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

MattF · 2026-05-11T22:40:00+0100

Blobber said:
Is that a big catering size tin of tomatoes?

Nope. Those toolboxes are around 25cm wide, if I recall correctly.

Smallfry · 2026-05-11T22:50:47+0100

Seadog said:
I can imagine how that has affected you. I've lost effective hearing in one ear and it really is a problem even in only slightly noisy environments.
I suppose that I'm going to have to bite the bullet and fork out for some expensive hearing aids that provide cros or bicros channel hearing aids.

I have had it all my life, so don't know what it is like to hear properly, so to me it is "normal".

Mum took me to ENT hospital when I was a kid in the sixties, and X rays revealed I have no ossicles at all on that side, so nothing could have been done at that time, and obviously no hearing aid available back then would have helped, so it was just something I had to live with.

I have not really looked into it since, but the cros and bicros type may well help. As you say, very spendy.

Craig-SM · 2026-05-11T22:58:34+0100

Dapph2 said:
Temu , Ali Express or another Chinese
site ?
What did yoiurs cost & for how many please ?

I'm asking as I have about 12 off 2.4x 1m of wriggly fibreglass sheet to remove with three rows of very hard nails in each ridge and 14 sheet of hard fibre with the same nailing situation . removing hopefully in about 12 weeks as I dismantle my rotting former log cabin office .

If I can get them off without using an angle grinder I'll be very happy indeed.

I got them direct from EZARC and not cheap but worked cheaper than the branded blades they’d were competing against on the YouTube test. I bought a 7 piece kit that I’ve used yet.

Delivery was painfully slow. 3 days for the order to be packed, another 3 days at the port and 8 days to arrive in the U.K. then next day by Evri. If Temu or Ali Express do them I’d go with them.

Pigeon_Droppings2 · 2026-05-11T23:53:00+0100

Smallfry said:
I have had it all my life, so don't know what it is like to hear properly, so to me it is "normal".

It sounds like there's enough people with issues to maybe have a dedicated thread?

Seadog · 2026-05-12T14:20:22+0100

I joined The Scotch Malt Whisky Society last week.
My gift turned today

Another over-proof for the collection.

Memmeddu · 2026-05-12T19:03:46+0100

Rannsachair said:
Saved from the skip: wire brush, rust treatment, coat of paint and varnish:
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I hope to be not on your list yet...
REAPER :laughing:

Memmeddu · 2026-05-12T19:06:08+0100

Bki26 said:
No just "forgot" to share it, bit that hit my leg left a nice saucer plate sized bruise even after gashing and bending ~6mm steel/aluminium

Think there might have been a small crack I didn't notice it was almost perfectly balanced but thankfully it failed just above engine idle so didn't have anymore kinetic energy. One piece hit the clutch assembly before my knee then flew 20m out the shed the other bit flew 10m into the side of a bbq and cabinet in the shed but stopped 2m short of a limited edition ford RS lol.

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Side of knee about a week later felt like someone swung a sledge hammer into it at the time though surprisingly didn't hurt, either way fu**ed around and found out so not doing that again despite it working for others hence new solid 12mm disc and reinforcing the sides to contain any future issues which at most might be a blade coming off but that's less than a 1/10th the weight of the exploded disc.
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It could end up way worst than that