Best improvised tools.

[Rudi McAnichal]

CompoSimmonite’s post reminds me of 1960s when my MiniVan fuel pump failed around midnight, no garages open. Swapped pipes onto manual windscreen washer pump, long-suffering passenger pumped fuel all the way from Slough to Okehampton. Reader, I married her.

 

[mcostello]

You chaps are amazing! But You already knew that.

 

[DanielW]

A long length of dowel with a shorter piece of thin bamboo gaffer taped to it to poke through the letter box and retrieve the house keys (sat on the table) after I'd locked myself out...

Hah been there done that and made me aware of how easy it is.......borrowed fishing rod and a tied magnet to the fishing line,hey presto one set of keys through the letter box.

 

[DanielW]

And the best there is......borrowing her tights cos the fanbelt snapped.

 

[wookie]

And the best there is......borrowing her tights cos the fanbelt snapped.

Had it really snapped or did you just wanted to get her tights off ?????

 

[66-V8]

I use a Papps tuning wedge to (occasionally) retrieve my kidney stones from the loo.

Don't fancy fishing for them with me fingers.

 

[DanielW]

I use a Papps tuning wedge to (occasionally) retrieve my kidney stones from the loo.
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Don't fancy fishing for them with me fingers.

how big are your kidney stones? mine was 6mm but then again I had them shattered with lithotripsy.
Put fine net curtain over a round bucket,saves you using those implements in the loo.

 

[66-V8]

They pop out too randomly to faff about taking the curtains down.

 

[brightspark]

And the best there is......borrowing her tights cos the fanbelt snapped.

are u sure thats all

 

[Wedg1e]

how big are your kidney stones? mine was 6mm but then again I had them shattered with lithotripsy.
Put fine net curtain over a round bucket,saves you using those implements in the loo.

Fantastic, I was just eating my breakfast
OK, I give in: why would you need or want to fish your kidney stones out of the pot? Do you sell them for Chinese medicine, make friendship bracelets out of them or is there a TV show comparing the biggest...?

 

[Maker]

Fantastic, I was just eating my breakfast
OK, I give in: why would you need or want to fish your kidney stones out of the pot? Do you sell them for Chinese medicine, make friendship bracelets out of them or is there a TV show comparing the biggest...?

I was wondering that exact thing.

 

[66-V8]

I collect and display mine alongside my extracted teeth.

Using them for Chinese medicine or friendship bracelets sounds a bit weird and creepy to me.

Some people though eh, pffttt.

 

[DanielW]

Fantastic, I was just eating my breakfast
OK, I give in: why would you need or want to fish your kidney stones out of the pot? Do you sell them for Chinese medicine, make friendship bracelets out of them or is there a TV show comparing the biggest...?

They're are requested by medical consultants for tests ie the medical fraternity have yet to find out why they occur in certain people....little spikey ball like objects trying to force their way down the urinary tract......bladdy painful as well.

they come in crystalized form and vary in size......My consultant had a sense of humour after I had Lithotripsy....'I believe you have lost a stone in weight',sarcastic sod.
http://thehealthcoach1.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20091127151713110.jpg

 

[normspanners]

CompoSimmonite’s post reminds me of 1960s when my MiniVan fuel pump failed around midnight, no garages open. Swapped pipes onto manual windscreen washer pump, long-suffering passenger pumped fuel all the way from Slough to Okehampton. Reader, I married her.

done that one too !! but I did the pumping-------- that saved me from gettin married.

 

[Moosevan]

done that one too !! but I did the pumping-------- that saved me from gettin married.

1982 - Series 1 V8 Landrover truck cab ; fuel tank & Lucas pump in rear bed - no worries till pump stops working at midnight in a blizzard on M50 just after Jct 1 on the way to Hereford. I was all set to jump in the back to beat the hell out of it with a spanner all the way home BUT... my then fiance only had a bike licence (oops). Guess who had to freeze in the back belting the pump for the next 25 miles? I was (relatively) warm & dry behind the wheel . Still married today (god knows how she puts up with me).

 

[normspanners]

Used a socket the other day welded to a Dodecagon nut inside a gear cluster with 3mm clearance and the ring around it was the id of a bearing face,an impossible socket to buy or make, with the clearance available. looks like manuf only,

So cut up a coke can as a sacrificial shield welded on with tiny rods down the gap, got the nut off, then ground the welds down and used the socket to re tighten till it sheared through the welds ala a shear nut. then used a dremel to clean the end of the nut which was not a lot btw.
Worked but was a tight job.

 

[normspanners]

Hah been there done that and made me aware of how easy it is.......borrowed fishing rod and a tied magnet to the fishing line,hey presto one set of keys through the letter box.

Though every youth , had one there , you see loads of lads with fishing rods, it's coz there are so many fishing pits in liverpool!!

Only joking

 

[DanielW]

The moral of the story is....if you think your keys are safe on the hall table? then think again.....you can buy telescopic fishing rods these days and easily concealed within the coat.....whats this sonny,its a fishing rod officer,I've borrowed it to go fishin tomorra.

 

[Turbo]

A good tip for those suffering from kidney stones is a natural remedy called Quebra Pedra. I suffered with kidney stones for several years, passing a stone every 6-8 months. I was in hospital twice with the pain, biggest stone I passed was 6mm, I nearly passed out when I passed it! Like you other guys I fished them out of the loo to be analysed but results inconclusive.

Then I discovered Quebra Pedra. It's a natural cure for kidney & gall stones & is actually prescribed by the French nhs as a cure. It dissolves the stones allowing them to pass out with little or no pain. I took it for a year & it completely cleared away the stones. I still occasionally get stones but I recognise the symptoms and a months course of the capsules clears them painlessly.

 

[normspanners]

The moral of the story is....if you think your keys are safe on the hall table? then think again.....you can buy telescopic fishing rods these days and easily concealed within the coat.....whats this sonny,its a fishing rod officer,I've borrowed it to go fishin tomorra.

And then even when caught with the keys on the end of the line, oh we saw this on the internet http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/gink...georgia-man-catches-trout-on-car-key-but-why/ and we thought we would try it !!