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

[northwest]

It is a ratchet for working a scissor style jack

Absolutely spot on, I think I have identified the seller too as there was a UK return address on the package. If this was an attempt at a so called "brushing" scam are we suddenly going to be inundated with car jack ratchet adverts?

Looks a bit like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist to me.

The mind boggles.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Found on my dust bin yesterday.

 

[angellonewolf]

 

[Arc Tourist]

A place I worked during my early college years had a sign on the tool room door........

" No tools loaned, I'd rather lend you my dog than one of my tools, because at least he knows how to find his way back. "

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Well, I chose the wrong profession in my previous life then.....

 

[James1979]

It is a ratchet for working a scissor style jack

You live and learn!

 

[Blobber]

A new boonie hat to stop the sun reflecting off me shiny bits while I stalk the prey! oh and protection for the upcoming hay making

 

[25.4_mechanic]

A new boonie hat to stop the sun reflecting off me shiny bits while I stalk the prey!

The circumferential retaining strap is certified for how many hip flasks?

- no insinuation, just my first thought after my experiences with some hunters here when they return from the "hunt" on Sunday noon

Carsten

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[slim_boy_fat]

The circumferential retaining strap is certified for how many hip flasks?

Pretty small hip-flasks then, not enough to wet one's mouth.....

 

[Munkul]

Acquired the other day, some more machine tooling storage! I've had to get rid of my old workbench though

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Pretty small hip-flasks then, not enough to wet one's mouth.....

Special designs for Scots are available!

 

[Maker]

Wanted one of these for years...



It's only on loan for the weekend sadly, if I had fifteen hundred quid for a pizza oven I'd have a better stand than a pile of ****ty old pallets.

 

[Gragson]

It was my birthday on Saturday, hot on the heels of that, the NHS sent this as I just qualify.
They could have sent something a bit more cheery given the occasion - like a Nurse "o" gram

 

[Arc Tourist]

Welcome to those of us on the s**t list.

 

[My Old Landy]

It was my birthday on Saturday, hot on the heels of that, the NHS sent this as I just qualify.
They could have sent something a bit more cheery given the occasion - like a Nurse "o" gram

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I had mine last year. It was the first bit of post in the new house!

 

[25.4_mechanic]

They could have sent something a bit more cheery given the occasion - like a Nurse "o" gram

I'm with you on that!


Note that the early examinations are offered exclusively to 56 or 58 year olds - don't you dare mess up our graded two year rhthymus ....

... hey man, we (Germans) are the inflexible bureaucrats, we don't need any competition.

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btw.: good idea that test, do it

Carsten

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[Gragson]

A parkinson No8, don't need it but it was too cheap to ignore.
Also won a parkison 37 model J in very good order which I do need for the shed to replace a stanley - £25 pretty sure the seller is peeved given his responses so far... collect next week.

Blue point sander which will likely laugh at my compressor but want to get it ship shape - and may drive a compressor upgrade @Mikes still need your payment details mate!

And an ok hobby straight edge 1m clamp from Lidl, will come in handy for wood etc, may chance the plasma but it would probably disappear anywhere near it

 

[Gragson]

I'm with you on that!


Note that the early examinations are offered exclusively to 56 or 58 year olds - don't you dare mess up our graded two year rhthymus ....

... hey man, we (Germans) are the inflexible bureaucrats, we don't need any competition.

-

btw.: good idea that test, do it

Carsten

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I do a fair amount of work in Germany
There is bureaucracy, but then there are the "Workers Councils"
Projects I deal with are largely CCTV, Access control etc at large manufacturing sites

Dealing with the workers councils at local or national level is like a Franz Kafka nightmare - the French are a pushover in comparison

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Dealing with the workers councils at local or national level is like a Franz Kafka nightmare - the French are a pushover in comparison

Without a solid base of pedantry among the populace, a bony bureaucracy has little chance to grow and establish itself.

And when the little man gets a chance to say something, he insists on doing it! Damn it!!!


I always think of Frank Zappa's "Stick Together" when I think of employee representation - you'll have to find the lyrics yourself, they'd be full of asterisks here ...


I always think of one of Parkinson's laws: "The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
--> Parkinson describes a finance committee meeting to approve funds for a nuclear reactor ($10 million, discussion time 2½ minutes), a bicycle shelter ($2,350, 45 minutes), and coffee for another committee's meetings ($4.75 per month, 1¼ hours).

--> "The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues" - rather than the issues that matter most. Incompetence on important substantive issues is compensated for by extensive floor speeches on trivial points, which repeatedly leads to disastrous missteps and misallocation of resources.

I feel with you!

Ask me why pretty soon I couldn't go to the boys' parent-teacher conferences anymore; at one point I would have turned murderous on a mother who asked for the eighteenth time about *decorating the classroom or some pointless stuff.
(*use any meaningless reason for that).



Carsten

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[badabec]

It was my birthday on Saturday, hot on the heels of that, the NHS sent this as I just qualify.
They could have sent something a bit more cheery given the occasion - like a Nurse "o" gram

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The test procedure has improved. It used to be three separate stool samples onto a card. Now it's a thing like a Christmas tree, one sample, one scrape, into a test tube of liquid.
Mine have all been clear. My brother was called in to the hospital, Box Brownie first, then tin snips to remove polyps. All clear now.