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A clueless woman
She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a
gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" -- Adam |
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On 23/01/2012 18:57, ARWadsworth wrote:
She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" Did you tell her it must be gold plate? :-) -- Old Codger e-mail use reply to field What matters in politics is not what happens, but what you can make people believe has happened. [Janet Daley 27/8/2003] |
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On Jan 23, 7:58*pm, Old Codger wrote:
On 23/01/2012 18:57, ARWadsworth wrote: She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" Did you tell her it must be gold plate? *:-) Maybe he had one of these in the van: an eddy-current maagnet will lift any metal. http://www.nipponmagnetics.com/eddy-...ication-6.html Robert |
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RobertL wrote:
On Jan 23, 7:58 pm, Old Codger wrote: On 23/01/2012 18:57, ARWadsworth wrote: She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" Did you tell her it must be gold plate? :-) Maybe he had one of these in the van: an eddy-current maagnet will lift any metal. http://www.nipponmagnetics.com/eddy-...ication-6.html Nothing that clever I am afraid. I used a stick with a hook on the end:-) -- Adam |
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On Jan 23, 6:57*pm, "ARWadsworth"
wrote: She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" -- Adam Perhaps all her other "gold" jewellery *is* magnetic. |
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On 23/01/2012 18:57, ARWadsworth wrote:
She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" "Your husband asked me to come round and sort you out. I have just the thing in my trousers to get that, but I'll need to get it wet first." |
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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message ... She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" -- Adam But you depend on such people for your employment! Be thankful. |
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On Jan 23, 6:57*pm, "ARWadsworth"
wrote: She lost her gold wedding ring today whilst decorating and it went down a gap in the floorboards. Her husband was at work and phoned me to retrieve it. I lifted the floorboard and could see the ring but I could not reach it with my arm. I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" Hope she wasnt; watching me as I've used those magnetic sticks to pick up things that aren;t magnetic. As it's a convinent tool and I usually know where it is ( well 50/50) I use it for all sorts of things, I just attach either double sided tape to the end or sometimes blu-tak, doubled over masking tape, it's useful for picking up dropped cable ties even paper slipped behind filling cabinets. I'd certainly use it on a Gold ring. :-) -- Adam |
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:57:58 -0000, "ARWadsworth"
wrote: I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" You'd think that she might have sussed that her ring isn't gold, then. |
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wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:57:58 -0000, "ARWadsworth" wrote: I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" You'd think that she might have sussed that her ring isn't gold, then. She was going to laugh at ARW when the ring didn't stick. |
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dennis@home wrote:
wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:57:58 -0000, "ARWadsworth" wrote: I said "I have just the thing in the van to get that" and she relpies "I'll bet it's a magnet on a stick, I've seen them used before" You'd think that she might have sussed that her ring isn't gold, then. She was going to laugh at ARW when the ring didn't stick. And I suppose gold is magnetic on dennisworld. Everything else is opposite so why not? -- Adam |
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