. Stores either don't carry the item or only other size food and beverage containers. I took the 1.1 qt bottle with me to Iraq and afghan. The 1.1 qt kept drinks hot and cold like it was new on many a lonely and dangerous mission. T...
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I have a 2qt thermos that belonged to my grandfather. He had bought it at the local hardware store in Mt. Vernon IN. long before i was around. He passed on in 1985 at the age of 73. My father received one of two of the thermos my grandfather had. Both my father and my uncle drove trucks over the road so they were the ones grandfather wanted them to go to. My father had used the thermos up until about 2002. He had to quit driving however by this time. I had been Been driving trucks for several years. He gave me the thermos as a birthday gift for me to carry in my travels. I am also in the reser...
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12/31/09 my husband filled his Stanley thermos with hot water as he typically does. He works in the cold most days and likes to have hot water for oatmeal and tea. He left the thermos in his truck and it was there all day Thursday through Monday morning. The tempature got down to -3 Thursday, -21 Friday, -29 Saturday and -17 Monday. It didn't get any warmer than 4 degrees. Monday he brought his thermos in to get it ready and the water was not frozen! We were amazed! It had gotten so cold that his truck window broke but the water in the thermos didn't freeze.
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