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Sometimes all that crap in my basement comes in handy.
I went into REI to get some camping stuff. They were having their "garage sale", which basically is a bunch of broken stuff cheap. They had a nice Blackburn floor pump with a built-in gage for $10. The problem was that the head was broken, making the pump useless. I remembered I had kept the hose and head off an old pump. I had once fixed that old pump by getting one of those pump repair kits that comes with the appropriate hardware (e.g. fitting and hose clamp), and had put it "somewhere". Lo and behold, I quickly found the old hose and head, and fixed the pump to working order in less than five minutes. Now, if only I could figure out what to do with the rest of the crap. -- Mike Kruger Blog: http://journals.aol.com/mikekr/ZbicyclistsZlog/ |
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"Mike Kruger" writes: Now, if only I could figure out what to do with the rest of the crap. Database it, organise it on shelving, stick UPC labels on it, and get one of those laser scan guns :-) (IOW, turn your basement into a warehouse.) I've got a bunch of stuff to get rid of too. Unfortunately, I never see building site excavations with "clean fill wanted" signs up anymore. Nowadays they put up modular fences, and have rent-a-cops orbiting the sites. Sometimes during my rides I make note of where open drop bins are, but since I'm working graveyard shift I rarely get the opportunity to divest myself of superfluous stuff in the dark of night, at other people's expense. One of my uncles' rule-of-thumb was -- if it hadn't been used in the last six months - out it goes. He had a basement in which one could actually move around. He also had mint condition copies of National Geographic going back to the wartime 'forties, all neatly arrayed in cardboard boxes. I employed much pathos to persuade my across-the-lane-neighbour/ bike shop guy to obtain for me a bike trailer, which I may receive tomorrow. It'd be interesting to get weighed-in and weighed-out like the motor vehicles when I take loads down to the local refuse station. I guess I should offer to do some dump runs for Mark (the bike shop guy,) too, in return for his benevolent kindness. Yeah, I'll do just that. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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Mike Kruger wrote:
Sometimes all that crap in my basement comes in handy. I went into REI to get some camping stuff. They were having their "garage sale", which basically is a bunch of broken stuff cheap. They had a nice Blackburn floor pump with a built-in gage for $10. The problem was that the head was broken, making the pump useless. I remembered I had kept the hose and head off an old pump. I had once fixed that old pump by getting one of those pump repair kits that comes with the appropriate hardware (e.g. fitting and hose clamp), and had put it "somewhere". Lo and behold, I quickly found the old hose and head, and fixed the pump to working order in less than five minutes. Now, if only I could figure out what to do with the rest of the crap. You know if you throw out hardware of any kind today you'll need it tomorrow. It's a law of nature. Regards, Bob Hunt |
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"Bob" writes: You know if you throw out hardware of any kind today you'll need it tomorrow. It's a law of nature. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pretty much. If your SO persuades you to get rid of it, that clinches the deal. And then you get criticised for not having it at hand after you've tossed it. Shades of The Bickersons. Life seems to consist of a lot of shoulder-shrugging, and taking it on the chin. But it's still good. I guess. Tell ya what, tho' -- loving women comes with a price. I'm willing to pay it. But then, I'm not always rational. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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