About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow my cement
mixer to put up some fence posts.

No big deal, so I said yes.

I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he finished
the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the neighbour has bloody sub
let the mixer out to his mate.

I consider my cement mixer is one of those things that should be "rented
out" for a crate of beer. I paid £130 for it 2 years ago and I have had over
£200 back in beer or beer tokens for letting people borrow it.

But sub-letting it is really taking the ****.

Rant over.

--
Adam

On 9/27/2010 3:55 PM, ARWadsworth wrote:
About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow my cement
mixer to put up some fence posts.

No big deal, so I said yes.

I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he finished
the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the neighbour has bloody sub
let the mixer out to his mate.

I consider my cement mixer is one of those things that should be "rented
out" for a crate of beer. I paid £130 for it 2 years ago and I have had over
£200 back in beer or beer tokens for letting people borrow it.

But sub-letting it is really taking the ****.

Rant over.

I've never understand how some folk think that they have a right to lend
out something that doesn't belong to them.

Was your brother aware of this?

S Viemeister wrote:
On 9/27/2010 3:55 PM, ARWadsworth wrote:
About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow my
cement mixer to put up some fence posts.

No big deal, so I said yes.

I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he
finished the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the neighbour
has bloody sub let the mixer out to his mate.

I consider my cement mixer is one of those things that should be
"rented out" for a crate of beer. I paid £130 for it 2 years ago and
I have had over £200 back in beer or beer tokens for letting people
borrow it. But sub-letting it is really taking the ****.

Rant over.

I've never understand how some folk think that they have a right to
lend out something that doesn't belong to them.

Was your brother aware of this?

No.

--
Adam

You are lucky, he had not sold it and kept the proceeds...

My brother wanted to borrow Adobe Photoshop (full version), Corel
Draw, Xara etc for evaluation. I deleted them off my machine as not
being used at that time anyway. However later on I needed them, only
to find he had sold his PC to buy a Mac G4 "depreciation brick"...
along with all the software and registration certificates etc.

The real bummer is if he had a brain he would have bought Apple shares
- I sold my Apple shares to buy the software, wonder what £700 in
AAPL circa 1998 would be worth today... probably something silly.

On 27/09/2010 22:45, js.b1 wrote:

The real bummer is if he had a brain he would have bought Apple shares
- I sold my Apple shares to buy the software, wonder what £700 in
AAPL circa 1998 would be worth today... probably something silly.

A small house. Why didn't you sell them to me?

Andy

"Andy Champ" wrote in message
. uk...
On 27/09/2010 22:45, js.b1 wrote:

The real bummer is if he had a brain he would have bought Apple shares
- I sold my Apple shares to buy the software, wonder what £700 in
AAPL circa 1998 would be worth today... probably something silly.

A small house. Why didn't you sell them to me?

Low of about $3.3 a high of about $8 in 98.
Now about $290.
So £700 then between about £61k and about £25k.

Andy

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "ARWadsworth"
saying something like:


I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he finished
the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the neighbour has bloody sub
let the mixer out to his mate.

A so-called mate borrowed my Portapak which I'd left in the keeping of
another friend while I was away. His shed got broken into and the
contents removed, including my kit.
I got the value of it back in kind, but it still rankled. The ****ers
that borrow things once-removed don't really give a stuff about your
kit.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "ARWadsworth"
saying something like:


I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he
finished the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the neighbour
has bloody sub let the mixer out to his mate.

A so-called mate borrowed my Portapak which I'd left in the keeping of
another friend while I was away. His shed got broken into and the
contents removed, including my kit.
I got the value of it back in kind, but it still rankled. The ****ers
that borrow things once-removed don't really give a stuff about your
kit.

I lent an electric drill and bits to a neighbour, when he returned it he
complained to me that the drill bit he needed to use broke!

On 9/28/2010 8:48 AM, Scion wrote:

I lent an electric drill and bits to a neighbour, when he returned it he
complained to me that the drill bit he needed to use broke!

I'd have apologised about the break, and given you a replacement bit.

In message , S Viemeister
writes
On 9/28/2010 8:48 AM, Scion wrote:

I lent an electric drill and bits to a neighbour, when he returned it he
complained to me that the drill bit he needed to use broke!

I'd have apologised about the break, and given you a replacement bit.

Many years ago, I was waiting to be served at our local motor parts
outlet. Customer before me was returning a set of hub or bearing
pullers. He got his deposit and had just left the shop when the owner,
for no apparent reason, picked up the pullers and threw them down on the
hardboard topped counter.

Nobody said a word as he examined the broken off *tang* which had been
glued back in position:-)

(having written tang, I am now wondering if that is the correct word,
barb? Hook?). Anyway, the vulnerable bit.

regards

--
Tim Lamb

S Viemeister wrote:
On 9/28/2010 8:48 AM, Scion wrote:

I lent an electric drill and bits to a neighbour, when he returned
it he complained to me that the drill bit he needed to use broke!

I'd have apologised about the break, and given you a replacement bit.

Yes, you and any other normal person.

He still came round to borrow stuff afterwards. Funny enough, I always
seemed to have lent it to someone else...

Scion wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
On 9/28/2010 8:48 AM, Scion wrote:

I lent an electric drill and bits to a neighbour, when he returned
it he complained to me that the drill bit he needed to use broke!

I'd have apologised about the break, and given you a replacement bit.

Yes, you and any other normal person.

That's what a normal person does.

He still came round to borrow stuff afterwards. Funny enough, I always
seemed to have lent it to someone else...

Now the real odd ball is the next door neighbour that lives below me. He has
lived there for about 6 years and for the last six years he has borrowed my
electric hedge trimmers a couple of times a year. When he has finished with
them he always buys me a bottle of wine as a thank you. He could have bought
a pair of hedge trimmers for less than the cost of the wine!


--
Adam

Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
"ARWadsworth" wrote:

About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow my
cement mixer to put up some fence posts.

No big deal, so I said yes.

I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he
finished the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the neighbour
has bloody sub let the mixer out to his mate.

I hope you recovered it from the mate immediately and with no further
argument.

I have just got back from the "mates" house. A really nice bloke who did not
know what had happened.

I have let him keep the mixer until Sunday so he can finish his job. I don't
need it until Monday, I was just taking advantage of an empty van to get it
moved.

--
Adam

Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
"ARWadsworth" wrote:

Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
"ARWadsworth" wrote:

About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow
my cement mixer to put up some fence posts.

No big deal, so I said yes.

I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he
finished the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the
neighbour has bloody sub let the mixer out to his mate.

I hope you recovered it from the mate immediately and with no
further argument.

I have just got back from the "mates" house. A really nice bloke who
did not know what had happened.

I have let him keep the mixer until Sunday so he can finish his job.
I don't need it until Monday, I was just taking advantage of an
empty van to get it moved.

Good for you for being generous, then.

There were 4 things that I liked

1. The mixer was chained up to a cast iron fall pipe
2. The mixer was clean
3. I'll get a crate of beer off the guy
4. He will drop the mixer off at my house to save me having to empty my van.

--
Adam

On 28/09/10 12:08, ARWadsworth wrote:
Tim wrote:
In ,
wrote:

Tim wrote:
In ,
wrote:

About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow
my cement mixer to put up some fence posts.

No big deal, so I said yes.

I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he
finished the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the
neighbour has bloody sub let the mixer out to his mate.

I hope you recovered it from the mate immediately and with no
further argument.

I have just got back from the "mates" house. A really nice bloke who
did not know what had happened.

I have let him keep the mixer until Sunday so he can finish his job.
I don't need it until Monday, I was just taking advantage of an
empty van to get it moved.

Good for you for being generous, then.

There were 4 things that I liked

1. The mixer was chained up to a cast iron fall pipe
2. The mixer was clean
3. I'll get a crate of beer off the guy
4. He will drop the mixer off at my house to save me having to empty my van.


5) and kick your mutual mate in the nuts for being a cheeky sod?

--
Tim Watts

On 9/28/2010 7:08 AM, ARWadsworth wrote:
Tim wrote:
In ,
wrote:
Tim wrote:
wrote:
About 2 months ago my Brother asked if his neighbour could borrow
my cement mixer to put up some fence posts.
No big deal, so I said yes.
I went round an hour ago to collect it as I need it next week (he
finished the posts about 3 weeks ago) only to find out the
neighbour has bloody sub let the mixer out to his mate.
I hope you recovered it from the mate immediately and with no
further argument.
I have just got back from the "mates" house. A really nice bloke who
did not know what had happened.
I have let him keep the mixer until Sunday so he can finish his job.
I don't need it until Monday, I was just taking advantage of an
empty van to get it moved.
Good for you for being generous, then.

There were 4 things that I liked

1. The mixer was chained up to a cast iron fall pipe
2. The mixer was clean
3. I'll get a crate of beer off the guy
4. He will drop the mixer off at my house to save me having to empty my van.

Glad it's working out so well - could easily have been a disaster.