Great idea on the thread, and good finds, but while I have spent enough time on your island Kingdom to understand your descriptions, many of my fellow country people are probably still trying to figure out some of the comments. But that’s OK, it can be our secret
.LOL . Just came up from the original shop . What didn't I find would be the question . Anyone into chain tools ? Hydraulic fittings ? Drills ? Reamers ? 3 42" boxes full of everything and anything . End mills next on the list .
All I got was he was tipping insects for some service or another and he cut 1.2M off of the trunk of a rubber tree..Great idea on the thread, and good finds, but while I have spent enough time on your island Kingdom to understand your descriptions, many of my fellow country people are probably still trying to figure out some of the comments. But that’s OK, it can be our secret
"fly-tip": To illegally dump waste (originally whilst in mention I believe).Great idea on the thread, and good finds, but while I have spent enough time on your island Kingdom to understand your descriptions, many of my fellow country people are probably still trying to figure out some of the comments. But that’s OK, it can be our secret
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The hell are you doing up so late?"fly-tip": To illegally dump waste (originally whilst in mention I believe).
"safety rubber cable trunking": cable trunking (often trapezoidal, or flattened bell shaped in profile) placed on the floor, to contain cables that cannot be conveniently routed elsewhere to prevent or at least reduce tripping hazards.
"first aid kit": typical US healthcare provision for anybody who has the temerity to not be employed where healthcare insurance covers this basic of a civilised modern liberal democracy!
(that was a bit of playful banter between two brother countries, let's not make this political; feel free to mock the UK's woeful and embarrassing penny pinching in regards to its armed forces
Sounds great but I had to make do.
Lincolnshire herbed sausage, egg (yolk fried to solid, if like me, you're likely to get runny yolk all down your front) and bacon...on white bread. That's a proper breakfast on the go.
Even better is two grilled sausages, six fried rashers of bacon, two fried eggs, baked beans, a pile of fried mushrooms, three slices of fried black pudding, a slice of fried bread, HP brown sauce on a plate, with toast (again white bread) in a stainless steel toast rack with salted butter ready to spread...and a cup of strong tea (with milk of course).
Alternatively, ensure your staff have the kedgeree piping hot, on the side, the morning's post and paper on the table, and that the toast and marmalade will be served promptly when you ring the bell.
Be careful. They'll probably accuse you of thievery even though the only alternative for this stuff was either the landfill or to rot in place.Okay we have a "What Did You Buy Today?" thread but I think given that many of us are incorrigible scroungers/salvagers/upcyclers I think the topic deserves its own thread.
Just before Christmas I was in the post apocalyptic surrounds of my local town centre, and I spotted a bit of a fly tip situation on the concrete foundations of the demolished community hall.
Took a poke through and found 10 metres of safety rubber cable trunking (I cut off 4 metres and left the rest):
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I also found a square of about 2 metre by 1.5 metre non-slip 3 mm anti-slip/anti-fatigue matting:
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Needs a bit more of a clean but it's down!
Finally, a barely used first aid kit:
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So what have you found, picked up, or even 'liberated' recently.
To me, this topic applies any time something is saved from filling up a landfill because of the talents developed by being good in a shop. That gives us a way to feel like our hobby is actually good for the world at large, in spite of its ruinous impact on our retirement savings.I would normally say if it's from your own property, it doesn't really count, but given you have so much stuff you are only dimly aware of owning (if you are aware of owning it at all), I guess you can be given a break!
