A special place in Hell....

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Poignard

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... should be reserved for people who use those cable clips with the hardened steel pins on boats.

I have just ruined a brand new Trend router cutter on the hidden rusty remains of a pin.

:mad:
 
should have gone to spec savers

Sorry couldnt help it
why not get a small magnet to check next time


Cheers
Mick
 
Thank you for your sincere expressions of sympathy. I am deeply touched by your support and I'm sure it will help me come to terms with my loss. :(

(And next time I need a sermon, I will go to church and get preached at by a professional. :D )
 
parsifal said:
Thank you for your sincere expressions of sympathy. I am deeply touched by your support and I'm sure it will help me come to terms with my loss. :(

(And next time I need a sermon, I will go to church and get preached at by a professional. :D )
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Thou shalt just swear and get on with it man. In days of yore I was a serial tool abuser, which left my poor Dad apoplectic.
If you feel you need someone to blame, just get an offspring to have a go first. I suggest you dont involve SWMBO, as she could cut up rough if you impugn her good nature.
 
FullCircle said:
Thou shalt just swear and get on with it man. In days of yore I was a serial tool abuser, which left my poor Dad apoplectic.
If you feel you need someone to blame, just get an offspring to have a go first. I suggest you dont involve SWMBO, as she could cut up rough if you impugn her good nature.
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:D

I don't seem to be doing too well with tools and equipment lately. I lent my old but reliable workshop fan heater to someone whose central heating had broken down and when they plugged it in it blew up.

What next I wonder? Famine, plague and pestilence I suppose
 
parsifal said:
:D



What next I wonder? Famine, plague and pestilence I suppose
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Well, Famine is in the oven in the form of a leg of pork. Plague is upon me with a persistent chest infection that wont sod off, and Pestilence is the kids whinging about the amount of time and money we spend on the boat.

Full Circle no longer owns a router.
 
FullCircle said:
In days of yore I was a serial tool abuser, which left my poor Dad apoplectic.
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I once lent a drill with hole saw to the guy on the next boat. He cut one hole and told his 10 year old son to get the plug out of the saw. That's why the kid was bashing the drill on a baulk of timber in the hope of dislodging it as I walked past and went ballistic.
 
snowleopard said:
I once lent a drill with hole saw to the guy on the next boat. He cut one hole and told his 10 year old son to get the plug out of the saw. That's why the kid was bashing the drill on a baulk of timber in the hope of dislodging it as I walked past and went ballistic.
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I let some bloke use my Workmate to support some plywood he wanted to cut a 1/4" strip from using a portable circular saw. He also took a 1/4" strip off the back of the Workmate's jaws.

When I drew attention to this he gave the helpful reply: "Oh - sorry about that".

And swmbo tells me I am mean because i don't like lending my tools to people.
 
lent my flat metal file to a neighbouring boat. When i enquire after it some days later, says he just can't find it. Hello! (very grateful for the lend though).
 
Whenever my number one son (18) goes away for a long period ( He's off for two months next month) I stage a punitive raid on his room (which is separate from the house) and return laden with treasure. The last haul yielded two screwdrivers, two files, my box of plug cutters, pliers, soldering iron and solder, a Perago abrasive disc , two hammers, drill bits( searched for three months ago) plus assorted cutlery, glasses, plates and bowsl. I has asked for the tools sometime before and always got the answer "I gave them back to you, don't you remember?" I guess if I searched the boot of his car that would also yield some long lost equipment. Oh, the joys of parenthood! Yes, I've tried locking the shed, but he always find the key somehow.
 
Samwise
The next stage in life is when <women> take control of your son's life - eg marriage. Then all the tools and man kit gets turfed out and comes back to you. My garage is absolutely stuffed full with son's tools, bits of timber, bags of cement and worse. I did gain one superb hammer though!
 
FullCircle said:
Full Circle no longer owns a router.
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This crittur has, at the last count, three: A MOF96, a Hitachi TR-8 and a 1600 watt Korean monster that lives underslung below one of the workbenches.

Oh, and a 4-port ZyXEL thingy that this series of dots and dashes squirts through, and another unused 2-port ZyXEL whatsit squirrelled away somewhere that came with the ISP's first bill.

As for destroying Trend cutters, the phrase 'more money than sense' tends to spring to mind.....

.
 
samwise said:
Whenever my number one son (18) goes away for a long period ( He's off for two months next month) I stage a punitive raid on his room (which is separate from the house) and return laden with treasure.
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Surprised you didnt find something that made you wish you'd never looked :)
 
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