Old Git wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:15:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

ARWadsworth wrote:
Sod Teddy Bears. This article reminded me of my first childhood DIY
experiments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8154757.stm


I had several DIY childhood experiences and the bigger the good hiding from
my parents the more damage I must have caused.

The most memorable experiment was when my brother and I found our Dad's
hammer on the landing and we smashed the bathroom sink into bits to see how
long it would take to smash the sink into bits.

So what DIY experiments did you perform as a child? I know that one regular
poster deliberately electrocuted his sister.

I sawed the top off a live 22 cartrdidge to see what was inside.

A big bang..

Adam



Oh yes, that was fun. I clamped one in the vice in my fathers garage
and whacked the cap with a hammer and punch. That made a bit of a mess
of the corrugated sheeting that the garage was made of. Unfortunately,
my father was exceedingly violent and he was under the impression that
he had the only key to his garage, I had made myself one. Luckily the
garage was piled high with tools and bits so I used his panel beating
gear to get the wall back to a reasonable shape and carefully
rearranged the crap heap.

That reminds me - my some amazing chance, our home back door key was
very similar to the main master key pattern at school. I took one of our
copies, filed it down a bit further and ended up with a key that was
more 'powerful' than most of the staff. Sure learned quite a bit about
locks.

--
Rod

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