henry d Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 As I have gotten older I have started to buy tools as I need them rather than make do when we were just married and poorer. My daughter has bought a house that needed a bit of TLC as the previous owners were elderly, however the guy had a fetish for hanging things up! I have taken down a dozen or more hooks and then decided to make a count. 69 hooks, screws, nails, pegs and he even used wall ties for some things, and that is just the shed and garage, the garden has hooks attached to fences, bird tables and several of the trees, then there is the two greenhouses. It must be near 90-100 . Who has that amount of stuff to hang up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 My house was like that when I bought it, it must be an old person thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Inspector Gadgets old house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibble Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 I hide the hammer from my wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, Ricko said: My house was like that when I bought it, it must be an old person thing! Oh dear, my shed is absolutely full of brackets, hooks, nails etc to hang all manner of things. However, whilst it may be an 'old person' thing, I know where everything is. Far better, in my opinion, to have things on show where you can see them, than to have them stuffed away in numerous drawers. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 I'm a hanger 😊, it saves loads of space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 I wish I hadn’t read this post 😢 i hang stuff up loads of it and then I fill the benches and then under the benches and then the floor and then it spills out int the next work shop so I’m all old a hanger And a dumper 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 hello, thats interesting!!!!!! was going to put an ad on here as i have a job lot of sky hooks for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Dibble said: I hide the hammer from my wife Same Its like the tate gallery in here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owdnorthener Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Being an old guy, perhaps the hangers were for reminder notes .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 cause we all hate having to bend down...and when we do ....we do it with planning and thought.......when i am bent down ...i often say to myself..."what else can i do whilst im down here".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, ditchman said: cause we all hate having to bend down...and when we do ....we do it with planning and thought.......when i am bent down ...i often say to myself..."what else can i do whilst im down here".... You think that’s bad. I stand at the bottom of our stairs sometimes wondering whether I’ve just come down or about to go up . OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: You think that’s bad. I stand at the bottom of our stairs sometimes wondering whether I’ve just come down or about to go up . OB ...ohhhh jesus thats bad.............. cant you keep a diary or something....or chalk a tally on the wall near the stairs with times and dates....then you will know...if you will come before you are gone sort of thing.... Edited July 2, 2019 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 I bet many on here have gone into their shed and once there, wondered, 'now what did I come out here for ?' Happens to me all the time. Am I alone on this ? OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 52 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: I bet many on here have gone into their shed and once there, wondered, 'now what did I come out here for ?' Happens to me all the time. Am I alone on this ? OB Happens to me all the time 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapid .25 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 I went to the post office to draw my pension and by the time I got there I'd forgotten what I went for so I bought two second class stamps and returned home 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 I had a memory lapse,following a row in bed I slip my hand lovingly down wife's tummy, " you have had it " she cried, & I didn't remember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Posh house 4-6 inch nails are the thing. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 10 hours ago, ditchman said: cause we all hate having to bend down...and when we do ....we do it with planning and thought.......when i am bent down ...i often say to myself..."what else can i do whilst im down here".... Bending down isn't a major problem for me...gettin up is! 9 hours ago, Old Boggy said: You think that’s bad. I stand at the bottom of our stairs sometimes wondering whether I’ve just come down or about to go up . OB Yep, go up the stairs, when at the top think.......what the hell did I come up here for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbriar Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Old Boggy said: I bet many on here have gone into their shed and once there, wondered, 'now what did I come out here for ?' Happens to me all the time. Am I alone on this ? OB I came, I saw...........I got distracted, now I've completely forgot what I was doing and I need a pee. Edited July 3, 2019 by Blackbriar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 talk about needing a pee.............. about a week ago i got my body warmer caught in the landrover door at the spa shop....so i messed about for about 5 mins trying to get the door open....i couldnt....so i driv home.... then i had another go...i was there trying to get free for about 15mins...strugtgling ...cursing.....tears of sheer anger.....i could hardly move ..i felt hog tied..........now bear in mind i was a roughty toughty once upon a time....and used to travel the world on the govts expense and meet people and kill them...............ok ....got the picture ? so there i am starting to struggle agin.......and yew know what.......yup......i was desperate for a pee.....i mean breaking yer neck for a pee..............and then for the first time in my life...I STARTED TO PANIC.........so i stretched over to the left side of the vehicle and grabbed my leatherman...open the serated blade and cut the bottom quater of the body warmer off...IM FREE AT LAST....crawled across the consul ....opened the passengers door and fell head first into the hydranger.......got the old man out (which was starting to leak a bit) knelt down still i emptied my bladder....i was like a petrol pump....the relief was indiscribable.............. anyway ...i tidyed myself up went for a crow bar to get the door open....came back and found that i had dropped the door lock with my elbow....thats why i couldnt open it now you know what a norfolk muppet is............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Drying flowers and other plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted July 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 No not considering the state of the garden we have almost filled an 8 cube skip with ivy and evergreen bushes and the bushes were de-limbed and squashed down to pack more in. Thankfully the scrap boys came past as we were skipping the lean-to greenhouses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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