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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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READ FULL STORY out in the "box"
Stanley bottle reminds me of many years out in the "box" in combat maneuvre training centers in Canada and Europe. Filling the bottle with hot Coffe of tea for the day, hopping onto the observers tank knowing the hot stuff will be hot for more than 10 ours even if you´re out in the cold. Great stuff! Now for the office I purchased a Stanley classic mug for the long meetings.
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READ FULL STORY It won't die!
When my brother-in-law moved back to the east coast, he left me his Stanley bottle. We were just starting out (1973), so I was happy to have it. I was just starting as a mailman, raising a family. Over the years, it fell off of motorcycles, got left outside lost for weeks, and slammed in car doors. It wouldn't die! After 20 years, the paint was wearing, so the family bought me a new one. This one has lasted 19 years, but the old one still goes with me fishing. The handle started to split where connected last Wednesday, so I emailed Stanley to see what to do. They sent me a new one toda...
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Built Army Strong
I Spent 20 years with the U.S. Army, and early in my career (1981) picked up this Stanley thermos. It became as important to me as my weapon, and being in Armor - I was able to keep it onboard my tank. Well, it traveled with me and my crew through Kentucky, Germany, Louisiana, Germany again, Texas, Southwest Asia, Texas again, Colorado, and now is retired along with me in Ohio. What amazed people (and still does) is that I can fill my thermos up and the next night it is still hot. I've only placed black coffee in it, and once during Desert Storm, one of my crew decided to hide my thermos...
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READ FULL STORY The Stanley Thermos Heirloom
This thermos was purchased by my Grandfather in 1948 to keep his coffee warm while working in the wheat field. Grandfather used it, my dad used it and I used it. Not much paint left due to lying in the seat of a D-6 cat. (We used it also for fishing and hunting.) What brought me to this site…Its so old that I cannot find a replacement cork, as the old one has seen it's last days. It still keeps my coffee warm in the boat while fishing.
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READ FULL STORY Soldier Tough Stanley Steel Thermos
I am retired from the United States Army, which I served in for more than twenty years. For fourteen years of that, my Aladdin-Stanley thermos soldiered right along with me. This is the toughest thermos I have ever owned and in fact is almost as tough as some of the soldiers I served with. It has really taken a beating over the years of my career and always served me well. As an example, on an Air Assault training mission over the swamps of Fort Stewart, Georgia, I accidentally dropped my (full) thermos of coffee out of the open doors of the helicopter I was sitting on the deck plates of....
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