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

[Turbo]

Just got back with this View attachment 181315

Seadoo, a truly international jetski. Canadian company, made in Mexico & delivered to the UK via their European distribution center in Belgium!

The Seadoo Ireland main agent is based in the unit opposite out Men's Shed. The jetskis come packed in a really good crate & we get the crates for firewood so we are able to keep track on what he is selling. He is selling at least 2-3 per week all year round, when the sun appears 7 or 8! At £25-£30k each that's a good turnover! He does all the work himself, he starts at 6am & does a 12 hr day, 6 days a week! I was chatting to him in April & he had already sold his 2019 quota of jetskis!

 

[Turbo]

Approx 75 green scotch pads, mixture of brands. £15

Some off cuts of heavy gauge steel. £10

Spotted this at an auction, knew it was a bender of some type & bought it for £15. Wasn't until I got home & googled it that I discovered it costs over £400! It's missing the rollers, should be able to make them.

 

[Turbo]

I started cleaning up all the dirty paint brushes last weekend & ended up with this.

12 big brushes from 1/2" to 2" & 6 artists brushes, all clean & now in paper towel keepers.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yesterday I acquired a fixed heel.

October I managed to fracture it in 12 places after a minor fall.
Yesterday I had key hole surgery, under local, to fix it.
Some of the cracks were not heeling as they should.

Basically they make a hole, poke around inside, make small talk and glue the cracks.

Sounds simples, it was.

The dressing is a plaster and to help inserts into the boots.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Approx 75 green scotch pads, mixture of brands. £15

All you need now is 5 gallons of WD-40 and your sorted!

 

[RichardM]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark

Hope your remedy is a little better than the "hot" boot on the pininterest page!

 

[Nick DV]

Yesterday I acquired a fixed heel.

October I managed to fracture it in 12 places after a minor fall.
Yesterday I had key hole surgery, under local, to fix it.
Some of the cracks were not heeling as they should.

Basically they make a hole, poke around inside, make small talk and glue the cracks.

Sounds simples, it was.

The dressing is a plaster and to help inserts into the boots.

That's all well and good, but did you get the busty nurse?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's all well and good, but did you get the busty nurse?

Different hospital, different nurse.

I was under the impression it was a appointment to discuss future plans.
So it was a shock to find out it was corrective surgery.


Best bit was in the recovery room when the tea lady showed off, all be it unbeknown, her stocking tops.

 

[Nick DV]

Different hospital, different nurse.

I was under the impression it was a appointment to discuss future plans.
So it was a shock to find out it was corrective surgery.


Best bit was in the recovery room when the tea lady showed off, all be it unbeknown, her stocking tops.

That's good, anything to aid a swift recovery

 

[4String.]

Best bit was in the recovery room when the tea lady showed off, all be it unbeknown, her stocking tops.

A lot better than. I fared yesterday.

Loading a couple of 25 metre rail crossings on the trailer and decided to help the side loader driver by levering the crossing a few inches forward onto the trailer using a side restraint post, 4x2 x36 box section, as a crowbar. The bottom of the box slipped as I pushed forward, it pivoted on the rail and the bottom, quite predictably , shot back towards me and smacked me under the chin . Spent the next few minutes sat on a stack of rails spitting blood from where my tongue was cut, not badly, thankfully, and watching lots of little birds flying around my head, while the abnormal load escort driver, our 19 year old apprentice, turned pale and brought me 3 first aid kits and was fully convinced I would die .

No major harm done, and back to (whatever passes for) normal today after a more than modest glass of whisky and an early night in bed last night, but jeez, you’d think that at 55 I’d know better by now...

 

[Nick DV]

you’d think that at 55 I’d know better by now...

Nah, life's only just beginning...…………………...

 

[4String.]

Just found these lovelies in the mancave. I acquired them a while back when I was lurking in the long gone stainless steel works in Sheffield but forgot about them. Tat to most folk, but a reminder of an almost forgotten era for me, think it’s time they went on display . Might mount the yellow sign on a board and put it in the windscreen of my truck when I’m working.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Best bit was in the recovery room when the tea lady showed off, all be it unbeknown, her stocking tops.

I think you were hallucinating......

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I think you were hallucinating......

And.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Not necessarily a bad thing

 

[Memmeddu]

I purchased some Lincoln electric 3,25mm 7018 rods
45 pieces
I prefer to get small quantities because I got some issues with bigger quantities of this kind of rods
Essentially the arc didn't start easily , but using fresh rod no issues so I because I use small quantities of rods I need not to have to much of them

 

[Memmeddu]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark
I love your new profile image

 

[Chillitt]

 

[Pete.]

Nice little haul there Chillitt, better than it looks at first glance. The several sizes of die holder are handy, I've had to gather quite a few because I never realised how much of a variety of diameters the dies could come in.

 

[Chillitt]

Nice little haul there Chillitt, better than it looks at first glance. The several sizes of die holder are handy, I've had to gather quite a few because I never realised how much of a variety of diameters the dies could come in.

Yes, its a good bundle. Stuff in the lid is metric, lower half imperial, a few sets of 3, A load of BA stuff and a useful mixture of holders. and half a box of welding rods thrown in. Reckon its worth the 20 quid.