Actual footage of a 10mm socket disappearing

**old kodger** · Nov 18, 2021, 03:17 PM

Snafu is probably the closest, a knackery is where horses are taken to be put down = a knackery = abattoir.

**NortonDommi** · Nov 18, 2021, 04:29 PM

"always a treat to use a nut or bolt or such that you gleaned from an obscure source, even in the gutter walking the dog...handy if you never need it...cheers "

That is stuff the universe is providing for free, many today just aren't grateful. I am always amazed that something others consider rubbish that I pick up comes in handy or is needed by someone else within a few weeks of finding,(usually right after I have cleaned/fixed and tidied up).
I think my purpose in life may be a recycling center.

**Beserkleyboy** · Nov 18, 2021, 05:35 PM

Norton, I'm a big fan of recycle/re-purpose...I love making heirloom type projects for friends and family from my well seasoned (some as old as 50 years) hordes of timber and panel products. Nothing better than bringing a ratty old bit of weathered wood to a new purpose...and I've got a fair stash of NZ Kauri Pine as well...cheers

**NortonDommi** · Nov 19, 2021, 04:30 AM

berserklyboy,
Yeah Kauri is nice, nice fine grain and stunning when oiled. Still quite a few Kauri boats sailing in the harbour. I know little about wood but like art I know what I like. Had/have friends involved in recovering swamp Kauri some of which is semi-petrified. Most of it goes to Japan which is annoying as I reckon high value local stuff should be processed here and value added before export. Rimu and Tawa are other local timbers I like, have little time for pine weeds, horrible stuff only fit for pallets and firewood. Damn wildlings are destroying large areas of bush and bugger-all grows under them plus unpruned they are near impossible to get through when hunting
Some of your Aussie timbers are impressive. That Jarrah is damn strong stuff and the patterns in Spotted Beech are really eye catching.

**Beserkleyboy** · Nov 19, 2021, 02:08 PM

Yes, indeed...there is some domestic production of touristy stuff, but the export of quantities of swamp Kauri is just wrong...we have some of the same problem here with Huon Pine in Tasmania. AUS timbers are unique in the world, if not only for their density. Our QLD Kauri (sister species) is lovely, but very soft compared to yours. NZ Kauri was imported in huge amounts in late 19th and early 20th century for flooring, and was pulled up wholesale in the 60s and 70s and sent to landfill...I collected what I could find in the 90's and use it where appropriate to this day. Rimu and Tawa are also exceptional timbers...btw, I'm married to a KIWI mainlander for 25 years, so have extensive NZ travel and understanding...We had a bach at Raglan for 12 years as well...cheers
Jim in sunny Sth Coast NSW

**NortonDommi** · Nov 19, 2021, 04:33 PM

Raglan huh. Nice, surf's up! Place ,(like so many now, Piha, Bethels, Muriwai etc),is getting 'civilised'.
Don't know about this 'Mainland' stuff though. Bit of Southerners insecurity there maybe?

**NortonDommi** · Nov 19, 2021, 10:36 PM

Yeah, there is just a little bit of rivalry between the Islands. Stewart Islanders think of themselves as Kiwis but Chatham Islanders do not. Hell, even in the Land of Ork people on Waiheki don't consider themselves to be Orks, Neither do many on the North side of the mighty Waitamata.
Bit like you I have friends spread out all over the place and both siblings are now Aussies. I suppose at the end of the day we are all Southerners to the Northern Hemisphere.

**Beserkleyboy** · Nov 19, 2021, 10:52 PM

Well put! I'm an American expat since 87. I get asked by any new acquai tance firstly, if I'm a Canuck, and secondly, would I go back and thirdly, what the he'll is going on in America...I'm glad I'm a Sthrn Hemisphereian! Keep well...

**hemmjo** · Nov 20, 2021, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Beserkleyboy

,,,, what the he'll is going on in America......

Unfortunately, said in 1787, the words of Benjamin Franklin are showing that our founding fathers had very strong insights.

This article gives some perspective

For me, this pretty much says it all.

**Beserkleyboy** · Nov 20, 2021, 01:30 PM

Hemmjo, well, that may be for you, but the religious spin is really just a copout the the real problems facing America today, the lack of compulsory voting as a requirement of citizenship being the elephant in the room...but I will exit here with the politics, as firstly, this forum has always been nearly devoid of it and secondly, no forum will ever be capable of doing them justice in today's utterly unenlightened age. Nuff said, thank you for your contributions.