Right who’s got all the 10mm spanner’s and sockets.

[GreggBear]

I had a lovely halfords set, 1/4,3/8,1/2 in drive, all sockets & extensions a very good set. Sadly some scroat half inched my box so I never got chance to wear any of it out...

 

[n brown]

You have the sort of brain that can deal with that, Nigel.

addled ?

 

[trevskoda]

You have the sort of brain that can deal with that, Nigel.

A boyfriend of mine a good few years back worked from home and "office room" and desk was always piled high, often nearly to the ceiling, with paperwork and all sorts of other stuff. There was a pathway between it all to get to the chair at the desk.

But he could find anything within a split second, often diving into a pile of precariously balanced jumbled paperwork anything up to 3 feet high (or more!) to retrieve it. Quite impressive. I wouldn't have dreamed of touching any of it - would have totally stuffed his unique filing system!

A few years back, you must have been about 13 then LOL.

 

[izwozral]

There's tidying and then there's tidying.

I refuse to touch the shelving on the side of the garage where all the general purpose tools and hardware tend to live.
It's a tip and hasn't been sorted since we moved here.

My garden tools are a different story...


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That's not a tool shed, it's a dominatrix cellar!

 

[yorkslass]

A good few years ago I bought myself a little tool set.....just needed a variety of screwdrivers. Eventually there came the "can I borrow", can't even find the box now.

 

[alcam]

That's not a tool shed, it's a dominatrix cellar!

Really , is that what they look like ?

 

[Robmac]

Drives me mad when the kids borrow my socket set or spanners and then return them with bits missing.

 

[trevskoda]

Never a borrower or a lender be, an old saying from my grandad.

 

[Makzine]

I tell people that want to borrow things that if you break it or bend it then you replace it or mend it

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I just say no, buy your own and lose/break those.

 

[Sharon the Cat]

When we still lived at home we all had toolboxes with a paint colour marking our tools, mine was yellow. Mind you I still have a pair of my brother's circlip pliers. Luckily he's not a member on here.

 

[trixie88]

thanks wully.... this has reminded me.........must put spanners which fit battery in the glove compartment of vehicle.......forgot to put them in when i changed vehicles.........

 

[Wully]

My sisters man is terrible always on the scrounge. Im getting fly for him now he asked to borrow my petrol power washer a while back I told him he’d be cheaper buying one because if he borrowed mine one of my workers went with it and he gets a £100 a shift. Never seen him since.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

A mate of mine years ago when smartphones first came out used to take a picture of anyone borrowing his stuff holding the item, he never lost anything after that.

 

[trevskoda]

I tell people that want to borrow things that if you break it or bend it then you replace it or mend it

No is best and then no bad feelings unless not real mates.

 

[Polar Bear]

A job is not finished until all the tools are back in place. I have 16 X 10mm spanners and sockets all where they should be.

 

[TeamRienza]

A job is not finished until all the tools are back in place. I have 16 X 10mm spanners and sockets all where they should be.

So that’s where they all went !

Davy

 

[Boris7]

Both in the workshop and on site I seldom allow anyone to borrow tools, either way I constantly check and check again at the end of an install, jobs not done till all the tools that came off the van are back on the van.

Did loose a few in the workshop a few years back mind

 

[trevskoda]

Both in the workshop and on site I seldom allow anyone to borrow tools, either way I constantly check and check again at the end of an install, jobs not done till all the tools that came off the van are back on the van.

Did loose a few in the workshop a few years back mind View attachment 107089

Ges man that was some fart.

 

[Boris7]

It was a nightmare,