this one happened to me last week make sure your wedding ring is firmlystuck onto your finger before brushing the front of your woolen jersey after bringing in firewood. Otherwise all you hear is the clink as it flies off your hand & bounces down the drive & off somewhere into tussock gardens, also make sure its not going on dusk & your drive & gardens are covered in thousands of silver birch leaves that move at the slightest breeze. Had a happy ending after only a LONG half hour looking - what are the chances of finding the ring without a metal detecter!! Off to buy my lotto ticket now!
bradfam,
Jun 23, 3:42am
bump up you go!
heoj,
Jun 23, 5:22am
when under the house and the power is on with 9yr old cooking toast, dont assume everything is ok when the smoke detector goes off.when you are wedged in a tight spot dont waste time yelling 20 questions to the 9yr old to see if the toaster or house are on fire. wriggle out as fast as you can
lovelurking,
Jun 25, 3:57pm
this thread deserves top place. Bump!
elliehen,
Jun 28, 6:03am
Not a DIY, but a child genius's experiment with his cat.The aim was to entice his cat to walk up to a mirror and try to go through it, so he put the mirror on the floor with a trail of cat biscuits leading up to it (the reflections of the biscuits were in the mirror.)
No prizes for guessing the end of this 'experiment';)
dinosaw88,
Jun 28, 7:58am
I dont recommend using A-frames to hang your block and tackle from while doing engine changes. And if you do, when the chain suddenly goes real slack- dont look up.
woody89,
Jun 28, 1:54pm
When buying 10l pails of paint that the shop tinted & actually didn't properly hammer the lids back down. Don't transport them home in an expensive european coupe. It does not do ones soul any good to go to the back of the car & see a trail of paint behind it. Opening the boot it is immediately apparent that the car manufacturers colour choice, (charcoal) was indeed superior to Resenes "Eagle" which as an exterior paint did indeed cover with one coat. The truly expensive part of the subsequent insurance claim was in replacing the cars inbuilt computor system that imo, stupidly is situated in the boot well.
gazza1234,
Jun 28, 11:32pm
And Bump again.
pcface,
Jun 29, 2:33am
When cutting your son's hair. don't forget to put the comb on the hair cutter leaving a large bald spot on one side and then having to resort to a number one instead of his usual number 4.
groverg,
Jun 29, 5:24am
when ordering a custom built, mobile platform - make sure it can actually fit through the factory doors. (not my one). If the mower spark plug lead falls off - don't try put it back on by hand before the mower stops spinning. (got a nice little jolt).
matthew_129,
Jun 29, 11:44pm
This happened to a mate who is a mechanic He was doing a camblet change on a car one day, the belt had actually snapped prior to the change, but luckily for the customer the valves didnt get bent so all was well. He had about 10 mins of work left to do on the belt change when the boss came down ranting a raving and told him to do a WOF for another customer, so he does that and gets back to the cambelt half an hour later, forgot where he was up to, thought he had finished, so fired the car up gave it a rev and next thing he knows the tensioner flys out at a million miles an hour and straight into the work shop across the road and then proceds to bend all the valves in the car OPPS
shadow16,
Jun 30, 8:45pm
Bump Bump.
pc_nut,
Jun 30, 10:43pm
@852 holy shoot. that is why you should MARK the belt and the sprocket using twink or white paint so you can transfer the markings to the new belt and place them back in the right position
matthew_129,
Jul 1, 12:07am
everything was in the right place just he hadnt done up the bolts, when it all fell to peices and the belt fell off is when it bent the valves
pc_nut,
Jul 1, 4:20pm
ah.
pc_nut,
Jul 1, 4:20pm
jump boing
biggal,
Jul 1, 5:23pm
If you do your own oil changes for your vehicle, it is a very good idea to ensure you have replaced the sump plug b4 you start refilling with fresh oil. Talk about a reality check.
lezel,
Jul 1, 8:55pm
Dont buy a 2nd hand kitchen before you know whether it will fit in your house, brough beaut kitchen, with huge pantry, tried back door, front door, removed door frames etc, no luck, hours of mucking around, great entertainment for the neighbours by this time had given up helping and all watching beers in hand's finally got so fed up picked up the phone rang a glazier and threw a damm hammer though the large lounge window, pantry was inside in a jiffy, glazier had the window fixed within the hour.Took a wee bit longer for the man of the house to forgive me though.
biggal,
Jul 1, 10:12pm
Want a spectacular light show! Put some grapes in the m/wave, turn on high and wait.
pico42,
Jul 2, 5:52am
grapes eh! must pick some up tomorrow.
bradfam,
Jul 4, 10:52pm
up you go!
pinkpig3,
Jul 5, 3:48am
Back to the top for more enjoyment
tonijo,
Jul 5, 4:07am
.bitty.bump. .
aredwood,
Jul 8, 3:59am
While on the subject of microwaves. Put a bar of soap in and zap it - it grows into weird shapes. but dont try to reheat burgers from wendys in the microwave, they have foil wrappers which cause sparks to jump from the burger.
rojill,
Jul 8, 6:46pm
Pmub !
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