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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    First.Aspect said:

    This thread is tragic.

    :D


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • wilberforce
    wilberforce Posts: 316
    Wayne Rooney
    Michael Owen
    Vanessa Feltz
    Michael McIntyre
    Richard Branson
    Bob Geldof
    Jeremy Clarkson
    Mrs Vardy
    Louis Walsh
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    capt_slog said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Aldi online specials are a great place to buy cheap power tools.

    yeh, i got one of those 'multitool ' thingies from there. the one that's a sander and can be changed to a cutting blade. Absolute godsend for cutting into floorboards when you want to take just one section out for wire or plumbing. Takes the standard Ebauer blades too.

    A year or so after, they were selling the model with the quick change blades. Bought one each for my lads for Christmas.


    B)

    My FiL bought a cement mixer for £100 off them.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    The people I bought my house off left me a directory of tools in the shed.
    Lawnmower
    3 section ladder
    Mattock
    Pick axe
    Shovel
    Spade
    Fork
    Hoe
    Leaf rake
    Rake
    Shears
    Edging shears
    The Persuader
    Hose pipe

    I needed them as they had not been used in ten years
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    I got a Titan logsplitter from Screwfix. 'Kin A. Forget all that swinging maul action, let the hydraulics do it.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    wilberforce said:

    Wayne Rooney
    Michael Owen
    Vanessa Feltz
    Michael McIntyre
    Richard Branson
    Bob Geldof
    Jeremy Clarkson
    Mrs Vardy
    Louis Walsh

    Is that what is meant by a multi-tool?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    surrey_commuter said:

    The people I bought my house off left me a directory of tools in the shed.
    Lawnmower
    3 section ladder
    Mattock
    Pick axe
    Shovel
    Spade
    Fork
    Hoe
    Leaf rake
    Rake
    Shears
    Edging shears
    The Persuader
    Hose pipe

    I needed them as they had not been used in ten years

    A Persuader?

    Like Tony Curtis? Coincidentally, he was a bit of tool in that.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    A couple of givens:
    Donald Trump
    Matt Hancock

    Tim Martin (That bloke that owns Wetherspoons)

    Floyd Mayweather
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    edited July 2020
    oxoman said:

    Best DIY spanners going are halfrauds professional range. Better than many so called pro tools

    Agreed, better than my bluepoint, par-x and snap on. Although the best tool I have is a snapon ratchet screwdriver, in pink so it doesn't get lost and no one will steel it on site. I've had it for 37 years.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    darkhairedlord said:

    oxoman said:

    Best DIY spanners going are halfrauds professional range. Better than many so called pro tools

    Agreed, better than my bluepoint, par-x and snap on. Although the best tool I have is a snapon ratchet screwdriver, in pink so it doesn't get lost and no one will steel it on site. I've had it for 37 years.
    I'll hazard a guess that Snap-On were once high quality but have succumbed to "efficiency" in order to compete.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    edited July 2020
    King-d1ck.
    You can beat them hard if you have stiff nuts.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    capt_slog said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    The people I bought my house off left me a directory of tools in the shed.
    Lawnmower
    3 section ladder
    Mattock
    Pick axe
    Shovel
    Spade
    Fork
    Hoe
    Leaf rake
    Rake
    Shears
    Edging shears
    The Persuader
    Hose pipe

    I needed them as they had not been used in ten years

    A Persuader?

    Like Tony Curtis? Coincidentally, he was a bit of tool in that.
    A metal pole (iron?) about four foot long a couple of inches in diameter but thicker at one end.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    He's from Poland?
  • aberdeen_lune
    aberdeen_lune Posts: 547
    The bloke with the username Shortfall. Can’t stand him.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Have you something against short people?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    surrey_commuter said:

    capt_slog said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    The people I bought my house off left me a directory of tools in the shed.
    Lawnmower
    3 section ladder
    Mattock
    Pick axe
    Shovel
    Spade
    Fork
    Hoe
    Leaf rake
    Rake
    Shears
    Edging shears
    The Persuader
    Hose pipe

    I needed them as they had not been used in ten years

    A Persuader?

    Like Tony Curtis? Coincidentally, he was a bit of tool in that.
    A metal pole (iron?) about four foot long a couple of inches in diameter but thicker at one end.
    ah, I have one of those.

    certainly puts forward a good argument!


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    ballysmate said:

    Have you something against short people?

    I think it was something I said about Wee Nippy being Scotch.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Oh I see.
    Be careful. Don't get trying to take his freedom.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    edited August 2020
    KingDick are not as good as they were.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    veronese68 said:

    KingDick are not as good as they were.

    No one buys them new as the old ones are indestructible. Proper industrial sized spanners, 2" plus. None of that 10mm nonsense.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Facom.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Gary Lineker
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,379
    Prince Charles.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Prince Andrew
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Pretty much every top flight footballer
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Sebastian Coe
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Lewis Hamilton
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Titan water pump that shifts 150 litre a minute. In ten minutes this £60 pump shifts 1.5 tonnes of water!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Speaking of complete tools, what’s the go to cyclist multi-hex tool to carry with you on a ride?
    _
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    edited August 2020
    rick_chasey said:

    Speaking of complete tools, what’s the go to cyclist multi-hex tool to carry with you on a ride?

    There's a theme here, but I have a Halfords one that I got one Christmas with a new bike. When I was 13. I'm 40 now.

    But seeing as you're probably looking for a contemporary recommendation... I also have a Syncros one, bought from Jay's in Ferrybridge when I left my Halfords one in the Smoke.
    Ben

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