3/4" 1" and 2" please mate! I'll happily pay courier prices...I use them in making beehives and frames. At that price they are a bargain!
The Wombling Thread :-)
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Yesterday I spotted a four foot high, fiberglass, red lion 'rampant'.
Sort of thing you see opposite to the unicorn thingy on a crest on the council offices or court house.
No idea how it got in a skip but it's now in my back garden, ..... even less of an idea what I'll do with it
,... but it seemed such a shame to leave something like that
Sort of thing you see opposite to the unicorn thingy on a crest on the council offices or court house.
No idea how it got in a skip but it's now in my back garden, ..... even less of an idea what I'll do with it
,... but it seemed such a shame to leave something like that 
I've got used to hoots of derision every time I bend over with a sparkle in my eye after some interesting looking glimpse! That Looks Useful... another acronym to add to UFOs, which my work room is studded with... that'll be UnFinished Objects, then
If you do any fieldwalking at all, it's absolutely dreadful walking down streets
You find a lot of money, but all the little bits and pieces of detritus catch your eyes too. Astonishing how many bits of jewellery are lying around. I took my teenage sons with me on a dig once, HWMBLT came along too. By a week after we were all home again we'd found something like £20 between us, just walking to the shops and the train station.
Something rubbery bounced off a lorry that passed me, shot past my face and startled me. Being nosey I went to see what it was. I still don't know what it was 'supposed' to be for, but it's black and rubbery with two holes through it, and it holds garden canes together remarkably effectively
I'm working my way through my UFO's
I've been quilting all Winter Incidentally I have nearly three metres of royal blue goretex (genuine, still has it's Arthur Gore labels) needing a good home. It's too blooming hard to sew on my machine, it's a nightmare by hand, and it's 'blue'. TLU thought I when I was offered it at a bargain price
M
Yesterday I spotted a four foot high, fiberglass, red lion 'rampant'.
Sort of thing you see opposite to the unicorn thingy on a crest on the council offices or court house.
No idea how it got in a skip but it's now in my back garden, ..... even less of an idea what I'll do with it
If it's really a lion rampant, I know someone who'd like that........how the hang we get it up to Inverness though
M
Okay this is weird...thats two sets of "oh cool - can I have it?"
That confirms us as hoarders!
My worst addiction? Deck boards and 2x2. I have Witham timber down the road and they do me a deal on odd bendy bits
Just built a load of greenhouse staging from "scraps"
My chippy buddy just alerted me to a place who makes roof trusses. A cubic metre of wood offcuts....£3....buyer collects....I sense a car trailer and impending doom!
That confirms us as hoarders!
My worst addiction? Deck boards and 2x2. I have Witham timber down the road and they do me a deal on odd bendy bits
Just built a load of greenhouse staging from "scraps"
My chippy buddy just alerted me to a place who makes roof trusses. A cubic metre of wood offcuts....£3....buyer collects....I sense a car trailer and impending doom!
TurboGirl
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
We love your TLU uses, BR They're always upcycled into something inspiring, pick up those m2 wood bargains with our blessing
We used to have a travelling salesman round here who brought liberty end of rolls/ pattern cutting offcuts for quilting... I'd offer them up here but they ARE 'my preciouses' I quite understand about the goretex, Mary!
They're always upcycled into something inspiring, pick up those m2 wood bargains with our blessing We used to have a travelling salesman round here who brought liberty end of rolls/ pattern cutting offcuts for quilting... I'd offer them up here but they ARE 'my preciouses'
I quite understand about the goretex, Mary!
I have an obsession with glass bottles. I can't bring myself to throw any slightly 'useful' looking ones away. They never get used, just stored away.
I even kept a broken pair of zipless jeans in my work shed.. the other day though I did finally make a pouch from some of the denim!
keeping/hoarding possible recycleables is in the nature of some of us, usually the creative and odd ones
I still have a few sacks of spent co2 capsules laying around.. I did make a few things from them but I still have 'plans' for the others.. (atleast I keep telling myself that.
My co2 capsule firelighting pods!
I even kept a broken pair of zipless jeans in my work shed.. the other day though I did finally make a pouch from some of the denim!
keeping/hoarding possible recycleables is in the nature of some of us, usually the creative and odd ones
I still have a few sacks of spent co2 capsules laying around.. I did make a few things from them but I still have 'plans' for the others.. (atleast I keep telling myself that.
My co2 capsule firelighting pods!
This thread is making me feel angelic. I have a 14" x 8" plastic tool box which is my sole junk storage allowance, anything that doesn't fit into it gets winged off into the dustbin ashore. 
We won't mention the 18' x 8' sea container at the storage yard with two motor bikes, camping gear, spare sails, ropes, ammo box full of nuts and bolts....Uuh! I've spoilt it now..
We won't mention the 18' x 8' sea container at the storage yard with two motor bikes, camping gear, spare sails, ropes, ammo box full of nuts and bolts....Uuh! I've spoilt it now..
Something rubbery bounced off a lorry that passed me, shot past my face and startled me. Being nosey I went to see what it was. I still don't know what it was 'supposed' to be for, but it's black and rubbery with two holes through it, and it holds garden canes together remarkably effectively
Exhaust hanger by the sound of it
I can use the 3/4" eyelets, I wonder if anyone wants a load of used lever arch files?
This could turn out like the gift-it-on thread.
This could turn out like the gift-it-on thread.
Saw a load of new 6mm polypropylene rope in a skip. Asked if I could take it and they said yes. I think it's a 220m length (or was, I imagine some has been used) but can't complain at the price!
Have no use for it at the moment but can't resist free cordage...
Have no use for it at the moment but can't resist free cordage...
Saw a load of new 6mm polypropylene rope in a skip. Asked if I could take it and they said yes. I think it's a 220m length (or was, I imagine some has been used) but can't complain at the price!
Have no use for it at the moment but can't resist free cordage...
ill take that and offer up...
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