A compressor, a tennis ball and a ball of string!

[The Wanderer]

The thread about handy electrical installation techniques for some reason reminded me of how to get a drawrope through an existing ductline. :-)

[George]

Pffft!

A mouse, a piece of chocolate and a piece of string. :-)

[John Rumm]

A vacuum cleaner, some rag or a ball, and a piece of string...

[The Wanderer]

Nah, won't work in a 4" or 6" earthenware duct that's under a road, has to be a compressor hose to blow the ball through.

[John]

Our lads (BT) use a plastic carrier bag rather than a ball - doesn't half fly down the duct :o)

[The Wanderer]

yebbut you can't play wiv a carrier bag......

:-)

[Andy Dingley]

I still remember the first time I saw a "duct motor" in action, years ago as a damp-lugged BT apprentice. Damned funny things to watch throbbing away on a concrete yard, let alone when it's a crowd of teenagers and the odd mucky-minded Essex (Suffolk, near enough) girl.

[Lobster]

A vacuum cleaner, a mouse, and a piece of string...

David

[Steve Firth]

You can if you're a Tory MP and also have a pair of stockings and some fruit.

[EricP]

Before the Age of Cotton Wool I made a shed load of dosh for the local junior school at their school summer fete with a compressor, plastic drain pipe and some old tennis balls.

The Cannon of Doom fired balls all over the field all afternoon to delighted kids.

Now I would be arrested for terrorism and not having a full risk assessment done and ten million in insurance.

[somebody]

In message , The Wanderer writes

You mean "the missus, a kick up the arse and a torch" surely?

I'm off... please don't any of you dare tell her I said that as she's bigger than me. And don't tell her I said that either!!!

I'll get me coat. Someone

[Frank Erskine]

And you'd be done for ageism for using 'old' tennis balls...

And sexism for using any balls at all.

[Man at B&Q]

A hamster, sellotape and a piece of string. If the hamster doesn't run at the sight of the sellotape then you can always find another use for it.

MBQ

[Dave Plowman (News)]

But hamsters aren't much use for wrapping parcels?

[Andy Dingley]

Slice 'em thinner