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telectrix said:
them are the ones, but there was a predominant make. can't remember, can you? they were about 2/6d apiece.
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Yes I remember mine had a pen clip on the handle, are you willing to carry on with this conversation Tel? you do realise the amount of grief coming our way.
 
Pete999 said:
Yes I remember mine had a pen clip on the handle, are you willing to carry on with this conversation Tel? you do realise the amount of grief coming our way.
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bring it on. these young whippersnappers don't know they were born. bloody ipads and mobile phones.
 
It's not just the older generation that remember them :p

I still have two of those long thin drivers knocking around, one was modified for winding the ends of electromagnet coils into spring sections to provide flexibility when mounting the magnets in church organ wind chests.

Then again, the youngsters will no doubt see me as 'the older generation' :)
 
Specialist said:
Homeowner only Nearly cried ? Come on Midwest, thought you'd learned enough by now to make them cry properly, your obviously not trying hard enough ;):D
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She would of been in bits, if I hadn't wiped up all the bird pooh off her cream carpets. Wished the starling had been feasting on red currents, beforehand.

Re westwards CU, surely it's the wires hanging out ;)
 
SparkyChick said:
It's not just the older generation that remember them :p

I still have two of those long thin drivers knocking around, one was modified for winding the ends of electromagnet coils into spring sections to provide flexibility when mounting the magnets in church organ wind chests.

Then again, the youngsters will no doubt see me as 'the older generation' :)
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Nah not on my watch they wont
 
anyway. back on topic. what am i doing today? same as the last 2 weeks with no work on. just sitting here waiting for the dementia to kick in. fending it off for now with some Blackthorn reserve cider and later Theakston's Old peculier.
 
Pete I note your new avatar or whatever it's called. If your forgive me, it (the avatar) reminds me of a 'mature' electrician, at the company I first worked for.

He wore a bib & brace, collar & tie and a sports jacket. He had several pens in his jacket pocket that would of made Joe 90 envious. He didn't have a pocket watch or voltage tester for that matter, just used his forefinger for that. Wore nice pair of Oxford Brogues, as well.
 
 
telectrix said:
anyway. back on topic. what am i doing today? same as the last 2 weeks with no work on. just sitting here waiting for the dementia to kick in. fending it off for now with some Blackthorn reserve cider and later Theakston's Old peculier.
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That park bench is getting closer. I tried it out the other week, shouting and swearing at the passing traffic, with a bottle in my hand. Quite therapeutic.
 
Midwest said:
Pete I note your new avatar or whatever it's called. If your forgive me, it (the avatar) reminds me of a 'mature' electrician, at the company I first worked for.

He wore a bib & brace, collar & tie and a sports jacket. He had several pens in his jacket pocket that would of made Joe 90 envious. He didn't have a pocket watch or voltage tester for that matter, just used his forefinger for that. Wore nice pair of Oxford Brogues, as well.
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So I'm not an Old Electrician I'm a Mature one?:p
 
No sure which is worse, an old fart or a mature one?

I had a colleague once, who took delight in passing wind, when he was driving you in a car down a motorway, whilst he locked the electric windows with the master.

It was either, try and open the passenger door at 80mph, or just take deep breaths o_O
 
I just have to say, these were must have accessories before electric screwdrivers etc;

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I had an 18 incher :)
 
You never know Pete, you might have thought I was talking about you & tel.

I might call you both Steadfast Guys:) but wouldn't dream of calling you tools.
 
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Specialist said:
Brilliant screwdriver, if a bit dangerous in the wrong hands.

You had an 18 inched ? Do stop boasting :p:D
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Had one of those drivers in my grand dad's old tool box. Along with many keys. Still baffles me about what they were for. Master keys maybe hmmm
Or for some treasure box.
Either becoming a cat burglar or a pirate. Let you know when I figure it out :D
 
If you owned a Yankee,you were at the forefront of innovation ;)

The release could definitely be a eye popper and they probably wouldn't be allowed for the mamby pamby culture now :)

Mind you,I once screwed a rose up and pumped the posy screw straight through one of my digits,ouch :eek:
 
Des 56 said:
If you owned a Yankee,you were at the forefront of innovation ;)

The release could definitely be a eye popper and they probably wouldn't be allowed for the mamby pamby culture now :)



Mind you,I once screwed a rose up and pumped the posy screw straight through one of my digits,ouch :eek:
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Yeah been there & done that:( I'd swear my hand started burning when I read that:confused: still got the last pump ratchet I bought in my toolbox. First one I had is still here too but the handle split:(
 
Still use a Yankee screwdriver sometimes. Good for shelf brackets when you need that extra reach.
 
telectrix said:
anyway. back on topic. what am i doing today? same as the last 2 weeks with no work on. just sitting here waiting for the dementia to kick in. fending it off for now with some Blackthorn reserve cider and later Theakston's Old peculier.
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You could of come down to London mate and had a week on massive rewire/refurb I'm doing atm. To give you some scale there is 545 points.
 
I had a 2 hour job planned this morning to install a flowswitch in some 3 inch pipework on a water pump. I just needed to install 1x tee piece fitting to accomodate it. It turned into a full day, about 30 fittings an entire pot of paste and a full bag of hemp because the existing pipework discintegrated as soon as we got the wrenches on it :(
 
First fixing a new build house today, a nice change as I normally avoid these. :D The builder couldn't believe I'd clipped all the cabling on joists and in the loftspace all nice and tidy. apparently very few bother nowadays according to him ! Crazy though I can remember first fixing an average sized semi in a day many years ago when doing sites but couldn't do it in 2 now.:rolleyes: And Westward 10 - I think the issue on your board is maybe earth cable used as L/N on the incomer but disguised with loads of brown and blue tape ?
 
Marvo said:
I had a 2 hour job planned this morning to install a flowswitch in some 3 inch pipework on a water pump. I just needed to install 1x tee piece fitting to accomodate it. It turned into a full day, about 30 fittings an entire pot of paste and a full bag of hemp because the existing pipework discintegrated as soon as we got the wrenches on it :(
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That's not what we call it over here but whatever gets you through the day Marvo!
 
Marvo said:
I had a 2 hour job planned this morning to install a flowswitch in some 3 inch pipework on a water pump. I just needed to install 1x tee piece fitting to accomodate it. It turned into a full day, about 30 fittings an entire pot of paste and a full bag of hemp because the existing pipework discintegrated as soon as we got the wrenches on it :(
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Yawn, yeah I know you told us all before, lunchtime went for a swim in a mountain lake, then eat beef biltong for lunch, quaffed down with lashings of Pinotage Reserve. Before Barbie on the beach in the evening. I don't know how you manage it :)
 
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