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[Saitch]

Whilst on this subject, does anyone else suffer with the malaise of 'Tool Travel'.

Whenever I am working under a vehicle, on my back, I can carefully place a spanner or such, in close proximity to say, my right shoulder.
When needing said tool again, it has somehow migrated behind my head, usually to a distance 2" further than my arms reach!

[Hogarthde]

In my younger years, if on my back under the dozer, I could place quite a few spanners and sockets on my flat , muscular stomach.

However, in the fullness of time, plus the curvature of the earth, sockets no longer sit .😾

dave

[V8Ian]

And also if you drop the socket I bet there are lots of unprintable words muttered while you are on your way to retrieve it

More like "darn and blast" or "oh bother", she'd have far more class than the likes of thee and me.

[V8Ian]

In my younger years, if on my back under the dozer, I could place quite a few spanners and sockets on my flat , muscular stomach.

However, in the fullness of time, plus the curvature of the earth, sockets no longer sit .😾

dave

[scarry]

My Neighbour is still looking for a dropped Carby Bowl drain screw, mine, when he fitted the Rideon carby back.

Mate of mine dropped a screw down the inlet manifold of his HQ Monaro.

The 10mm socket is the one we always seem to lose

[4bee]

Mate of mine dropped a screw down the inlet manifold of his HQ Monaro.

The 10mm socket is the one we always seem to lose

Yeah, the old "One size fits all" seems to be a load of bollocks when it comes to motors..


In my case he went home & cut down a Metric screw which is doing the job but it is a puzzle where the original got to. We tried dragging Magnets around & raking the cut grass with a small hand tool but still came up with not a thing.
Cest La Vie.

[4bee]

Dave, did you try laying on your stomach keeping your flat work bench behind you? A bit challenging working with your hands there as well, but who knows????
You sound like a pretty handy guy.

[4bee]

Yep, spannering with pickled onions is a new one but I like your thinking...

Maybe I should have used " " around the "Pickle onion grabber." like so.

Of course it isn't one, but it fits the description of my tool. Ahem, not "My Tool" you understand, although it has been admired from time to time but alas, not lately., that would be silly, but it is the tool that is on my shelf next to the magnet on a stick, if you get my drift?

Am I digging a huge hole here? I'll go then.

[Hogarthde]

Now now Des, are you suggesting I keep the Kama Sutra alongside the workshop manual😧

[350RRC]

Maybe I should have used " " around the "Pickle onion grabber." like so.

Of course it isn't one, but it fits the description of my tool. Ahem, not "My Tool" you understand, although it has been admired from time to time but alas, not lately., that would be silly, but it is the tool that is on my shelf next to the magnet on a stick, if you get my drift?

Am I digging a huge hole here? I'll go then.

You no longer admire said tool?

DL