Damn, Damn it

I love to be organised and, conversely, hate being disorganised. One of the very few things which really annoys me is not being able to organise things properly, usually due to the lack of space. I dream of owning an enormous, gleaming workshop with more space than I could possibly use, although I doubt there's one that large.

Si - With no idea where George put his paint burner. Probably somewhere safe.

Hah! you'd be happy with the utility roo at the back of this house then,its not big but enough room for workshop tools and ample walking space. Thing is its full of wood and stuff and all me tools are in the spare back room upstairs. lol

SAFE ya say, some floorboards will have come up in the bathroom later if it doesn't surface in places where I might think it is? last use the torch had was in the bathroom soldering a reroute of a water pipe. :-(

I don't know where it is, but if you buy a replacement, the old one will appear 5 minutes later.

Well when I can't find something the SO has usually put it in one of our least used cupboards in a dusty corner so the place looks tidier (I was missing my multimeter and a camera battery, I had been looking for them for months and stumbled upon them last week).

I'll have a look for you :)

Hah! yes the uncluttered woman syndrome,if they had their way Hubby's would be put in a broom cupboard an only pulled out when needed. ;-)

It's in the little bedroom under the same pile of clothes where I found my missing jacket.

Management, as in my case, will claim no knowledge...

Worse still when the pabx that (also) runs the doorphones goes phut, you order a new one, and the time the man in the van arrives with it, SWMBO has taken the canine door alarms on a constitutional. Grrr!

Still we have had 3 smashing kittens arrive over the last 24 hours, so if anyone fancies some little grey tigers (its different color every time with HER) in a couple of months..

Which is why I own 4 tape measures and 3 Stanley knives.

David

It's funny that it is always those two particular items.....

No, the pencil wins hands down, unless you have the sort of ears that holds them in place. I haven't, so being a chippy has never been an option.

and would be pink plastic and battery powered ;-)

Owain

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awww, photos somewhere please.

are you sure it's not the HIM(s) that are responsible for that :-)

Introduce HER to a Siamese next time and you'll have door alarms that won't need walkies.

Owain

Thats easily sorted double sided tape between ya nut and ear. ;-)

No doubt its in the same place as my piggin coping saw....

So are you saying you can't cope no more? ;-)

Oh how true! I had a really useful 'Shark' 250mm pry bar, fantastic for getting embedded nails out & prying in general. Couldn't find it, emptied the van out - no trace & the bugger cost me £16 (and worth every penny).

In my local B&Q warehouse I spotted one in the clearance bin reduced to £8 & bought it straight away. Opened the toolbag to pur it securely away - and there was the original. Still, you can't have too many pry bars can you.....

Haven't we all.... at least.

Not just me then? Oh good. I buy the tubs of 50 in Staples & they last about 8 weeks.

Are pencils related to socks?

I recall a post on rec.woodworking... the bloke had 2 gross of pencils for a Christmas present every year.

He'd get the boxes, go to his workshop (double garage sized shed), stand at the door and throw handfuls in every direction.

By the time next Christmas rolled around it was just getting tricky to find a pencil when he needed one...