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Originally Posted by MGJohn
I had popped out when MarinaBrian called last week.
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Marinabrian was in Gloucester??? D’Oh! I could have had a spare key…
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Originally Posted by MGJohn
I like little jobs like this. Get lots of pleasure from it. Getting things going again and in good health in this throw away world of today.
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Couldn't agree more. I’ll never forget when my Black & Decker jigsaw suddenly stopped working, just out of warranty. In fairness to B&D, I WAS using it to saw pallets up for my woodburner, which probably wasn’t its primary intended purpose.
Naturally, I took it to bits, and discovered that a pin on a cog wheel had sheared – all it needed was a new wheel/pin. I trotted off down to the B&D shop (they had their own, back then) in my shiny red Astra GSI 16V – how times, and I, have changed – and asked for one:
“Better to buy a refurbished unit, Sir. Year’s warranty and everything. Only £39.99”.
- Thank you SO much for your helpful suggestion, but I’d just like the cog please, as I really don’t believe in just chucking things away – do you supply them?
“Oh, yes Sir, we do”.
- Excellent! I’ll have one of those, please.
“Certainly Sir, That’ll be £39.99…”
Bit like the Monty Python Cheese Shop sketch…