"Somewhere safe."

Disco failed the MOT today, shocker bushes, rear brake pipe lines, slack
front bearing (advisory on this).

Now I was dreading doing the pipes, did em in less time than it wook to get
the tools out and set up.

Then came the easy bleed , cracking bit of kit....

If only I could find the seals that go in the lid of the master cylinder
reserviour.... I distinctly remember putting them "somewhere safe", even
going to the extent of placing them in a tin so they don't get perished. An
easy to find tin "somewhere safe" what more could I do.

Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out this
way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to put them for
next time.

Grrrr!!!


Lee D

On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 22:52:47 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Disco failed the MOT today, shocker bushes, rear brake pipe lines, slack
>front bearing (advisory on this).
>
>Now I was dreading doing the pipes, did em in less time than it wook to get
>the tools out and set up.
>
>Then came the easy bleed , cracking bit of kit....
>
>If only I could find the seals that go in the lid of the master cylinder
>reserviour.... I distinctly remember putting them "somewhere safe", even
>going to the extent of placing them in a tin so they don't get perished. An
>easy to find tin "somewhere safe" what more could I do.
>
>Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out this
>way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to put them for
>next time.
>

We've just had a large pre-fab concrete garage erected, about 45ft by
16ft, with a 16ft long pit. All the tools, equipment, parts are in it,
and it is such a nice change to not have to go dodging off to the
shed, or the workshop or the yard or the other end of the house to
find a tool. Everything is now in the one place.

Still can't find tools when you need them the most though......

Alex

On 2006-07-01, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out this
> way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to put them for
> next time.

It'll turn up sometime. I recently found two stashes of spare
strimmer cable, shortly after buying a third :-(

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2006-07-01, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out
>> this way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to
>> put them for next time.
>
> It'll turn up sometime. I recently found two stashes of spare
> strimmer cable, shortly after buying a third :-(

That is the age old method of tracking down a safely hidden object, buy another!

--
"He who says it cannot be done would be well advised not to interrupt
her doing it."

If the answer is offensive maybe the question was inappropriate

The fiend of my fiend is my enema!

GbH wrote:
> Ian Rawlings wrote:
>
>>On 2006-07-01, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out
>>>this way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to
>>>put them for next time.
>>
>>It'll turn up sometime. I recently found two stashes of spare
>>strimmer cable, shortly after buying a third :-(
>
>
> That is the age old method of tracking down a safely hidden object, buy another!
>

Buggrit - I'm not buying another 3/4" drive impact wrench just to make
the missing incumbent reappear. Do you think hiring one will have the
same effect?

--
EMB

EMB wrote:
> GbH wrote:
>> Ian Rawlings wrote:
>>
>>> On 2006-07-01, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out
>>>> this way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to
>>>> put them for next time.
>>>
>>> It'll turn up sometime. I recently found two stashes of spare
>>> strimmer cable, shortly after buying a third :-(
>>
>>
>> That is the age old method of tracking down a safely hidden object,
>> buy another!
>
> Buggrit - I'm not buying another 3/4" drive impact wrench just to make
> the missing incumbent reappear. Do you think hiring one will have the
> same effect?

Maybe, but consider an alternative, suggest to the recalcitrant object, you don't
really need it, this will usually cause it to appear, but be careful as soon as
you show you really do want it, by attempting to lift it or the like, it'll be off
like a shot and bury itself deeper than you ever thought possible in the most
inaccessible place, often the cesspit, might be worth looking there first!

--
"He who says it cannot be done would be well advised not to interrupt
her doing it."

If the answer is offensive maybe the question was inappropriate

The fiend of my fiend is my enema!

Alex wrote:

> We've just had a large pre-fab concrete garage erected, about 45ft by
> 16ft, with a 16ft long pit. All the tools, equipment, parts are in it,
> and it is such a nice change to not have to go dodging off to the
> shed, or the workshop or the yard or the other end of the house to
> find a tool. Everything is now in the one place.

Envy !!

GbH <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> Maybe, but consider an alternative, suggest to the recalcitrant
> object, you don't really need it, this will usually cause it to
> appear, but be careful as soon as you show you really do want it, by
> attempting to lift it or the like, it'll be off like a shot and bury
> itself deeper than you ever thought possible in the most inaccessible
> place, often the cesspit, might be worth looking there first!

******* b**t*** hell , got a new Easibleed at Halfords, got home. found the
old lid off the 1st easy bleed (with a good rubber seal in it), 2nd
easibleed seals still remain AWOL but the seal from the first was
transplanted to the 2nd and very little used kit and worked fine... Kit 3
now still in the box. Grrr!!!!!

UNFRIGGIN REAL!

Lee D

On or around Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:13:03 GMT, "GbH"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Ian Rawlings wrote:
>> On 2006-07-01, Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Can I buggery find them! I'd say 2/3rd's of the jobs I do work out
>>> this way.. then spending more time looking for "somewhere safe" to
>>> put them for next time.
>>
>> It'll turn up sometime. I recently found two stashes of spare
>> strimmer cable, shortly after buying a third :-(
>
>That is the age old method of tracking down a safely hidden object, buy another!

well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the other
one to appear any minute.

new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only cost 9
quid.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

Lee_D wrote:
> GbH <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> Maybe, but consider an alternative, suggest to the recalcitrant
>> object, you don't really need it, this will usually cause it to
>> appear, but be careful as soon as you show you really do want it, by
>> attempting to lift it or the like, it'll be off like a shot and bury
>> itself deeper than you ever thought possible in the most inaccessible
>> place, often the cesspit, might be worth looking there first!
>
> ******* b**t*** hell , got a new Easibleed at Halfords, got home.
> found the old lid off the 1st easy bleed (with a good rubber seal in
> it), 2nd easibleed seals still remain AWOL but the seal from the
> first was transplanted to the 2nd and very little used kit and worked
> fine... Kit 3 now still in the box. Grrr!!!!!
>
> UNFRIGGIN REAL!
>
> Lee D

Told e so!
Take it back for a refund?
Cesspit beckons!

--
"He who says it cannot be done would be well advised not to interrupt
her doing it."

If the answer is offensive maybe the question was inappropriate

The fiend of my fiend is my enema!

GbH <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
> Told e so!
> Take it back for a refund?

Yep.. on the way to Beamends no doubt to pick up a pile of replacements from
todays sunbathing (green oval stylie) exercise.

Lee D

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:51:48 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:


>well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the other
>one to appear any minute.
>
>new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only cost 9
>quid.

you do know that you can use a computer for those sort of things!

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:13:20 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:51:48 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the
>> other
>> one to appear any minute.
>>
>> new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only
>> cost 9
>> quid.
>
> you do know that you can use a computer for those sort of things!

and many GSM phones

and the Mighty Goog - although technically I suppose one needs some type
of computing device to fir up a browser.

--
William Tasso

110 V8

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:13:20 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:51:48 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the other
>>one to appear any minute.
>>
>>new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only cost 9
>>quid.
>
>you do know that you can use a computer for those sort of things!

Not sure if Austin has frequent access to a computer.........

David

On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:13:20 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:51:48 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the other
>>one to appear any minute.
>>
>>new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only cost 9
>>quid.
>
>you do know that you can use a computer for those sort of things!

well, yeah, but it no-where near as convenient.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards
too" Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596) Attr. saying when the Armarda was
sighted, 20th July 1588

On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:11:38 GMT, rads
<[email protected]> enlightened us
thusly:

>On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:13:20 +0100, Tom Woods
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:51:48 +0100, Austin Shackles
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the other
>>>one to appear any minute.
>>>
>>>new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only cost 9
>>>quid.
>>
>>you do know that you can use a computer for those sort of things!
>
>Not sure if Austin has frequent access to a computer.........

oh, I do. but the computer fixed in place and someone else may be using it.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" (sieze today, and put
as little trust as you can in tomorrow) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Odes, I.xi.8

On or around Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:26:56 +0100, "William Tasso"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:13:20 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:51:48 +0100, Austin Shackles
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> well, as it happens, I've just bought a new claculator... I expect the
>>> other
>>> one to appear any minute.
>>>
>>> new one is dead cute though, does fractions, an' all sorts, and only
>>> cost 9
>>> quid.
>>
>> you do know that you can use a computer for those sort of things!
>
>and many GSM phones

yes, the phone has a calculator too, but it's a pain to use and doesn't do
scientific stuff. The windows calculator used to have a scientific mode but
it wasn't as handy to use as a real one. Best one I recall was the
X-windows Xcalc which had a -analog option which gave you a virtual slide
rule. now that was cool.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" (sieze today, and put
as little trust as you can in tomorrow) Horace (65 - 8 BC) Odes, I.xi.8

Ah yes, that great place 'somewhere safe'. So far it has claimed:

My complete Sony Camcorder (have turned house upside down it has gone)
and no it wasn't nicked!.
My £80 Gerber multi tool
My 2 Camelbak rucksack/water bladder things
Every map that i ever want at short notice
Same with CD's (music and software)
Battery chargers......

you name it, it's been put 'somewhere safe' and sometimes it's never
seena again (a la camcorder!)

Dom J