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| Fergus OMore:
Had fun today. Went into local cheap store for a 'bit of twin and earth' and a fluorescent tube starter. Poor girl had to measure labouriosly 5 metres on a ruler below working height, one metre, two metre etc-- and then she cut it. I laughed and said that it was quicker to pull the cable out with one hand outstretched to my nose, do another and so on. She looked at me in blank astonishment. So I got to the till and it was 45p a metre and I said- £2.25 plus £1.35 for the starter. £4.50 for 10 metres halved. Moving the decimal point. She fed in 45p in 5 separate times and couldn't add the £1.35 and I had 2 £2 coins and the rest in bits-- and she couldn't work out that she had to give me a £1 coin back. It was worse, her mate couldn't either! I've had a sort of interesting day- so far. Green- nah, more cabbage looking Mind you, at 81 , it doesn't take a lot to amuse me Norman |
| Yettiatcpg:
I find the whole green thing funny. when I was very young (about 4) my grand pa told me that phrase 'one man's junk is another man's treasure." I have never forgotten it. I have made my life around things I have salvaged from the bin. funny part is I work with a couple guys whole for no good reason drag stuff to the curb that is like new all the time...including tools. makes me crazy. one guy was throwing out a pair 24" Ridged pipe wrench's. another a 14" electric chain saw. not a thing wrong with them. if any of you have the urge to chuck your tools and need a spot I'll hook you up. |
| Baldrocker:
--- Quote ---Someone mentioned razor blades, once they were too blunt for a father to use, they went to carve models and sharpening was by using water and a piece of broken glass. --- End quote --- AH, the old sharpen the razor blade on the inside of a glass tumbler trick! :thumbup: br |
| Fergus OMore:
Ah, yes but I do recall that my father always sharpened the carving knife on the sandstone window sill. Perhaps the most delightful of all is the late Bernard Miles monologue http://monologues.co.uk/Bernard_Miles/Over_the_Gate.htm I'll leave it to enjoy the lot. |
| rowbare:
The sad part is that plastic grocery bags are probably less harmful to the environment than cotton bags. Much more energy goes into making them and cotton crops are arguably the dirtiest there are in terms of pesticide use. According to some estimates you would have to use a cotton bag 100+ times to break even. If you wash it regularly as recommended, you might never. They are a great profit centre for retailers though since they are usually marked up 10-20x.... bob |
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