RichardG
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How not to make good use of a wolf drill stand
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guineafowl21
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That’s definitely one for Harry Enfield’s ‘I saw you coming’ sketch.
Also a literal example of a waste of space.
Also a literal example of a waste of space.
t8hants
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It's only a bad idea if no one buys it, if they do at that price, its brilliant, (except the bulb).
Benchwayze
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A few years ago there was a programme featured on telly where the presenter trolled local council tips. She would find what she considered useful items to make something new from them. At the time I wanted to find a replacement for my Arcoy drill stand. The presenter had found one of these in perfect working order and I had to suffer and watch it converted into an ugly, 'fantasy' table lamp. Sheesh!
John
John
Well it was either that, or the tip!
I have converted some old cans and worn out tractor hydraulic fittings into lamps, but nothing actually useful!
Benchwayze
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Hi J. I appreciated that of course. But an ideal solution would have been to use my stand for the conversion and I could have used the one she found. But we know, things don't often work out that way!
John
John
What gets my goat is the unrealistic amount if work some of the projects require... The friendly electrician who is happy to give half an hour, the friendly sandblaster who is happy to clean up a single small item, the friendly paint guy who is only too delighted to powder-coat one small item for £10.
Dunno about the UK but here in Ireland, they're not that accommodating....
Dunno about the UK but here in Ireland, they're not that accommodating....
Benchwayze
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Well it was for Arthur Smith and s chance to appear on 'telly'! (Find Arthur quite amusing mind!)
John
John
whatknot
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Money for nothing, its still on the telly, they have had a few different presenters, quite amusing if you have nothing better to do
Particularly funny is when they go back to the bod who was throwing it away and say heres what we have done with it, (having taken some ramshackle heap of junk and spending £800 quid on it) we sold it and heres £200 profit (for something you can't imagine anyone paying a tenner for) a lot of items seem to be "snapped up by an interior design shop" in XXXX (cheap advertising perhaps?)
Particularly funny is when they go back to the bod who was throwing it away and say heres what we have done with it, (having taken some ramshackle heap of junk and spending £800 quid on it) we sold it and heres £200 profit (for something you can't imagine anyone paying a tenner for) a lot of items seem to be "snapped up by an interior design shop" in XXXX (cheap advertising perhaps?)
And when some of the bods say "ah I didn't expect that, it will go to a local charity", and occasionally you get one that just pockets the cash and closes the door with a vague statement about using it to redecorate the living room next year
Phil Pascoe
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Cabinetman
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I hadn’t seen that before Phil, absolutely brilliant. Reminded me of the women with far too much more money than sense on that auction program from somewhere in the posh bit of London buying the most outrageously ugly things for an awful lot of money. But this time it was actually for real. Ian
