Parkside van kit help.

[Enterprisingwestern]

Let's just hope the authorities don't go to model railway exhibitions and start breaking open models and arresting people for defacing the queen's currency!

 

Mike.

[spamcan61]

2 hours ago, Trog said:

 

Drilling a hole in a 2p coin is actually a very good investment, as it turns it into ten pence worth of washer. No wonder no one wants to pay people in washers.

Yes, I do this when I need some 'penny' washers, about the only thing our copper coins are useful for.

[Mike_Walker]

What are coins?  I went cashless two and a half years ago, much kinder on the trouser pockets...  😂

[Gilbert]

20 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said:

What are coins?  I went cashless two and a half years ago, much kinder on the trouser pockets...  😂

Unfortunately supermarket trollies don't have card readers yet....so I do carry a few quids...

Edited July 22, 2022 by Gilbert

[Dunsignalling]

I use lead sheet for wagon ballast ("free" end-of-roll flashing remnant from when I got my roof done), or 1mm stuff bought in for lining open wagons. 

 

Amazon Marketplace prices for "Penny" washers in bags of 50 start from around 12p each (including carriage, admittedly).

 

Last time I looked in one of the DIY sheds, they wanted about a quid for a packet of 6. 

 

John

[The Johnster]

3 hours ago, Mike_Walker said:

What are coins?  I went cashless two and a half years ago, much kinder on the trouser pockets...  😂

 

Not far off this myself, but there are some local takeways that I use that insist on payment in cash money, and some of the corner shops & the Polish shop insist that you spend at least £5 if you are using a cashcard, something I find very irritating but we lost the absolute right to insist on payment in coin of the realm under that nice Mrs Thatcher's governement🤬 in the 80s.  Luckily all these are close enough to cashpoints for it to be a pita as opposed to a serious problem.

[cctransuk]

3 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

I use lead sheet for wagon ballast ("free" end-of-roll flashing remnant from when I got my roof done), or 1mm stuff bought in for lining open wagons. 

 

Amazon Marketplace prices for "Penny" washers in bags of 50 start from around 12p each (including carriage, admittedly).

 

Last time I looked in one of the DIY sheds, they wanted about a quid for a packet of 6. 

 

John

 

Buy fixings of all sorts from specialists, and plan your buying to cover future needs, so that the effect of P&P is minimised.

 

CJI.

[Dunsignalling]

9 hours ago, cctransuk said:

 

Buy fixings of all sorts from specialists, and plan your buying to cover future needs, so that the effect of P&P is minimised.

 

CJI.

Agreed, but at 70, every reasonably large job I tackle is done to a specification intended to ensure that it shouldn't need doing again while I'm around or, if it does, it'll be a task for somebody much younger by then!  

 

I've a fencing job still outstanding that will use a biggish supply of stud/nuts/washers but anything left to do after that should only need oddments obtainable via a good rummage in the shed!

 

John

 

 

[Il Grifone]

17 hours ago, Trog said:

 

Drilling a hole in a 2p coin is actually a very good investment, as it turns it into ten pence worth of washer. No wonder no one wants to pay people in washers.

 

The secret is to not buy the 'handy packs of 10 at a pound (or more). You do get a useful plastic box thrown in, but....

 

Years ago (we're talking satellite dishes), someone remarked that he'd puzzled as to why he had found so many secured with drilled 2p coins*. Then he'd found out how much the washers cost!

 

* They were bigger then of course - not only devalued in purchasing power. (Not that 2p ever bought very much!)

Edited July 23, 2022 by Il Grifone

[cctransuk]

3 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

Agreed, but at 70, every reasonably large job I tackle is done to a specification intended to ensure that it shouldn't need doing again while I'm around or, if it does, it'll be a task for somebody much younger by then!  

 

I've a fencing job still outstanding that will use a biggish supply of stud/nuts/washers but anything left to do after that should only need oddments obtainable via a good rummage in the shed!

 

John

 

 

 

At 73, I get a man in for the household infrastructure jobs, which included the garage / railway room conversion.

 

When I do need fixings for the odd job, I still use a specialist supplier, mainly for the huge range that they can offer, and I try and keep a small stock of regularly used items.

 

CJI.

[Il Grifone]

4 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

Agreed, but at 70, every reasonably large job I tackle is done to a specification intended to ensure that it shouldn't need doing again while I'm around or, if it does, it'll be a task for somebody much younger by then! 

 

John

 

That's what I thought too, but daughter failed to find anyone who met her specifications!

I had/have lots of jobs that were to be son-in law's responsibilty....

 

Grifone doesn't do "small stocks" of anything. The trouble is I can never find them when I need them!

 

Irrelevant!

 

The Capricorn (both SWMBO and I are Capricorn*) horoscope on TV has just said, "Good things coming!" (To précis a load of guff in Italian). We shall see, but I have my doubts....

 

* It's supposed to be  a good combination, as long as you have the same goals. Our 49th anniversary is three weeks away, so it could be true.

Daughter is Scorpio!

 

Edited July 23, 2022 by Il Grifone