Takes me back some years ;-)
Along with sky hooks, rubber nails, etc
And the often repeated chore of sending youngsters to the stores for a long weight ;-)
A local supplier phoned us to say they had sent an apprentice for a box of sky hooks, when he arrived on a Honda 50, we duly obliged with a large cardboard box filled with the aforementioned, he took it out and attempted to balance it on his Honda 50, after some minutes he returned for some string
The hardest part for us was trying to keep a straight face !
After what seemed like a lifetime we saw him ride off with the large box on the back
Bless him, wonder what he is doing now and if he ever retells that story to his children ;-)