yesterday. Partners daughter got this off e-bay. Listed as non working. batteries had been left in, cleaned up, resoldered some of the joints and it's working now. Good working examples without the box fetch £175-£260!! 'cause it's Disney. She paid 12 quid.
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ajlelectronics
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This one is listed at £175. although working, it's in worse condition than the one I fixed. the mirror has lots of foxing on it
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's got the most tools of all?
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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not you.
They don't though, that's people taking the p*ss like those "rare miss print coin!!" listings that are normal coins with nothing wrong.
They're listed at those silly prices but if you view actually sold items they go for ~£50-60 at best with most sitting around £30.
the coins one is good. there was a Henry 5 coin on the bay with the description 'looks old' went for 300odd quid despite the guy who struck it, not two years earlier, contacting the seller,. So someone got ripped off, as Dave used to sell them at a pound.
Conversely, I'm always surprised how cheap a lot of Roman coins are on ebay etc, considering they're getting on for 2000 years old they're often just a couple of quid or so, I realise that there are fakes of these too of course, but these i'd think would be for the higher denomination / value coins, the everyday pocket change of the Roman world doesn't seem to have much value despite it's age and historical interest.
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Couple of weeks ago, I get the ex brother in law on the phone asking if I know anything about a safe at his mothers. I used to help her with various jobs, as she helped me with the kids. She passed about 6 months ago, and hes now got probate and is clearing the house. He found a safe fixed into the her bedroom wardrobe, he didnt know was there. Tried all the numbers he could think off, and the key pad just kept flashing. He sent me a picture I did a bit of research. And today, it took me under 2 minutes to get it open. Once you know where to drill easy. Not really a good advert for a safe.
We werent expecting to find much in it, as my ex had been and taken all her jewellery to sell and paperwork, when she was in hospital about 10 years ago….hence why shes not in the will…long contorted story.
Most of her decent jewellery, her hubbies watch and a load of share certificates, still registered at her old address, were in there, guess she wasnt as doddery as we all thought.
We werent expecting to find much in it, as my ex had been and taken all her jewellery to sell and paperwork, when she was in hospital about 10 years ago….hence why shes not in the will…long contorted story.
Most of her decent jewellery, her hubbies watch and a load of share certificates, still registered at her old address, were in there, guess she wasnt as doddery as we all thought.
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A friend of ours is in his 80's he has a saying right tool for the right job.
His brother died and they found a safe in the house.
Two years passed and he decided to have a go at opening it himself with a Grinder.
It blew apart as he cut through it as it had what they think was some sort of gunpowder in it, so a quick ride in the air ambulance he is very lucky he survived and still have his legs.
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What an excellent easter egg to leave to any thieving rellies.
Problem is, it's indiscriminate as to who it might injure.
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Replaced the main cooling fan in my daily driver today. I'd read an article about how to do it - fiddly, but not too bad. Turned out to be fairly straightforward, but not as easy as the article claimed. Still, it's done now, and I'll be a little bit more calm next time I'm in traffic in this hot weather.
Once again I was glad to have bought the selection box of spring hose clip pliers that were mentioned on here. When it became clear that I'd have to disconnect a few water hoses it was a relief to know I wasn't going to spend the afternoon with the stupid things pinging out of reach like they used to. I even managed to find where I'd put them safe.
ETA - I was also glad that I'd bought the £4.99 set of torx keys from Lidl at the weekend, as I think I'd have struggled to use the ones that fit onto a ratchet. I've lost the ball bearing out of the 3/8" adapter for them, so I'd have had to use the 1/2" one and space is limited.
Once again I was glad to have bought the selection box of spring hose clip pliers that were mentioned on here. When it became clear that I'd have to disconnect a few water hoses it was a relief to know I wasn't going to spend the afternoon with the stupid things pinging out of reach like they used to. I even managed to find where I'd put them safe.
ETA - I was also glad that I'd bought the £4.99 set of torx keys from Lidl at the weekend, as I think I'd have struggled to use the ones that fit onto a ratchet. I've lost the ball bearing out of the 3/8" adapter for them, so I'd have had to use the 1/2" one and space is limited.
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Well, didn't fix it, but pulled a boat engine out today.
