OT: Rescued from the vacuum cleaner

Apr 17, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 16 Replies

Quite simple philosophy really, it it can be sucked up it will be.



One amplifier volume control knob One CH radiator cap One plastic cone origin yet uncertain One white sock One biro pen



4 plastic bags

Best not to complain too much otherwise SWMBO might down tools but what gives? (No dirty jokes either please, children might be watching).


Similarly it is possible (by the use of a sieve and the garden tap) to retrieve many of the things that puppy dogs snaffle.

Bill

Well, I have no idea, but I remember when I could see to clean, it was mind numbing and you tended to day dream and go through the motions, not seeing anything unless it blocked up the pipe. Brian

All I can say is that its a good job you do not use surface mount components. Brian

If they end up on the floor, they can generally be counted as lost.

Or have a 'collectors item' Meccano set

Andrew

Anyone else remember their mum moaning about Meccano nuts rattling around in the Hoover? ;-)

bet you a dyson can't manage that

She's not allowed in my mancave. The cards are somewhere beneath a 2" layer of dust.

Well, it would. My George took a lump of mortar, roughly spheroidal, that was about an inch across - sounded as if it had gone through the bag as well.

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