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ukdave2002



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:26 am    Post subject: Why is this.............? Reply with quote

Painting a panel that has been scrupulously de-greased, a fish eye appears in the paint Confused yet any over spray will stick everything else in the workshop perfectly?

A load tied with a rope works lose, yet the same rope left on its own in a box will tie its self in knots Shocked

Gremlins or Dark Forces?

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Peter_L



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

why in your box of odd nuts and bolts is there always one less than you need.

any irregular shaped object, when dropped, will go down the only hole in the floor and yet a perfectly formed golf ball will try to avoid doing the same thing.
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Roger-hatchy



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

and who is it that keeps moving the tools, after you put them down in a safe place.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roger-hatchy wrote:
and who is it that keeps moving the tools, after you put them down in a safe place.

usually the wife when tidying up Very Happy Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not only ropes are self - knotting ....

portable tool cables, download and extension leads do exactly the same .....

and we've got one of those gremlins in the workshop that hides tools, and peices of the job that you have spent time working on ...... once about a third of a railway carriage side hid itself in plain sight !
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roger-hatchy wrote:
and who is it that keeps moving the tools, after you put them down in a safe place.


Ha Ha, I can relate to that myself...

I'm always putting stuff down and blaiming the wife when I can't find it again.. Rolling Eyes

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PAUL BEAUMONT



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It all due to that bl@@dy bloke Murphy and his laws. Same ones that say that toast always falls butter side down and even on a day when there is not a cloud in the sky, it will rain the moment you finish painting the gate etc etc
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clan chieftain



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or when you find your missing tools in your sons garage.....Or is that Sods law. Laughing Laughing
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Roger-hatchy



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

marina estate wrote:
Or when you find your missing tools in your sons garage.....Or is that Sods law. Laughing Laughing



Evil or Very Mad No it's called Family Laughing Rolling Eyes
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baconsdozen



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why do flies land on a bit of wet paint when they've the whole car to choose from?
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Fluffle-Valve



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

baconsdozen wrote:
Why do flies land on a bit of wet paint when they've the whole car to choose from?


They are guaranteed to land on the wet bit, aren’t they? Laughing Confused
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

baconsdozen wrote:
Why do flies land on a bit of wet paint when they've the whole car to choose from?


Ha ha... I can relate to that, a couple of years ago with the original 2k paint, flies couldn't get within 10 feet of a car when its was being painted, they would just drop dead, with this new 2k EU compliant stuff they buzz round the car as happy as Larry, and then land of the bit that's just been painted Sad

Something else to blame the EU for!!! Laughing Laughing
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