Thread: You can start to feel older when ...

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I have , not more than 12"(sorry,300mm) from my keyboard, what I always called a 'tickler file' , which could be alphabetically or numerically sorted.

I regularly add names/phone numbers/addresses to it. Faster to use than the computer I'm sitting at and often has the url or username I need, then, I goto the computer.

swmbo pushes, slides and pokes away at her mobile phone to get same info.."it's all in the cloud "says she.

Hello Rambling Boy,

I can relate to what you wrote about the 'tinker file'. When I went on my initial online hunt for library catalogue cards the eBay search came up with some cough ... "vintage" catalogue card boxes for sale. I thought gee they look nice - well patinaed solid timber. Only $150. I then looked down and realised 1) the item was for sale in America. 2) the cost of postage was $1970 Australian! I returned to my hunt for the cards themselves very shortly afterwards.

Kind regards
Lionel

Hi,
A friend from NZ had moved to Hobart.
Went to the hardware shop and asked for a box of corrugated fasteners.
Met with blank stares.
He pointed out a box behind the counter containing same.
"OH, you mean wriggly nails" he said, pulling down a box - labeled 'corrugated fasteners'.
Cheers

guys...

stop.

Im not that old and I remember all those things.....

Ill see your spoke sheave (loosely, a skinny 2 handed plane) and raise you a shingle pry....

or better yet....

in probably the same tool shop...

a points file or a set of jet drivers for a carby

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

guys...

stop.

Im not that old and I remember all those things.....

Ill see your spoke sheave (loosely, a skinny 2 handed plane) and raise you a shingle pry....

or better yet....

in probably the same tool shop...

a points file or a set of jet drivers for a carby

I still carry a 'Feeler Gauge' set in my toolbox. I don't think I've used them since the 80s.

Originally Posted by Saitch

I still carry a 'Feeler Gauge' set in my toolbox. I don't think I've used them since the 80s.

ahh but wheres your spark plug gapping tool?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

ahh but wheres your spark plug gapping tool?

Metal fingernail file for multi-purpose uses, including original purpose after dirty work.

I have several sets of both inch and metric feeler gauges, and last used them about a month ago. Spokeshaves, have a couple, but a while since I used them. How about a drawknife?

Originally Posted by Tins

The ones at my local used to be a sort of institutional green, except for reference, which were pink. That was in the late 50s, or perhaps pre Beatles 60s.

So there was a difference between greenies and pinkos in those days?

DL