rimfire4969 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 So I have stripped down a sidelock I am that is my latest project gun, the barrels have gone to Barrelblacker off here to sort and I have finished the stock with about 8 coats of tru-oil. Pulled the locks apart cleaned and polished every bit. So last evening I am sat to put it all back together. I get the locks together and all the other bits fitted to the stock, then I piece the forend back together. Everything went great until I see one small shouldered screw left over. Now this is not my first rodeo and I am 99% sure I have not missed anything but as I sit there the 1% works it's way in my brain. So next I find myself taking it all apart, now in pieces I look where this screw could go and can find nothing that rings a bell. So back together it all goes thinking maybe I will find where it goes in the process. Again everything together and the screw is still left over. So very slowly I take it apart checking everything, back in bits and I am about to **** a brick, 2 hours and I have achieved nothing. I go online and can find nothing of use, so I decide to put it together and really wanting the screw just to disappear and I am going to do more research in the morning. Back together and there is the screw. Much shouting and swearing all aimed at the screw, my dear wife of 20 years seeing me crying is very concerned and I explain what has happened and she tells me to much hilarity that she put the screw in my bits box as a joke. I did not know if I should laugh or cry more, she very nearly wet herself laughing, which after 3 kids is always a possibility. This morning I have an appointment with a solicitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Very well done Mrs Rimfire!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Super - Like your wife's sense of humour. Please tell her I said so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordieh Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Rimfire just read your post to my Mrs she is now also wetting herself she thinks it is brilliant.Must admit it does appeal to my sense of humour too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 That's excellent!! Now you need to start thinking about how to get her back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Shooter Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 How is the ex-wife doing these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Magic! Next time you're in your RFD, see if he'll give you a 'receipt' for a £5K gun which you can then 'accidentally' leave lying about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 When Alan Clews & Ken Heanes ( I think I have the names right) were part of the B.S.A, scrambles team one went to talk to the other as he put the finishing touches to a complete engine re/build, he slipped a pair of gudgeon pin circlips onto the work bench & walked away,he then watched his face as he found the circlips & stared from them to the engine & back again. He told him before the spanners came out again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buze Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Actually, I have the reverse story... I had just serviced a lovely leica lens from the 30's and it was all in perfect shape ready for assembly. I had put it all into one of these clear plastic box that is used for chocolates. I use these a lot! Anyway, couldn't find it again when I decided to reassemble it; until I found a lovely clear box of plastic on her disk, with bits of stone and baubles in it... She then mentioned she liked the box, and had relocated my bits into another container... That is, the bits bar the tiny, handmade grub screw that is completely impossible to get or duplicate. Lets say she was very, very popular for a while... The only good thing is that I can still use the story to make her cringe :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Lol classic I'd be still sat there as my wife wouldn't have said a thing 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Revenge is a dish best served cold, have you hacked her off recently? If not, apply the same rule.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 She wants you to tie her up and punish her! read the signs man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I thought that she was going to say that she was looking for that screw as it fell off the hoover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) place an single odd earing in her jewlery box like her sense of humor, sounds like a good lady you got there atb 7diaw Edited May 17, 2016 by 7daysinaweek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Your wife shows an admirable sense of humour. Does she know where you have placed the box containing the left shoe of every pair of shoes she owns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossberg-operator Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 So I have stripped down a sidelock I am that is my latest project gun, the barrels have gone to Barrelblacker off here to sort and I have finished the stock with about 8 coats of tru-oil. Pulled the locks apart cleaned and polished every bit. So last evening I am sat to put it all back together. I get the locks together and all the other bits fitted to the stock, then I piece the forend back together. Everything went great until I see one small shouldered screw left over. Now this is not my first rodeo and I am 99% sure I have not missed anything but as I sit there the 1% works it's way in my brain. So next I find myself taking it all apart, now in pieces I look where this screw could go and can find nothing that rings a bell. So back together it all goes thinking maybe I will find where it goes in the process. Again everything together and the screw is still left over. So very slowly I take it apart checking everything, back in bits and I am about to **** a brick, 2 hours and I have achieved nothing. I go online and can find nothing of use, so I decide to put it together and really wanting the screw just to disappear and I am going to do more research in the morning. Back together and there is the screw. Much shouting and swearing all aimed at the screw, my dear wife of 20 years seeing me crying is very concerned and I explain what has happened and she tells me to much hilarity that she put the screw in my bits box as a joke. I did not know if I should laugh or cry more, she very nearly wet herself laughing, which after 3 kids is always a possibility. This morning I have an appointment with a solicitor. I like her already - A classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Brilliant, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit_stu Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberFowl Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Cracking sense of humour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Absolutely brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Payback time-buy a bar of soap the same colour as the toothpaste she uses-sit it in a dish of water for about 10 minutes.....take the cap off the toothpaste tube and push the neck of the tube into the soap so that a plug is formed at the mouth of the tube. When you go to bed the night you have completed the task simply lay back and listen to the sound of sweet revenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gu5 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 So where was the screw from? I think she's done you a favour, it's come from somewhere so I reckon you'll have to strip everything in your cabinet to make sure all the pieces are where they should be. 😁👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 So where was the screw from? I think she's done you a favour, it's come from somewhere so I reckon you'll have to strip everything in your cabinet to make sure all the pieces are where they should be. 😁👍 No idea where it's from, but it looks like it should come from a gun. A wood screw I would of seen through but a very small dark shouldered screw was a great match as the gun is colour case hardened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I'd like to buy your wife a drink lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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