Article: 141569 of soc.culture.british From: zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) Remember I tried to claim a suitable accoutred (that doesn't look right) cellar could be used as a shed substitute? My wife went off to London for a couple of days, but horor of horrors, before she went she made me hire a skip.... Gone forever: My offcuts collection - plywood, softwood, hardwood, hardboard, chipboard... All those bits of secondary double glazing that we replaced when we moved into the house A perfectly usable half-broken bookcase 90% of my collection of cables, mains 3 and 2 core, signal, coax, 12v .... A couple of doors; most of a kitchen wall unit.... Various lino mis-shapes..... Not only that she made me clear out the garage as well! I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. The horror! I shall take to drink. -- ...or something Dave Budd +44 161 275 6033 fax 6040 D.Buddmcc.ac.uk http://www.man.ac.uk:80/~zlsiida (getting better!) Article: 142100 of soc.culture.british From: Trevor Kirby ncl.ac.uk> In article fs1.mcc.ac.uk>, zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) writes: |> My wife went off to London for a couple of days, but horor of horrors, |> before she went she made me hire a skip.... |> Gone forever: Divorce is the only option. |> |> The horror! |> |> I shall take to drink. |> Or drink. Trev ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look here, what has fish got to do with it? Why bring them up?" Wilkin did not bother to reply. Article: 142346 of soc.culture.british From: jefdrabcentral.co.nz (Jeff Drabble) suenntp.best.com (Susan Spence) wrote: >Dave Budd (zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk) wrote: >: Not only that she made me clear out the garage as well! >: I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >You dreamed of a shed, then threw away all sorts of perfectly >good shedling material. This is very sad. I think I'll have >a sympathy beer. Solid thinking ,Sue. A wake is required. For my part, I'm prepared to get entirely ripped on a rather nice cab merlot I've been saving for just such an occasion. Jeff Drabble Article: 142742 of soc.culture.british From: suenntp.best.com (Susan Spence) Dave Budd (zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk) wrote: : Remember I tried to claim a suitable accoutred (that doesn't look right) : cellar could be used as a shed substitute? : My wife went off to London for a couple of days, but horor of horrors, : before she went she made me hire a skip.... Uh oh, there went the : Gone forever: : My offcuts collection - plywood, softwood, hardwood, hardboard, chipboard... ...foundation and walls : All those bits of secondary double glazing that we replaced when we moved : into the house ...windows : A perfectly usable half-broken bookcase : 90% of my collection of cables, mains 3 and 2 core, signal, coax, 12v .... : A couple of doors; most of a kitchen wall unit.... ...furniture, fixtures, wires, and doors : Various lino mis-shapes..... ...then the roof : Not only that she made me clear out the garage as well! : I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. You dreamed of a shed, then threw away all sorts of perfectly good shedling material. This is very sad. I think I'll have a sympathy beer. Article: 142969 of soc.culture.british From: jefdrabcentral.co.nz (Jeff Drabble) zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: sn . . . . . >My wife went off to London for a couple of days, but horor of horrors, >before she went she made me hire a skip.... >Gone forever: >My offcuts collection - plywood, softwood, hardwood, hardboard, chipboard... . . . . .ip >I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >I shall take to drink. Actually, I wouldn't mind joining you, after all, we did miss out on celebrating St David's Day. The thing is though, you have failed to display the true cunning of a shedster. Always, always, when hiring a skip, insist that they deliver you a full one. In this way you can gain many new sheddy items. If you must order an empty one, leave it on the street overnight and you will find in the morning that the shed fairy has filled it with all the goodies you could desire. Jeff Drabble Article: 143412 of soc.culture.british From: Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: snip > >I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. > >The horror! > >I shall take to drink. > >-- > ...or something > We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 Lancia. Ed ------------------------------------------------------------ |Ed Fowler, Information Systems & Resources Co-ordinator | | Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Ltd | ------------------------------------------------------------ | * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * | ------------------------------------------------------------ |All views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect| | the past, present or future views of my employers. | ------------------------------------------------------------ Article: 143559 of soc.culture.british From: zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) In article <4hac7u$n87central.co.nz> jefdrabcentral.co.nz (Jeff Drabble) writes: >suenntp.best.com (Susan Spence) wrote: >>Dave Budd (zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk) wrote: >>: I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >>You dreamed of a shed, then threw away all sorts of perfectly >>good shedling material. This is very sad. I think I'll have >>a sympathy beer. >Solid thinking ,Sue. A wake is required. For my part, I'm prepared >to get entirely ripped on a rather nice cab merlot I've been saving >for just such an occasion. I skipped off to Dublin using Mike's stag do as an excuse, and had a very enjoyable wake in Slattery's on Capel St and then Break For The Border off Grafton Street. Next day we took breakfast at Bewley's and then headed off to Leopardstown for the races, where they had a couple of nice looking sheds masquerading as something useful. -- ...or something Dave Budd +44 161 275 6033 fax 6040 D.Buddmcc.ac.uk http://www.man.ac.uk:80/~zlsiida (getting better!) Article: 144016 of soc.culture.british From: david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) In article <1996Mar7.123223.25442schbbs.mot.com>, TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) says: > >Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>> >>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >>> >>>The horror! >>> >>>I shall take to drink. >>> >>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>Lancia. > >And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, >a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an >assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. If you're interested, grass cuttings to spread into the corners, grubby shammy leathers and a half empty tub of Swarfega are also available Dave "Baldrick. Are the words "I have a cunning plan" | The opinions expressed herein marching with ill-deserved confidence towards | are solely mine and not those this conversation?" - Edmund Blackadder | of my employers Article: 144103 of soc.culture.british From: C.A.Williamsshef.ac.uk (Chris Williams) In article <4hn3ur$pt6tabloid.amoco.com>, david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) says: > >In article <1996Mar7.123223.25442schbbs.mot.com>, TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) says: >> >>Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>>Lancia. Please accept my offer of a rather dangerous and slightly corroded claw hammer. Chris PS I have some small lengths of florists wire too if necessary. Article: 144263 of soc.culture.british From: hywelmozart.inet.co.th (Hywel Phillips) On 07-Mar-96 19:17:11, David Wheeler had this to say: DW> Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>> >>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >>>I shall take to drink. >>> >>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken stepper >>motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 Lancia. DW> And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine DW> bottles, a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the DW> outside and an assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. An old rental bike from Guernsey "Not to be ridden on the Beach", two doors with glass inserts that might have made a cold-frame, various tobacco tins filled with useful bodging thingies. Hywel. Article: 144517 of soc.culture.british From: Mary Christensen bmi.net> TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) wrote: >Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>> >>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >>> we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>Lancia. > >And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, >a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an >assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. I have a lovely assortment of rusted-shut cans of paint collected over the past 10 years....great color assortment. one must must must have a can or 12 in the shed. Shedless herself, Mary Article: 144651 of soc.culture.british From: TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >> >>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >> >>The horror! >> >>I shall take to drink. >> >We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >Lancia. And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. ---------------------------------------------------------------- David A. Wheeler, Motorola Ltd., Basingstoke, Hampshire, England CDW028email.mot.com Article: 144678 of soc.culture.british From: jefdrabcentral.co.nz (Jeff Drabble) Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >Lancia. Just whoa up a minute there. What need has he of *two* stepper motors? I've been after one for ages to put at the back of the bottom shelf in shed #3. I could let you have in return, one of those little thingies you screw to the bottom of the door to prop it open. As luck would have it, its function seems to be impaired. Jeff Drabble Article: 144733 of soc.culture.british From: zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) In article <4hsafr$1kebigjohn.bmi.net> Mary Christensen bmi.net> writes: >TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) wrote: >>Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>>Lancia. >>And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, >>a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an >>assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. >I have a lovely assortment of rusted-shut cans of paint collected over >the past 10 years....great color assortment. one must must must have a >can or 12 in the shed. I managed to hang onto my collection of old paint tins, and all those tubs and tubes of too-hard-to-use-now fillers and putties etc. While it's most gratifying to be offered all these sheddy items, I have to admit I've managed to re-arrange what's left in the cellar so that it's still full.....and it will eventually become somewhat sheddy again as I'll be setting up some Nth hand darkroom equipment, an electronics workbench ( tinkering only, I'm not a circuits geek), and I have a couple of other plans... the ancient guitar refurbishment project and the pinball machine electromech-to-electronic conversion should give me the opportunity to cover large areas of the cellar with a variety of unusual tools and parts, most of which will lay there unused for months if not years. The Dublin trip got me over the initial shock, and now I'm able to plan (in so far as anything sheddy ever gets planned - ie mostly daydreams) for a sheddy future down there amongst the coalsacks, fertiliser bags, and 5 years back issues of several photography and motorsport magazines. -- ...or something Dave Budd +44 161 275 6033 fax 6040 D.Buddmcc.ac.uk http://www.man.ac.uk:80/~zlsiida (getting better!) Article: 144766 of soc.culture.british From: Trevor Kirby ncl.ac.uk> In article <4hn3ur$pt6tabloid.amoco.com>, david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) writes: |> In article <1996Mar7.123223.25442schbbs.mot.com>, TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) says: |> > |> >Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: |> >>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: |> >>> |> >>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. |> >>> |> >>>The horror! |> >>> |> >>>I shall take to drink. |> >>> |> >>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's |> >>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken |> >>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 |> >>Lancia. |> > |> >And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, |> >a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an |> >assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. |> If you're interested, grass cuttings to spread into the corners, |> grubby shammy leathers and a half empty tub of Swarfega are also available I'm moved by the mans plight, so I'm offering up my prized dish of sump oil sludge, the mysterious bag of white crystals (fertiliser or weedkiller and I'm too chicken to find out), 2 pallets and the 1975 can of car wax. Trev -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look here, what has fish got to do with it? Why bring them up?" Wilkin did not bother to reply. Article: 144839 of soc.culture.british From: Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) wrote: >In article <1996Mar7.123223.25442schbbs.mot.com>, TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) says: >> >>Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>>> >>>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >>>> >>>>The horror! >>>> >>>>I shall take to drink. >>>> >>>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>>Lancia. >> >>And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, >>a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an >>assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. > >If you're interested, grass cuttings to spread into the corners, >grubby shammy leathers and a half empty tub of Swarfega are also available > >Dave > This is turning into a veritable bonanza of top quality tat (tqt) I have recieved offeres of some of the rarest tat available, a man in Inverness has offered to donate a rust tool box and a punctured radiator from a 1976 cortina. A man in Norwich has offered a tuned drum set made from old (half full) paint tins and a woman in Cornwall has offered her husbands weed burning flame throwery type thing (with a simliar device regular readers of this thread will recall I blew up a shed in my youth). TQT all of it, bu come on folks, we are nowhere near replacing this poor mans dream cellar. Ed ------------------------------------------------------------ |Ed Fowler, Information Systems & Resources Co-ordinator | | Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Ltd | ------------------------------------------------------------ | * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * | ------------------------------------------------------------ |All views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect| | the past, present or future views of my employers. | ------------------------------------------------------------ Article: 145040 of soc.culture.british From: peralexaztec.co.za (Tom Davies) Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: > I shall donate 2 broken >stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >Lancia. Be careful! I suggest you take the cylinder head to your local engineering works to verify that it is either cracked or warped before installing it in a shed. Tom >Ed >------------------------------------------------------------ >|Ed Fowler, Information Systems & Resources Co-ordinator | >| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Ltd | >------------------------------------------------------------ >| * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * | >------------------------------------------------------------ >|All views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect| >| the past, present or future views of my employers. | >------------------------------------------------------------ Article: 145467 of soc.culture.british From: Melissa Porter interpath.com> Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) wrote: >>In article <1996Mar7.123223.25442schbbs.mot.com>, TUK067maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) says: >>> >>>Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: >>>>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: >>>>> >>>>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. >>>>> >>>>>The horror! >>>>> >>>>>I shall take to drink. >>>>> >>>>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>>>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>>>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>>>Lancia. >>> >>>And I will weigh in with a cardboard box full of ancient, dusty wine bottles, >>>a bottle of Bio with most of the contents adhering to the outside and an >>>assortment of rusty tacks to spread around the floor. >> >>If you're interested, grass cuttings to spread into the corners, >>grubby shammy leathers and a half empty tub of Swarfega are also available >> >>Dave >> >This is turning into a veritable bonanza of top quality tat (tqt) I have >recieved offeres of some of the rarest tat available, a man in Inverness >has offered to donate a rust tool box and a punctured radiator from a >1976 cortina. A man in Norwich has offered a tuned drum set made from old >(half full) paint tins and a woman in Cornwall has offered her husbands >weed burning flame throwery type thing (with a simliar device regular >readers of this thread will recall I blew up a shed in my youth). > >TQT all of it, bu come on folks, we are nowhere near replacing this poor >mans dream cellar. > >Ed > > > >------------------------------------------------------------ >|Ed Fowler, Information Systems & Resources Co-ordinator | >| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Ltd | >------------------------------------------------------------ >| * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * | >------------------------------------------------------------ >|All views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect| >| the past, present or future views of my employers. | >------------------------------------------------------------ > > I humbly offer the following items for the cause, from a US shed: Two years' worth of newspapers tied with string into bundles; one in-dash AM/FM cassette player with a Bruce Springsteen tape permanently wound round the capstan; a variety of small dead home appliances which might one day be opened, tinkered with, and made to run again; a paper bag full of expired food and sundries cents-off coupons; a reel-to-reel tape player that has not run for ten years; a jar of calcified silver cleaner; and a Mystery Cardboard Box, the contents of which change from month to month as the owner goes on one of his periodic hunts for the missing battery-operated portable compressor bought to pump up flat tires, which has been missing since 1987. Melissa ---------- The fundamentals of being human don't change with the labels we apply to them. Article: 145541 of soc.culture.british From: Mary Christensen bmi.net> jefdrabcentral.co.nz (Jeff Drabble) wrote: >Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: > >>>zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) wrote: > >>>I am not only shedless, I don't even have a near substitute. > >>We are all with you brother, we shall start a cyber-thon to aid of Dave's >>long task in rebuilding his tat collection. I shall donate 2 broken >>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>Lancia. > >Just whoa up a minute there. What need has he of *two* stepper >motors? I've been after one for ages to put at the back of the >bottom shelf in shed #3. I could let you have in return, one of those >little thingies you screw to the bottom of the door to prop it open. >As luck would have it, its function seems to be impaired. > >Jeff Drabble > > Whoa yerself, Jeff. Now, the way I was taught, 'bout sheds and all, is that they more often than not contain multiple copies of the same item, some old and worn, some brand new, but all lost or inaccessible until you replace them. So if Dave has two of something, I believe that is a great good step in bringing his shed into balance within the shedding universe. You know, just yesterday, with the threatened advent of Spring in the air, I went out to what has to stand for a shed at my place (a garage no car will fit in...sized for a pony cart). I was checking to see where the gardening implements were. Couldn't find a thing I was looking for, but I did find some more items for Dave's shed. In the way back corner stand these wooden things. Quite long, quite heavy, remnants of the property's last owner. They are solid wood, and have been carved and hollowed out, similar to the hull of a catamaran or other flat-bottomed South Pacific Canoe. I am baffled as to why there are there, and what use they would be to someone here in the middle of a desert. I'll gladly send both to Dave for his shed. But this does reinforce my point that sheds may and quite often do have more than one of the same item, even if one does not know what the item is. Of course, I may be wrong and will quickly admit it if I am. I do not have centuries of shedding behavior to rely on (sigh, one of those ignorant Americans). But in the spirit of the shedding thread, I admit my ignorance outright, to preempt any flames from those involved in the firestorm raging elsewhere. (I'm still learning) Yours sincerely and out in the shed (ok, ok, its a pony-cart garage but one can pretend when it's all one has) Mary Article: 145828 of soc.culture.british From: Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> peralexaztec.co.za (Tom Davies) wrote: >Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> wrote: > >> I shall donate 2 broken >>stepper motors, a bashed up tonka toy and a cylinder head from a 1984 >>Lancia. > >Be careful! I suggest you take the cylinder head to your local >engineering works to verify that it is either cracked or warped before >installing it in a shed. > >Tom > No need pal, after ny arty wife decided to try scuplting it with an oxy-aceteline torch you can bet that it's warped 8 cracked!. incidentally, why do normally neat & tidy women look so damn attractive when ther are in a boiler suit (sans underwear) with oil/soot stained faces? Probably just another of lifes little mysteries, although this one nearly increased my family size by 50%. Ed ------------------------------------------------------------ |Ed Fowler, Information Systems & Resources Co-ordinator | | Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Ltd | ------------------------------------------------------------ | * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * | ------------------------------------------------------------ |All views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect| | the past, present or future views of my employers. | ------------------------------------------------------------ Article: 145837 of soc.culture.british From: zlsiidafs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) In article <4i165o$k1alonweb1.lehman.com> Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> writes: >incidentally, why do normally neat & tidy women look so damn attractive >when ther are in a boiler suit (sans underwear) with oil/soot stained >faces? Probably just another of lifes little mysteries, although this one >nearly increased my family size by 50%. I hesitate to say this in an otherwise wholesome thread suitable for persons of any age, but... GIF! -- ...or something Dave Budd +44 161 275 6033 fax 6040 D.Buddmcc.ac.uk http://www.man.ac.uk:80/~zlsiida (getting better!) Article: 146024 of soc.culture.british From: david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) In article <4i70ti$afmnrtphba6.bnr.ca>, Melissa Porter interpath.com> says: > >david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) wrote: >>In article <4i1vbo$fr7nrtphba6.bnr.ca>, Melissa Porter interpath.com> says: >>>I humbly offer the following items for the cause, from a US shed: >>> >>>Two years' worth of newspapers tied with string into bundles; one in-dash >>>AM/FM cassette player with a Bruce Springsteen tape permanently wound >>>round the capstan; a variety of small dead home appliances which might one >>>day be opened, tinkered with, and made to run again; a paper bag full of >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>Surely this should read "opened, tinkered with, and replaced, still >>in a non-functioning state"? Appliances living in sheds should always >>*just* be a 'bit of tinkering' away from working properly. > >Dave (may I call you Dave?)-- Of course you may. >My apologies for not expressing myself more clearly. The operative word is >"might". Most of them haven't been touched (except for being shifted when Whoops. Didn't read your post properly. *My* apologies.. >looking in vain for that two-year-old copy of Popular Mechanics with the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Right up there with Amateur Electronics or Classic Cars in the shedders' stakes >really interesting article, or adding new sheddy acquistions) since they were >rescued from the trash, where some thoughtless female (me) had pitched them. > >Which reminds me--am I correct in my impression that the Shedders' Battle Cry >is the same on both sides of the Atlantic: "I can't believe the things some >people throw away!" (Most impressive when in conjunction with backing the car The corollary is of course "That'll come in handy one day" >to retrieve some bit of arcana left curbside or dropped in the middle of the >street.) Dave "Baldrick. Are the words "I have a cunning plan" | The opinions expressed herein marching with ill-deserved confidence towards | are solely mine and not those this conversation?" - Edmund Blackadder | of my employers Article: 146246 of soc.culture.british From: david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) In article <4i1vbo$fr7nrtphba6.bnr.ca>, Melissa Porter interpath.com> says: >I humbly offer the following items for the cause, from a US shed: > >Two years' worth of newspapers tied with string into bundles; one in-dash >AM/FM cassette player with a Bruce Springsteen tape permanently wound >round the capstan; a variety of small dead home appliances which might one >day be opened, tinkered with, and made to run again; a paper bag full of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Surely this should read "opened, tinkered with, and replaced, still in a non-functioning state"? Appliances living in sheds should always *just* be a 'bit of tinkering' away from working properly. >expired food and sundries cents-off coupons; a reel-to-reel tape player that >has not run for ten years; a jar of calcified silver cleaner; and a Mystery >Cardboard Box, the contents of which change from month to month as the owner >goes on one of his periodic hunts for the missing battery-operated portable >compressor bought to pump up flat tires, which has been missing since 1987. "Baldrick. Are the words "I have a cunning plan" | The opinions expressed herein marching with ill-deserved confidence towards | are solely mine and not those this conversation?" - Edmund Blackadder | of my employers Article: 146281 of soc.culture.british From: Patrick_H_Briscall sbphrd.com> I was going to donate a collection of assorted "L"-shaped offcuts from Christmas wrapping paper that are filling empty corners in my under-stairs cupboard. Then I realised that it's a sort of indoor shed. I don't have a proper garden shed so where would I be then? Does my under-stairs cupboard qualify? It also contains 73 ex-Tesco carrier bags that are saved under the misconception that I will take some with me next time I go shopping. Also, several jars of assorted bent screws & washers plus dangerously unidentifiable varnishes, used turps, etc. stored in pop-bottles. All the above (et al) are filed on a Heath-Robinson shelving and hook system of my own devising. If it doesn't qualify I shall move house asap. Please advise. Patrick Briscall. p.s. Does anyone have a pre-M25 British road map as my good lady threw mine out? p.p.s If I'm butting in where I'm not wanted please flame me. --- The Great and Venerable Tarka Dhal proclaims: "Partake of Me and, when The End is come, Hells’ fiery storms shall engulf the Earth, yet shall you remain safe with Me while those who have rejected Me shall be plagued by a foul pestillence. Thus Shall The World be purged." Garamchai: 3, 13-14. Article: 146313 of soc.culture.british From: Melissa Porter interpath.com> david_x_healyamoco.com (Dave Healy) wrote: >In article <4i1vbo$fr7nrtphba6.bnr.ca>, Melissa Porter interpath.com> says: >>I humbly offer the following items for the cause, from a US shed: >> >>Two years' worth of newspapers tied with string into bundles; one in-dash >>AM/FM cassette player with a Bruce Springsteen tape permanently wound >>round the capstan; a variety of small dead home appliances which might one >>day be opened, tinkered with, and made to run again; a paper bag full of > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Surely this should read "opened, tinkered with, and replaced, still >in a non-functioning state"? Appliances living in sheds should always >*just* be a 'bit of tinkering' away from working properly. >"Baldrick. Are the words "I have a cunning plan" | The opinions expressed herein > marching with ill-deserved confidence towards | are solely mine and not those > this conversation?" - Edmund Blackadder | of my employers Dave (may I call you Dave?)-- My apologies for not expressing myself more clearly. The operative word is "might". Most of them haven't been touched (except for being shifted when looking in vain for that two-year-old copy of Popular Mechanics with the really interesting article, or adding new sheddy acquistions) since they were rescued from the trash, where some thoughtless female (me) had pitched them. Which reminds me--am I correct in my impression that the Shedders' Battle Cry is the same on both sides of the Atlantic: "I can't believe the things some people throw away!" (Most impressive when in conjunction with backing the car to retrieve some bit of arcana left curbside or dropped in the middle of the street.) Melissa ---------- The fundamentals of being human don't change with the labels we apply to them. Article: 147738 of soc.culture.british From: Mary Christensen bmi.net> Patrick_H_Briscall sbphrd.com> wrote: > >Does my under-stairs cupboard qualify? > >If it doesn't qualify I shall move house asap. Please advise. > >p.p.s If I'm butting in where I'm not wanted please flame me. > Patrick, hey, in my estimation there is no shame in being shedless. Heck, I've not been flamed and I have a pony-cart sized garage I pretend is a shed myself. I would vote to let you stay...so the thread shall survive. If they flame you, we shall just have to have a shedless shedder thread. After all, I do believe this is the one area where it matters not what country one lives in....shedding...a way of life....no matter where or when. It's a state of mind, after all. Shedless in Seattle, Mary Article: 147975 of soc.culture.british From: Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> Dave Budd wrote: > > In article <4i165o$k1alonweb1.lehman.com> Ed Fowler gbccmail.lehman.com> writes: > >incidentally, why do normally neat & tidy women look so damn attractive > >when they are in a boiler suit (sans underwear) with oil/soot stained > >faces? Probably just another of lifes little mysteries, although this one > >nearly increased my family size by 50%. > > I hesitate to say this in an otherwise wholesome thread suitable for persons > of any age, but... > > GIF! > Unaccountably I neglected to get any picures of the missus on that particular moment of heart stopping beauty. You'll just have to imagine her, just like I'll be doing untill I get home at around 8.00pm on Friday. Ho Hum. Incidentally I should be soon (Wednesday) in possession of another shed (taking the total to three) as i'm moving house in London and my new weekday residence has a shed in the back garden. Small, but perfectly formed Ed ------------------------------------------------------------ |Ed Fowler, Information Systems & Resources Co-ordinator | | Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Ltd | ------------------------------------------------------------ | * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * VOTE FOR UK.REC.SHEDS * | ------------------------------------------------------------ |All views expressed are strictly my own and do not reflect| | the past, present or future views of my employers. | ------------------------------------------------------------ Article: 148828 of soc.culture.british From: cmtajbpalantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk (A.J.Blews) Mary Christensen (paradoxbmi.net) wrote: : In the way back corner stand these wooden things. Quite long, quite : heavy, remnants of the property's last owner. They are solid wood, and : have been carved and hollowed out, similar to the hull of a catamaran or : other flat-bottomed South Pacific Canoe. I am baffled as to why there : are there, and what use they would be to someone here in the middle of a : desert. I'll gladly send both to Dave for his shed. These items do not physically exist in your shed, they are contained in the universal shed. This is a kind of hive-shed to which all shed belong and are linked. We all know that theoretically you can find anything in your shed except the thing you actually want. This is because it has already been found by someone else in another shed. Your finding of a catamaran hull means that some canoing dude somewhere is puzzling over how to make a boat out of a broken kettle and several hundred feet of Aunt Ethel's 1972 Super-8 holiday films. -- Tony Blews, Software Technician, School of Computing, Staffordshire Uni. A.J.Blewssoc.staffs.ac.uk http://palantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk/tony/ Article: 149048 of soc.culture.british From: Trevor Kirby ncl.ac.uk> In article <4j6cs5$77qbs33n.staffs.ac.uk>, cmtajbpalantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk (A.J.Blews) writes: |> |> These items do not physically exist in your shed, they are contained in |> the universal shed. This is a kind of hive-shed to which all shed belong |> and are linked. We all know that theoretically you can find anything in your |> shed except the thing you actually want. This is because it has already been |> found by someone else in another shed. Your finding of a catamaran hull |> means that some canoing dude somewhere is puzzling over how to make a boat |> out of a broken kettle and several hundred feet of Aunt Ethel's 1972 |> Super-8 holiday films. That explains a lot, OK you lot you lot, start looking for the 4th gizmo to hold the bunk beds together. If this theory is correct then the gizmo should vanish from all your sheds and reappear in mine. Then all I've got to do is get some mug to look in mine for the rear footpeg for a honda CB200 and they should come out with the gizmo in their hand and a puzzled expression on their face. Come on get looking, I want to hear that "whatthehellisithis" from my mug^H^H^Hvolunteer. Sudden thought could this be how M*** C*****y got to Canada, he wandered into a shed in the UK, MI5 went looking for him, and some little old granny in Canada had a heart stopping moment in her cellar as he stepped out from behind great aunt Edie's commode. Trev -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look here, what has fish got to do with it? Why bring them up?" Wilkin did not bother to reply. Article: 149382 of soc.culture.british From: cmtajbpalantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk (A.J.Blews) Trevor Kirby (Trevor.Kirbyncl.ac.uk) wrote: : That explains a lot, OK you lot you lot, start looking for the 4th gizmo to : hold the bunk beds together. If this theory is correct then the gizmo should : vanish from all your sheds and reappear in mine. Then all I've got to do is : get some mug to look in mine for the rear footpeg for a honda CB200 and they : should come out with the gizmo in their hand and a puzzled expression on their : face. : Come on get looking, I want to hear that "whatthehellisithis" from my : mug^H^H^Hvolunteer. : Sudden thought could this be how M*** C*****y got to Canada, he wandered into : a shed in the UK, MI5 went looking for him, and some little old granny in : Canada had a heart stopping moment in her cellar as he stepped out from behind : great aunt Edie's commode. An afterthought to my post was that if you know exactly what you're doing, then you should be able to travel between sheds much like you can with libraries and supermarkets, providing you don't try to think about it. Of course, you it probably won't work, or you might end up in that little dynamite shed that Yosemite Sam is about to blow up, but if you master the art of Inter-Shed Travel then the possibilites are endless. It could even work as possible Star Trek like transporter. "Captain, please step into the shed and try not to knock over the stacks of old Bike magazine. Energise." -- Tony Blews, Software Technician, School of Computing, Staffordshire Uni. A.J.Blewssoc.staffs.ac.uk http://palantir.soc.staffs.ac.uk/tony/