Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left with a
free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would give me a day
to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left with a
free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would give me a day
to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!


I suffer from the same malady, lots of timber offcuts of which I'll
probably use about 5 percent, but if I want a particular shaped bit
that's just the right size I'll bet I'll have thrown it out the previous
weekend.

I also seem to have 3 electric kettles! (apart form the one I actually use!

I'm off to the freecycle website now.

dedics

On 15/04/2008 15:27 The Medway Handyman wrote:

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

I offer to throw out my offcuts when Management agrees to throw out her
collections of material, wool, clothes, children's' toys (the daughters
are both 30 years old now) and part rolls of no longer current wallpaper.

The offcuts are safe...

--
F

F wrote:
On 15/04/2008 15:27 The Medway Handyman wrote:

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any
piece of timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

I offer to throw out my offcuts when Management agrees to throw out her
collections of material, wool, clothes, children's' toys (the daughters
are both 30 years old now) and part rolls of no longer current wallpaper.

The offcuts are safe...


You shouldn't have said that. Partner *has* cleared all such things out.
So where does that leave me and my piles of bits of wood? I am sure most
of them could come in useful... :-)

--
Rod

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onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:36:12 +0100, Ian & Hilda Dedic wrote:

I suffer from the same malady, lots of timber offcuts of which I'll
probably use about 5 percent, but if I want a particular shaped bit
that's just the right size I'll bet I'll have thrown it out the previous
weekend.

Nail hammer head.

I occasionally have a purge of the smaller bits (less than say a short 15"
long and of 2x1 cross section) and these go on the fire.

--
Cheers
Dave.

In ,
Rod typed:
F wrote:
On 15/04/2008 15:27 The Medway Handyman wrote:

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away
any piece of timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it
away!!!

I offer to throw out my offcuts when Management agrees to throw
out her collections of material, wool, clothes, children's' toys
(the daughters are both 30 years old now) and part rolls of no
longer current wallpaper. The offcuts are safe...


You shouldn't have said that. Partner *has* cleared all such
things out. So where does that leave me and my piles of bits of
wood? I am sure most of them could come in useful... :-)

--
Rod


Tell her it's your small contribution to saving a rainforest ;-)

Don.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

Woodburner.

Provided such timber is decently cremated, no sin is committed my son.

On 15 Apr, 15:27, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

I don't have "stock" and "firewood", I just have "timber". I use
whatever's smallest but can do the job, I burn the very smallest
stuff, starting with dust and shavings. In extremis, I might burn the
whole logs, but rarely.

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
...
Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left with a
free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would give me a
day to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece
of timber that might come in handy one day?

The piece you want will come in handy the day after you throw it away.


SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

If you throw it away she will start nagging about other things.

Adam

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:27:39 GMT The Medway Handyman wrote :
I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any
piece of timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

Tell me about it. I'm in the process of house clearance, and have got a
good few pieces of new wood. What I need is the hardware shop of my
childhood that had an offcut bin, whose contents kept me busy many a
weekend.

I have often thought that a useful adjunct to our council dump would be a
builders shed where one could drop off odd stuff that was capable of
reuse - wood, the half box of tiles etc etc.

--
Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left with a
free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would give me a day
to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

The proper term for this disease is *squirrelitis* although the
Australians use the word possibles to describe items of this nature.

It might be thought the availability of farm buildings would attenuate
the piles of can't be thrown away stuff. In fact it develops an acute
form where not only ones own stuff accumulates but that of family,
neighbours and distant acquaintances as well.

Now, while I have your attention, can anyone remember who left that
hydraulic access platform here?

regards



--
Tim Lamb

I have often thought that a useful adjunct to our council dump would be a
builders shed where one could drop off odd stuff that was capable of
reuse - wood, the half box of tiles etc etc.

www.freecycle.org

I've discovered almost any kind of builders waste can either be
freecycled - or burnt - about the only thing left is pvc packaging.

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:30:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:


I have often thought that a useful adjunct to our council dump would be a
builders shed where one could drop off odd stuff that was capable of
reuse - wood, the half box of tiles etc etc.

www.freecycle.org

I've discovered almost any kind of builders waste can either be
freecycled - or burnt - about the only thing left is pvc packaging.

Not all that much pvc - it's usually polyethylene...

--
Frank Erskine

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:30:11 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:


I have often thought that a useful adjunct to our council dump
would be a builders shed where one could drop off odd stuff that
was capable of reuse - wood, the half box of tiles etc etc.

www.freecycle.org

I've discovered almost any kind of builders waste can either be
freecycled - or burnt - about the only thing left is pvc packaging.

Not all that much pvc - it's usually polyethylene...

Packaging drives me mad. To cope with the variety of work I have a
'electrics' bag a 'plumbing' bag & a 'general' bag on the van to keep
specialist tools sorted. Natuarly some duplication happens, but each bag
contains a stanley knife to remove plastic packaging. I also carry a pair
of aviation tin snips in the 'backup' box for extra tough packaging. Not
uncommon to end up with a bin bag full of useless but balistic grade
packaging.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:51:31 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:


Packaging drives me mad. To cope with the variety of work I have a
'electrics' bag a 'plumbing' bag & a 'general' bag on the van to keep
specialist tools sorted. Natuarly some duplication happens, but each bag
contains a stanley knife to remove plastic packaging. I also carry a pair
of aviation tin snips in the 'backup' box for extra tough packaging. Not
uncommon to end up with a bin bag full of useless but balistic grade
packaging.

Not much different to normal household stuff then. Even a pack of six
cans of lemonady-type drink is shrink-wrapped with poly which isn't
easy to tear - it seems to have taken over from a simple cardboard
sleeve.

--
Frank Erskine
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:30:11 -0700 (PDT) wrote :
I have often thought that a useful adjunct to our council dump would
be a builders shed where one could drop off odd stuff that was
capable of reuse - wood, the half box of tiles etc etc.

www.freecycle.org

I've discovered almost any kind of builders waste can either be
freecycled - or burnt - about the only thing left is pvc packaging.

I've got rid of a lot of stuff through Freecycle, but have had no success
with wood - wrong sort of area I suspect.

--
Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk

Anne Jackson wrote:


To throw away potentially useful bits of timber is a cardinal sin,
in my book! I've got a husband who nags me about 'potentially
useful' bits of wood, too, and I'm sure he took the chance to
throw out the occasional bit every time I went down to London,
to visit some of my family.

I hide the shed keys now...


Sensible woman.

Sheila

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left with a
free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would give me a day
to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any piece of
timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!



I build model aircraft.

The number of times I need a 'bit of timber' than can be satisfied from
the scrap box is about 5% of the time I need a spanking new piece.

The same goes for copper pipe when plumbing

So my advices is throw away or burn 90% of the stock. The smaller it is,
the less use it is.

Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from "The Medway Handyman"
contains these words:

Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left with a
free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would give me
a day
to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away
any piece of timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

No! No!! No!!! You mustn't!!

To throw away potentially useful bits of timber is a cardinal sin,
in my book! I've got a husband who nags me about 'potentially
useful' bits of wood, too, and I'm sure he took the chance to
throw out the occasional bit every time I went down to London,
to visit some of my family.

I hide the shed keys now...


Mu wife will not throw away the4 glossy magazines "I refer to them all
the time". Nor will she file them.

Blatant lie. She doesn;'t even know where they are.

I threw aaway about 150 last year. She hasn't missed them.

In message 3omdnWiB8-6xv5jVnZ2dnUVZ8qfinZ2d@plusnet, Owain
writes
Tim Lamb wrote:
Now, while I have your attention, can anyone remember who left that
hydraulic access platform here?

Enjoy it while you've got it, it will come in handy helping you to make
higher heaps of useful stuff.

Or looking over the tops of the ones I already have.

Actually the batteries are stuffed. I suppose it might run on the
charger....

regards

--
Tim Lamb

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Had a job cancelled at the last minute (bereavement) so I was left
with a free day today. Decided not switch in another job as it would
give me a day to sort out the workshop.

I seem to have rather a lot of 'useful offcuts of timber'.

Can someone confirm that it is still a mortal sin to throw away any
piece of timber that might come in handy one day?

SWMBO is making suggestions that I should throw some of it away!!!

It's the thin end of the wedge. Best divorce her now.