Keith, it was said in jest, but truth is no one ever uses a rope. That would take time and forethought, so the power cord gets used most of the time. Same for securing the saw so it won't fall- loop the cord around a rafter and there ya go! For many years I thought the main reason they made a straight claw hammer was so you could sink it in a stud so it wouldn't get lost. After all, a straight claw hammer is near useless for pulling nails, you want the curved claw for that, but no one uses a curved claw hammer anymore. Not "Macho" enough, and you can't really pull nails with the $100 titanium wood handled super hammer anyway. I can only assume no one actually pulls nails anymore. Must be the straight claws are for using the hammer like an ice axe and stopping your skid off a roof, which I've done a few times!
FWIW- Habror Freight is doing some pretty fair improvements in the higher end tools they offer. Their cordless stuff is getting better, and you can still afford their batteries. Another forum I'm on has the "I HATE Harbor Freight and will viciously attack anyone that says anything remotely nice about their junk!!!!!" crew. Those guys all buy Snap On and Milwaukee and apparently have an inexhaustible bank account someplace. They also tend to be the guys that talk about waxing their tractors, so that tells you where they are coming from. Any defense of Craftsman, Kobalt, S-K or other non- Snap On tool will result in the hounds being unleashed. Say anything positive about HF and it's likely a hit man will be dispatched to your location to assist in your suicide via 2 bullets to the back of the head. It's pretty funny to see the virtual spittle being flung from their mouths as they do their best to eviscerate the poor boob that just needed a cheap 20 ton press to straighten stuff around the shop. Tool snobs, gotta love them for the laugh factor if nothing else.