I bought a thing which had a single job to do, it didnt work and sat in the garage for years
I tried it again and it worked rather well, perhaps too well.
The thing is a Humane Rat trap and probably didnt work when new as it smelt new, it now has authentic dust and spider crap and I only handled it wearing crusty old gardening gloves.
Bait was a Foil tray from under a pie with a dollop of yesterdays cat food.
Checked at 10pm, trap was as I left it.
Checked this morning, Pie tin had vanished entirely being replaced by
Rodentus-Fattus-Largenteum (deceased) and no sign of the foil tray.
The Rat seems to have died while eating a foil tray.
Either way its going in the black bin, if it was poisoned as well I don’t want anything else to eat it.
The experiment with foil Pie trays will continue even if I have to eat more pies, suffering for the purposes of research…
Brought a 3D printer some months back, cheaper than I could build myself if I brought bits to make , not yet built up will sort that next year as will be in the shed running off the solar power kit not sure my brain is geared towards these 3D printing apps though :-/ large learning curve there not quite the same as using raw numbers start here go there start stop so next year quite a learning to do. But as you say lots on the Thingyverse hopefully I don’t fall into that trap all the other 3D peeps I know printing off hundreds of Benchy boats
A short term contract job a while ago needed a custom laptop build to gain access.
So a laptop arrived, I did the work, fixed the issue and got some money, YaY!
They said “Keep the laptop handy as there may be more problems”
There were no further issues, somebody worked himself out of billing for more money.
Now they want it back, so I boxed it up for shipping but just before shutting the lid I had an idea.
By the looks of it, a free sample of cat hair is included.
This is always a risk when dealing with cardboard boxes, the furry assistant has to test the box first.
Many years ago, there was a book called Graffiti with quotes scribbled on walls.
These were from a different time
Such as this hint at improving situational assessment
Here I sit
Quite Broken Hearted
Spent my last tuppence
And only Farted.
or Relationship advice
Love is - three minutes of sucking noises
It is impossible to find a link as there is a Tsunami of books for perspiring young rappers that require tuition in the finer points of Graffiti Street Art.
The authors of the street art books seem to have excluded budding artists with a very low reading age.
This ever developing canvas just up the road from the Burn Bullock Pub (which is ironically burnt out by squatters) reveals the conflict between the owners of roller shuttered shops and the beginners in the world of street art.
When I drove past it at the weekend the owners had painted the shutters black an a rare legible word had been tagged in silver “DEAL”
Maybe it is an ironic reference to Donald Trump and his plan to “Cut a DEAL” with everybody ?
True Graffiti, is hand written usually topical and informative
This example was found a few seconds walk from Weatherspoons in High Wycombe, just past the abandoned Vape shop and into the Church yard.
I guess somebody got a hat for Christmas and complained it didn’t fit very well and the gift giver has advised people to choose any replacement hats with this in mind
not sure my brain is geared towards these 3D printing apps though :-/ large learning curve there not quite the same as using raw numbers start here go there start stop so next year quite a learning to do. But as you say lots on the Thingyverse hopefully I don’t fall into that trap all the other 3D peeps I know printing off hundreds of Benchy boats 
