From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<news(a)champ.org.uk> typed
>On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:25:09 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip"
><gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I bought one of these:
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-Slip-Joint-Oil-Filter-Pliers-Wrench-Removal-To
>>ol-/250656445786
>
><looks>
>
><notes prices>

<does likewise>
>
><notes recommendation>
>
><clicks Buy It Now>

<does likewise>

Oddly, many of my school reports mention "easily led"....

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Lozzo on
SIRPip wrote:

<snip tool tales to make my hair curl>

> I'm turning even more pikey as I get older, aren't I?

Yes

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
(somewhere)
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SIRPip
<gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>
>> Oddly, many of my school reports mention "easily led"....
>
>One of mine mentioned "Tends to be the class clown".

Devastating accurate, that.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: SIRPip on
Lozzo wrote:

> SIRPip wrote:
>
> <snip tool tales to make my hair curl>
>
> > I'm turning even more pikey as I get older, aren't I?
>
> Yes

<rubs hands>

Excellent.

--
SIRPip : B12
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com>
saying something like:

>I'm turning even more pikey as I get older, aren't I?

I do the same.
The decent kit stays in the workshop for proper use where it counts and
everywhere else I'm likely to need fettling tools is populated with
adequate cheaper gear. So far I've found the Lidl and Aldi spanners to
be more than up to the jobs they've been put to, and no great loss if
they get nicked/misplaced.