Today I acquired...........

[DAPPH]

Today I acquired .. two sets of Duggar gun sockets as 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 & 24 mm extra deep 1/2 " square drive sockets , One Duggar gun with a big battery & its charger a keyless 1/2 inch chuck and a special x point cum screw driver bit for the special drive matching chuck that came with it .
£9 per set of impact sockets and £ 38 for the impact driver drill which also had a 10. 12 13 &14 mm set of ED impact sockets with it in the price . Lidl price for similar size was IIRC £68 a few weeks ago, If the impact sockets are any good I'll be quid's in as a good set isn't cheap in the UK

A month or so ago I realised that Trump would be slapping tariffs on here & there. reasoned that China would bust a gut to get their best gear out into the world before being hit with tariffs from many countries as the world goes Trump stupid.
So I placed orders for all sorts of things including a super dooper electric powered wheelchair for my lass now she has bee incapacitated with MS at a high level ,it can be joystick or smart phone controlled , it folds to 17 inches high either via the joystick or the phone app and can be driven onto the loading platform by remote control or the joystick . It has the latest biggest lithium ion battery available for it too which should give a range of 38 miles or a 100 kg person ,

UK price was over £3.8 K for this top of the range model with the smallest battery available for it, the largest capacity battery for it was not available ! .........delivery 12 weeks or so ???????

Hmm they are importing to order and slapping almost £2k on top of it .

I had a look at several such places selling powered wheelchairs ,, most were trying to sell what seemed to be 4 yr old models with lead acid batteries , ones that I suspect they still had from pre covid days & hadn't had any customers for them . Amazon & eBay were similar too .

 

[Barking Mat]

Today I acquired .. two sets of Duggar gun sockets as 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 & 24 mm extra deep 1/2 " square drive sockets , One Duggar gun with a big battery & its charger a keyless 1/2 inch chuck and a special x point cum screw driver bit for the special drive matching chuck that came with it .
£9 per set of impact sockets and £ 38 for the impact driver drill which also had a 10. 12 13 &14 mm set of ED impact sockets with it in the price . Lidl price for similar size was IIRC £68 a few weeks ago, If the impact sockets are any good I'll be quid's in as a good set isn't cheap in the UK

A month or so ago I realised that Trump would be slapping tariffs on here & there. reasoned that China would bust a gut to get their best gear out into the world before being hit with tariffs from many countries as the world goes Trump stupid.
So I placed orders for all sorts of things including a super dooper electric powered wheelchair for my lass now she has bee incapacitated with MS at a high level ,it can be joystick or smart phone controlled , it folds to 17 inches high either via the joystick or the phone app and can be driven onto the loading platform by remote control or the joystick . It has the latest biggest lithium ion battery available for it too which should give a range of 38 miles or a 100 kg person ,

UK price was over £3.8 K for this top of the range model with the smallest battery available for it, the largest capacity battery for it was not available ! .........delivery 12 weeks or so ???????

Hmm they are importing to order and slapping almost £2k on top of it .

I had a look at several such places selling powered wheelchairs ,, most were trying to sell what seemed to be 4 yr old models with lead acid batteries , ones that I suspect they still had from pre covid days & hadn't had any customers for them . Amazon & eBay were similar too .

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired a truck cooling system pressure tester. Nicely made thing.

Bob

 

[julianthegypsy]

Take some cuttings , hormone treat them before potting up , that £5.50 will grown into hundreds of £'s

Poxy leylandii's , 8 yrs ago the next door neighbour eventually paid to have hers 21 cut down after I told her they were too near our bungalows and also liable to be way above the legal height as garden dividers . The branches from her side which was four feet below my boundary were encroaching over 14 feet into my garden & were topping 30 feet high in places ,some of the trunk were 17 inches or more in diameter .

Even now after 8 years of being cut none of the stumps have rotted away despite being heavily treated with a stump rotting agent when first felled and having Xs cut inthe top to hold the stump rot chemicals .

Back in my plantation clearing youth, the best treatment was reckoned to be cutting a hole in the exposed stump and filling it with saltpetre. Leave it a month then set fire to eat and it will burn everything out, right through the root system.

 

[redlig]

I picked up a load of lithium storage batteries yesterday that had been subbed out to us.

When I got the paperwork I blagged a shiny new pair of Portwest work gloves from the splendidly attractive young lady in the transport office who asked me how big my hands are. OH dear, thought I, you obviously haven't heard the old saying .

Have you given thought as to why she asked ? Perhaps it had nothing to do with gloves !

 

[Gragson]

Leave it a month then set fire to eat and it will burn everything out,

As above but don't eat it even if prepped by nut job Heston

 

[4String.]

Have you given thought as to why she asked ? Perhaps it had nothing to do with gloves !

If it was a thinly disguised chat up line, I can only imagine she was desperate for male company.

Considering I'm now 60 and knackered and something in the region of 35+ years her senior, there must be plenty of much more eligible males around than me. Failing that, she was probably taken aback at being treated with politeness and courtesy by a lorry driver as by and large they're not universally acclaimed for their social skills.

 

[DAPPH]

Back in my plantation clearing youth, the best treatment was reckoned to be cutting a hole in the exposed stump and filling it with saltpetre. Leave it a month then set fire to eat and it will burn everything out, right through the root system.

You can't easily get salt peter these days even if you're into home curing your own pig but you can get a ready made mix of it with salt & herbs to cure the meat with .

 

[DAPPH]

Have you given thought as to why she asked ? Perhaps it had nothing to do with gloves !

Having size 11 large , hands has given me some interesting conversations with some ladies .

Screw Fix seem to stop at size nine large here in Wales ..is it a Welsh thing ?

 

[Blue Chips]

Another vintage gadget followed me home today. I'm not 100% certain, but I think it could be a wave-actuated bilge pump that pumps out a little water every time a boat rocks, making the weighted pendulum swing back and forth to operate the little diaphragm pump.

If I get ambitious I might give it a quick cleaning and install some new rubber parts. Anyone able to provide more details?

 

[DAPPH]

If it was a thinly disguised chat up line, I can only imagine she was desperate for male company.

Considering I'm now 60 and knackered and something in the region of 35+ years her senior, there must be plenty of much more eligible males around than me. Failing that, she was probably taken aback at being treated with politeness and courtesy by a lorry driver as by and large they're not universally acclaimed for their social skills.

A friend who was 62 yrs old & foreman for a tarmac road repair team was shocked & amused to be invited by two very delicious 19 yr " Ladies " for an evenings enjoyment .

All Eammon could say to me was " I bloody daren't , I talk in my sleep , my missus would do a Bobbitt on me an 'then slit my effin throat ".

Eammon was a magic guy , I 'm sure he had a very large female fan club as the guy was a natural bird magnet .

 

[Gragson]

Parkside impact wrench from the middle..

Parkside 20V Cordless Right Angle Impact Wrench - Bare…

Parkside 20V Cordless Right Angle Impact Wrench - Bare Unit - Bare unit - battery and charger not included Practical impact wrench for work in

www.lidl.co.uk

On giving it a bit of a workout.

Pros - Decent DIY build quality, pretty light and quite compact, got into some reasonably restricted access bolt heads, comes with 4 deep sockets which I found odd given the big point is tight access and a 3/8" adapter. The trigger speed control allows slow control all the way upto max. The light is well directed. And as @eddie49 posted "hammer mechanism and a geared 90 degree output, not simply a motorised ratchet"

Cons - At max 76Nm it's obviously not aimed to shift rusted fused stuff, more light/medium assembly/disassembly. The direction change switch is easy to knock, bit picky maybe but not ideally placed where you are gripping the thing.

Overall pretty happy with it.

 

[winchman]

Popped in to Aldi
Hook Pick and scraper set for £6.99
Be rude not to buy one

Hook and Scraper Set

This tool is essential for removing O-rings, split pins and loose parts around the car. <ul> <li>Scraper can be used to remove gaskets, sealing and carbon built-up with ease</li> <li>Keep it in your boot for convieniece</li> <li>9 piece set</li> </ul>

www.aldi.co.uk

 

[droopsnoot]

Cons - The direction change switch is easy to knock, bit picky maybe but not ideally placed where you are gripping the thing.

I've got a Clarke mains power drill with that same problem, it's very easy to catch the direction switch as it's just above the pull trigger.

 

[iNf]

More Temu tat
Laser level comes with rechargeable battery (takes AA as well) and magnetic bracket, not bad for under £6. Thermometer allegedly goes to 800°C. Big fan of these ratchet belts, they allow small adjustments in size.

Laser shows up much better than photo shows.

 

[Kram]

Hopefully, a decent 13mm chuck for the Fakita drill. Jacobs 500, for £16. This drill has 3/8" 24 UNF left hand threads so there are not many choices.

Pardon our interruption...

It was this or, for twice as much, a Bosch branded Rohm, which I'm sure are decent, but I dont like the Germans..

 

[Climber]

Hopefully, a decent 13mm chuck for the Fakita drill. Jacobs 500, for £16. This drill has 3/8" 24 UNF left hand threads so there are not many choices.
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Pardon our interruption...

It was this or, for twice as much, a Bosch branded Rohm, which I'm sure are decent, but I dont like the Germans..

You might want to rephrase that. It comes across as if you've just thrown in a casual bit or racism, just for fun.

 

[8ob]

A bit more Temutat arrived today, some hose pliers, assorted brass tees/joiners, gurt syringe, wire steady and few boxes of assorted uninsulated crimps.

Bob

 

[Seadog]

A few more cds for my collection.

 

[Melvyn Best]

The Beach boys were boys when I saw them a lifetime ago. Saw Fleetwood Mac , unfortunately not with Christine Mcvee