...I lent my tool to a forumite...

[Bongo]

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...and look what I got back...

Thanks Murray.

 

[Tam Lin]

I've got tools I can lend!

 

[Richard10002]

What does it do?

 

[Bongo]

Pushes the pin out of hand crank starting cam, on Volvo 2000 series..
..and pays for beers..

 

[roblpm]

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...and look what I got back...

Thanks Murray.

Looks like a fake to me! I have lived in Scotland for 10 years and when abroad last week was still getting confused between the weird Scottish pound notes and the euros in my wallet!

I once got stuck in a car park in Glasgow as the machine wouldn't read my Clydesdale £20 note. I complained to the woman in the office and she said oh yeah the machines dont like those ones.

What a great idea......

 

[Greenheart]

Ohhh! Now I understand. I had read this thread 3 or 4 times, thinking you had lent this tool to a forumite, and that he had sent the cash back instead of returning the tool.

There's a great deal of goodwill and what the Aussies call "mateship", in sharing idle items of kit which will otherwise cost a fortune, to supply to dozens of individuals.

I doubt the manufacturers would concur, but at my end of the sailing spectrum, I'm glad of all assistance.

PS, thanks Tam Lin, the furler-swivel is going strong!

 

[Daydream believer]

I suppose , really it depends on what he did with your tool.
Might have been something worth a lot more than a tenner

 

[rivonia]

Mateship is not just an Aussie thing. I do believe it is a Yacchting thing. I have recieved so much FREE help over the years and when I could I gave a decent bottle of wine as a thank you.

 

[Paddingtonbear]

Mateship is not just an Aussie thing. I do believe it is a Yacchting thing. I have recieved so much FREE help over the years and when I could I gave a decent bottle of wine as a thank you.

Really? you must be the exception that proves the rule.

 

[Tam Lin]

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PS, thanks Tam Lin, the furler-swivel is going strong!

Glad it is being used instead of cluttering up my bits and pieces tin!

 

[NickRobinson]

Well done both!
For a moment it was triggering PTSD thinking it was going to be a repeat of that 'Fisherman stole my battery' troll!

 

[muzzaman]

Mark you are very welcome. The job would be been really difficult without it.

Enjoy your pint!

Murray.

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Thanks Murray.

 

[Bobc]

Good to know that traditional British values of trust and fairness are alive and kicking.