Pocster Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanmenie Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 I do that, also with stanly knives 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 And pencils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 When I retired I had 10 tape measures, I hated not finding one and still have about 6 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Same tape measure my Father had. Not sure if he ever knew I had taken in, sometime in the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Chanmenie said: I do that, also with stanly knives Ah well ; I’ve got 1 fat max blade to hand as I’m paranoid about losing it . But I know I’ve got another 2 somewhere ….. 🙄 Currently only have 1 hammer - but must have at least 4 lost in the “ self build void of tool disappearance “ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSB Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 when I joined a company they had boxes of obsolete marketing material that they said to just chuck. this included 5 boxes of 12 tape measures, so they all found there way to our bin (shed). by the time we gave them to family, friends, visitors, postman and anyone that would take one I can't find one anywhere 😞 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Tape measures are genetically related to socks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooda Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 There is an alternative universe full of Screw Driver Bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, Blooda said: full of Screw Driver Bits. i need of my missing bit holders. 'Borrowed' by dry-liners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 If you have only one tape, any errors are proportional and you may never know there is inaccuracy. Stanley 30m tape measured 30.1 on a Silverline. Could have been very expensive. So needed a 3rd tape to check. TS agreed that I bin theirs. I thus learnt that there are 3 rated levels of accuracy, and then silverline tapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, saveasteading said: and then silverline tapes. Don't they come with a lifetime guarantee, to be wrong forever? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 2 hours ago, joe90 said: When I retired I had 10 tape measures, I hated not finding one and still have about 6 😎 Actually all my tapes are the same make (fat max) so no errors 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) This is why I measure everything incorrectly. Basically different brands of tape measures lie . The Makita one I got is the shitest for sure . Hell it’s not even the expected putrid blue Edited February 28, 2023 by pocster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, pocster said: This is why I measure everything incorrectly This is all you need, an app. And lots of babies from different mothers. https://www.calculator.net/height-calculator.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 Todays hunt for dustpan and brush produced an entire family … 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 When I go looking for something, I just stop looking when I have found the first one, I don't waste further time looking for their friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 They are mostly built into the walls I suspect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 28/02/2023 at 13:20, SteamyTea said: Same tape measure my Father had. My Father gave me a load of tools he'd acquired during his time with the RAF in WWII. My favourite was a big adjustable spanner he said came from an on-board B-17 tool kit: When I did a search I found both plane and spanner dated to 1935 so seems plausible. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) I didn’t look for multiple brushes and pans . They found me . I will look after them until they are old enough to fend for themselves Edited March 3, 2023 by pocster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonD Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 28/02/2023 at 15:08, saveasteading said: silverline tapes I have a couple of silverline's surveyor's tapes and I swear they stretch when pulling the tape straight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 28/02/2023 at 13:17, joe90 said: When I retired I had 10 tape measures, I hated not finding one and still have about 6 I calculate that you have about 15 years worth of tapes to loose at that rate. Retired 10 years (Assumed) 4 tapes lost therefore 6 tapes left = 15 years worth of tapes and I didn't have to ask Chat GPT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 31 minutes ago, MikeSharp01 said: I calculate that you have about 15 years worth of tapes to loose at that rate. Retired 10 years (Assumed) 4 tapes lost therefore 6 tapes left = 15 years worth of tapes and I didn't have to ask Chat GPT. I feel the icy hand of the ghost of SMP. Try plugging some of those questions into ShatPEE. Q; Two men are digging a 52 m tunnel from opposite ends, one digs at 10 m a day, the other at 6 m a day, what time does the cat put the kettle on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 13 hours ago, SteamyTea said: SMP Yes I was an SMP kid. I think I still have the 0 level text book somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeSharp01 said: Yes I was an SMP kid. I think I still have the 0 level text book somewhere. Drive a stake tough its heart. Then bury cover down, under several tonnes of radioactive waste. Never want to see one ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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