From: JOHN HARDY <>
> dear all,
> since I started faffing about with cars I have been suckered
> into buying tools from time to time which are about as much use as a
> chocolate teapot. Upon realising that the said tool will not perform the
> task as described nor any other task I might as well shove up my a**e.
> Hence my title.
> I have many happy memories of various instruments fraudulently described
> as a "breakthrough" or a "pricebuster" or generally the best thing since
> sliced bread. Chief amonst these are Aircraft Snips which I purchased.
> After using them twice they dissassembled themselves into their constituent
> parts with the bastard size nut rolling under the bench to oblivion. Then
> the was the air die grinder that refused to operate after one attempt at
> operation. I took it apart when I came across it lying in a corner where
> I'd thrown it and it wasn't even machined inside. In general now I never
> ever buy anything that was apparently made east of Germany. (the steel
> employed in these climes is an alloy of pig iron, coal and various grades
> of dung. animal and human)
> I still have a drawer full of clamps that don't, drills that didn't and
> squares that aren't.
> Anyone else been suckered???
... but always useful for bastardising into some gizmo that only you have a use
for.
PaulH
"If you haven;'t found a use for something yet, you haven't kept it long enough"
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