Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[Steve Swift]

I rarely if ever really lol but that one got me...  I have a few

[kinboshi]

Didn't get any end caps then ....

Haven't had time to go and fetch them.

Might order em off tinternet....

Try Google...

[RED-DOG]

Have you ever thrown a roses or quality street tin in the bin ?

Got me bits n bobs in innit.


I have an old metal tool box and a plastic bowl that are brimming with assorted nuts, bolts, washers, screws, switches, hinges, clamps, 'O' rings, springs, clips, connectors and Heaven knows what else. I seem to find something I need in them every day.

Each box of bits was given to me by someone who has since passed on, but I remember them often.

[RED-DOG]

Looks like a Black  and Decker work bench to me?  Yours looks quite neat and young compared to mine, think mine must be 30 years old.  Not often a B and Q bought  B and D piece of equipment makes the distance.

I Hope that you have many more years of use out of yours

Steve

I bet I've had mine like, 20 years. Here's a bit about the inventor.





Ron Hickman, the inventor of the Black & Decker Workmate, has died in Jersey, where he had a design factory. Hickman died after a long illness that followed a serious fall five months ago.


Hickman, who lived in Jersey, was 78. His design for the wood-and-steel foldable workbench and vice was rejected by several tool companies that believed the bench wouldn't sell.

Tool company Stanley told him the device would sell in the dozens rather than hundreds, while other companies told him the design would not sell at the necessary price. It has since sold about 30 million units around the world, and 60,000 were sold in the UK last year alone.

Hickman sold the benches himself when he couldn't find a backer through trade shows direct to professional builders. Black & Decker saw the light in 1973 and began producing them. By 1981 it had sold 10 million benches.


He came up with the design when he accidentally sawed through an expensive chair while making a wardrobe. He had been using the chair as a workbench.

The design was copied by many other companies and Hickman successfully defended his patents in court.

[Steve Swift]

Too good, nice read,  TY

[pokerfan]

Rate my junk drawer.

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[RED-DOG]

Rate my junk drawer.

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Fabulous!

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Every home should have one.

[RED-DOG]

I love that it has a cooker knob and a conker.

[pokerfan]

I love that it has a cooker knob and a conker.

The conkers should be just about ready, been in there 5 years 

As for the cooker knobs, tenner apiece.

This song springs to mind.

http://youtu.be/C4ppBVbTklM

[kinboshi]

I spot the obligatory clip on name-badge.

[RED-DOG]

I spot the obligatory clip on name-badge.

If I need to measure something in an emergency, I know who to call.

[pokerfan]

I spot the obligatory clip on name-badge.

If I need to measure something in an emergency, I know who to call.

Library card Kin ?

3m/5m/10m tapes, you never know

[pokerfan]

I have a box of stuff that might be of use for you MrDog,

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I have a box of stuff that might be of use for you MrDog,

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Is it a box of boxes?

[pokerfan]

I have a box of stuff that might be of use for you MrDog,

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Is it a box of boxes?

Ha, yeah.

Too good to throw, but I don't have anywhere for them.

I may be a bit of a hoarder