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[Dave Plowman (News)]

You'll not need a camera to know this has happened. Just ears.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Yes, I'm just looking at one - eBay 170645635577. 5m waterproof, only does 640x480. I can think of loads of uses for a toy like this (apart from shoving it round the u-bend as a party trick).

[Zapp Brannigan]

>>> Flexible video borescope with built-in adjustable dual LED light source

Drilling into a plasterboard wall or a boarded floor - drill one 10mm hole for the camera and you can look behind/underneath to make sure you don't hit those pipes & cables.

[Owain]

I tend to the practice of "I haven't got one, and it's a bargain, so I might as well buy one in case I need it in the future".

Owain

[Owain]

Just give it to the missus and you can settle down for a quiet half- hour with a nice cuppa and a Fred Dibnah DVD.

Owain

[The Medway Handyman]

>>>>>>> Flexible video borescope with built-in adjustable dual LED light source

Is the correct answer.

[The Medway Handyman]

Possibly you could stick one up your arse in an attempt to find your brains.

[John Bryan]

Brilliant!!!!

[Mark]

wouldn?t really matter, the prognosis is a forgone conclusion anyway.

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[Interloper]

Good to hear from you TMH. Your enlightened, well-reasoned responses are always an inspiration.

[Interloper]

Gentlemen, my apologies, I was being facetious.

I need to direct you to an earlier uk.D-I-Y thread entitled "Blowing Neighbours smell away" (posted 27/08/2011), and in particular to the rabid defence of an anti-social habit by "The Medway Handyman", who is the OP for this thread.

Considering the nature of the addiction, it seemed obvious why TMH was considering the purchase of a borescope ;-)

[Chris J Dixon]

Very true! I indulged in the pipe wrench set recently, with no plumbing in prospect. Turned out to be the required tool to get the clips tight on my new mud flaps.

Chris

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

I wonder why the Beeny woman keeps calling them 'boroscopes'?

[Andrew Gabriel]

Did anyone else get one? They'd sold out a few days later from the Dunstable branch.

[Frank Erskine]

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I did. I've only casually played about with it for the moment.

I had to visit several branches until I found about a dozen in a Durham store.

[Steve Walker]

Am I glad that I was unconscious when they shoved a scope down my throat! I think that they only knowcked my out 'cos they also wanted to cut a hole in my chest and shove the scope in there too!

SteveW

[Andy Champ]

IIRC they knock you out to suppress the gag / cough reflexes, which would otherwise be a bit of a problem.

Andy

[polygonum]

I had mine without sedation - just an anaesthetic spray/swallow down the throat. It was entirely optional whether to have sedation.

The report, sent to my GP, said "Strong gag reflex". And that is how I remember it - definitely glad I had an empty stomach - and so were they. :-)

Several uncontrollable heaves when it was well down towards my stomach, and the rest was fine. And quite a lot of burping afterwards as they pump air into the stomach.

I would do the same again - but ask for more spray.

[Huge]

You remember wrong. I've had 2 gastric endoscopies so far, both while fully conscious.

It's very unpleasant.

[Andy Champ]

On 11/09/2011 17:39, Huge wrote: > You remember wrong. I've had 2 gastric endoscopies so far, both while > fully conscious. >

In this case I bow to your superior knowledge. Mine was hearsay; may it remain so.

Andy