Wondered where my long nose pliers had gone!

[FatAlan]

My Mrs borrowed my pliers the other day when we were working on a fence next to our drive. They disappeared. Went to wholesalers this morning. Guy serving me looks out the window and says, do you know there’s a set of pliers on your van roof?

 

[radiohead]

Are they the Lidl ones or Fischer Price?

 

[FatAlan]

I think they’re Armeg. Last visit to their stand at ELEX Sandown Park back in the days when there were trade shows.
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I think it might be a condition that runs in my family. My grandmother always used to drive around with her handbag on the roof of her mini metro.

 

[ferg]

I was hunting for a tape measure the other day until my daughter spotted it...... in my left hand.

 

[telectrix]

I was hunting for a tape measure the other day until my daughter spotted it...... in my left hand.

she's cerainly got the measure of you then?

 

[Midwest]

Where’s my side cutters snips. Can’t find them for months now.

 

[Timbo]

Many years ago now, when I was an apprentice, I spent a long time hunting for my junior hacksaw.
Didn't find it until I gave up and sat down. It was in my back pocket ?

 

[Baddegg]

I regularly look for the glasses I’m wearing....?....people that wear glasses will understand anyone that doesn’t will think you are insane ?

 

[pc1966]

I think it might be a condition that runs in my family. My grandmother always used to drive around with her handbag on the roof of her mini metro.

There was a teacher at my secondary school who seems to drive around with part of her dress trapped and hanging out of the car door. After the 2nd time I wondered if she was really forgetful to check, or actually wanted it that way!

 

[radiohead]

I once had an apprentice who came to me and said ' If you know where something is but you cant put your hand on it have you lost it'?
'Well....no' I replied.
'Ok' he said....'Your pliers are down the cavity but I haven't lost them'.

 

[GBDamo]

My Mrs borrowed my pliers the other day when we were working on a fence next to our drive. They disappeared. Went to wholesalers this morning. Guy serving me looks out the window and says, do you know there’s a set of pliers on your van roof?
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Went to change a 6ft fluorescent fitting the other day and it had flex out to lamp fixed to the ceiling.

So went to the van and grabbed some ferrules for the flex and had one spar that was in the tray on top of my steps.

Thought no more of it until yesterday morning when I pulled the steps off the roof, set them up and sat there in the tray was a single ferrule.

How the hell had it stayed there for two trips to work and back?

It wasn't stuck, it loose and rolling round.

It spooked me a little..

 

[FatAlan]

Went to change a 6ft fluorescent fitting the other day and it had flex out to lamp fixed to the ceiling.

So went to the van and grabbed some ferrules for the flex and had one spar that was in the tray on top of my steps.

Thought no more of it until yesterday morning when I pulled the steps off the roof, set them up and sat there in the tray was a single ferrule.

How the hell had it stayed there for two trips to work and back?

It wasn't stuck, it loose and rolling round.

It spooked me a little..

Amazing. Those pliers survived five or six miles down an A road with a few tight bends in it followed by a 10 mile blast down the A3.

 

[radiohead]

A mate of mine told me he once drove off with a whole box of 24-8ft T12 tubes on the roof, first roundabout he got to.....you can guess the rest.

 

[FatAlan]

I’m always paranoid that I’ve forgotten to secure the ladder.

 

[Moley]

I’m always paranoid that I’ve forgotten to secure the ladder.

I was following a Transit that hadn't secured his ladders. Had to make a very sudden stop as they arrived on the road in front of me. The Transit kept going. Unfortunately I was in my car or I might have gained a set of ladders ;-) Had to get out and move them to the side of the road probably to the surprise of the cars behind me. I wonder what the van driver thought when he got to where he was going.

 

[DefyG]

I’m always paranoid that I’ve forgotten to secure the ladder.

Snap! although drove about 8miles once and thought 'I must have', it would have come off by now so drove another 6 miles to job and found 'it wasn't' but was still there!

Also drove again about 8 miles up and down, tight bends in country lane. Got to site and wondered what the brown stain was on the back of the van...... I'd spilled my coffee but the mug was on top still there!

 

[Vortigern]

Main fuse had gone in switchroom at site and called in to fix/sort. To my delight found my laser level still on galv trunking from a couple of months ago. Wondered where it went!

 

[freddo]

I’m always paranoid that I’ve forgotten to secure the ladder.

Nothing ever goes on the roof unless it is being immediately secured. If it can't be tied on right now it gets placed beside the van.

 

[Doomed]

Had laid a length of MT2 on the rack but forgot to secure it, at a junction stopped quicker then normal and it flew off just missing a bloke crossing the road, jumped out to say sorry and get the trunking and it turned out to be someone from my school class from 35+ years ago who I hadn't seen sice finishing my 'O' levels

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I lost a day once at Glastonbury 20 years ago. Took the wrong ‘trip’, and apparently hid behind a bush for 10 or so hours!

 

[richy3333]

Where’s my side cutters snips. Can’t find them for months now.

Found mine once in the joiners tool bag. 'he was looking after them for me'!

 

[radiohead]

A few days ago a van pulled out of a side road into the main road I was in, straight away I could see his nearside side door was wide open with tools,drills and cases stacked up. I flashed and beeped him but he must have thought I was having a go because he had pulled out. A hand 'signal' came out of the drivers window aimed at me and he roared off in a cloud of smoke. Dont know how far he got as I had to turn off at the next junction.

 

[littlespark]

I found a pair of Knipex adjustables in someone’s ceiling recently.... customer said it was the plumbers, and told me his name.
“I know where he lives.... I can take it back to him” (like the good egg I am!)

“nice try” said the customer... “he’s my son in law.... I’ll give him them back”

 

[marconi]

That the pliers remained there on the roof indicates you drive your white van atypically.

 

[telectrix]

That the pliers remained there on the roof indicates you drive your white van atypically.

if he drives a Transit, the pliers probably got stuck on the rust pustules.

 

[edexlab]

Nothing ever goes on the roof unless it is being immediately secured. If it can't be tied on right now it gets placed beside the van.

Exactly my approach after a near miss a few years ago

I was working at a new distribution centre in Cheshire and at lunch my mate wanted to go out for food so we jump in the van drive down the road a couple of miles and stopped at an island and 10 lengths of Unistrut came sliding off the transit roof narrowly missing windscreen and a motor cyclist queued in front of us!

One of the lads onsite had undone all the ratchet straps holding it on and didn't tell us, He'd actually walked past his own van loaded with strut and threaded bar and took it from ours as he didn't want the hassle of sorting it all out later on!
Always checked and double checked afterwards!

 

[R-fur]

I once cut out a hole for a box in a plasterboard wall at above worktop height, looked in the hole and there was a center punch hanging on an old bit of string. Some spark must have lost it years ago.

 

[pc1966]

One of the lads onsite had undone all the ratchet straps holding it on and didn't tell us, He'd actually walked past his own van loaded with strut and threaded bar and took it from ours as he didn't want the hassle of sorting it all out later on!
Always checked and double checked afterwards!

A lucky escape for sure.

If you want an idea of how expensive the "borrowed stuff without telling anyone" can get read this and laugh/weep as appropriate:

Earth Science Missions Anomaly Report: GOES/POES Program/POES Project: 6 Sep 2003

EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS ANOMALY REPORT TO: GSFC: 100/A. Diaz, 100/W. Townsend, 100/ 400/D Perkins, NASA HQ: Y/G. Asrar, Y/M. Luther, Q/B O’Connor FROM: GSFC/POES Project/480/K. Halterman DATE: September 6, 2003 […]

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Repairs to the satellite cost $135 million.

 

[telectrix]

A lucky escape for sure.

If you want an idea of how expensive the "borrowed stuff without telling anyone" can get read this and laugh/weep as appropriate:

Earth Science Missions Anomaly Report: GOES/POES Program/POES Project: 6 Sep 2003

EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS ANOMALY REPORT TO: GSFC: 100/A. Diaz, 100/W. Townsend, 100/ 400/D Perkins, NASA HQ: Y/G. Asrar, Y/M. Luther, Q/B O’Connor FROM: GSFC/POES Project/480/K. Halterman DATE: September 6, 2003 […]

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Repairs to the satellite cost $135 million.

that is definitely an "Oh,Sh*t" moment.

 

[pc1966]

that is definitely an "Oh,Sh*t" moment.

Probably followed by a non-stop drive to Mexico and a new identity.