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Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: Kathy on 19 May, 2008, 10:58:30 am

Title: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: Kathy on 19 May, 2008, 10:58:30 am: Doing some DIY in our loft this weekend, Tim and I ended up fairly battered. Tim's torso is covered in bruises, and he grated his knuckles off with the plane. I ripped one of my fingernails out with a hammer, but the greatest moment was when I managed to hit myself in the face with a Fubar (http://www.stanleyfubar.com/).

I am now seeing whether my tube of Trick and Treament (http://www.easylivingmagazine.com/trythisbuythis/Details.aspx?StoryID=50201&SiteID=350) will live up to the claims on the packaging and conceal the impressive black eye I am currently sporting.
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: andygates on 19 May, 2008, 11:22:46 am: Quote from: Kathy on 19 May, 2008, 10:58:30 am
I managed to hit myself in the face with a Fubar (http://www.stanleyfubar.com/).

That's a magnificent tool!

(Pics of your hideous disfigurement are required!)
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: Ian H on 19 May, 2008, 11:31:32 am: You're sure this isn't just an ingenious story to cover up the fight you had?
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: pcolbeck on 19 May, 2008, 11:43:19 am: I want a FuBar !
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: Greenbank on 19 May, 2008, 11:57:32 am: Shame the videos on the website don't it being used as anything but a big hammer, the other bits on the tool look very useful for being destructive.

All of the damage inflicted could have been done with a normal big hammer, and the way of dealing with the big back panel of a piano, or the bottom section of the Armoire, is to just knock it over and go "Rarr!".

I want one though.
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: Jaded on 19 May, 2008, 12:00:40 pm: Wow, that website is slow!

Looks like a great tool. Dad would have loved one of those. I'd like one too. :)
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: rogerzilla on 19 May, 2008, 12:03:33 pm: Were you making a ferret garret?
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: Kathy on 19 May, 2008, 12:15:04 pm: Quote from: Greenbank on 19 May, 2008, 11:57:32 am
Shame the videos on the website don't it being used as anything but a big hammer, the other bits on the tool look very useful for being destructive.

All of the damage inflicted could have been done with a normal big hammer, and the way of dealing with the big back panel of a piano, or the bottom section of the Armoire, is to just knock it over and go "Rarr!".

I want one though.

'Tis a very useful tool - all those different hooks are very handy for ripping up floorboards and pulling out nails, and prying the legs off an old barbecue, and so on. However, it's probably a lot more fun to use it (and watch it being used) as a big hammer and shour "Rarr!".
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: annie on 19 May, 2008, 12:33:10 pm: Ouch, sorry to hear about your mishaps this weekend. :-\

I had a bit of a fettling accident this morning, pruning a tree with one of those long things with a biter and a saw on the end, I pulled the rope and accidentaly let go of the metal pole, it cut the branch and then flew back towards me, I ducked but it hit my hands. I now have some yukky cuts and a little finger that is swollen and won't straighten.
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: nuttycyclist on 19 May, 2008, 02:25:46 pm: I turned up at work this morning and my new knife was waiting for me on my desk ;D

Watch this space :-[

:-* to the injuries in the OP, and can we have lots of photos please?
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: Valiant on 19 May, 2008, 04:32:01 pm: Those FuBars are cool! I had one before t'was nicked on set :(
Title: Re: I appear to have inherited Nutty's fettling skills
Post by: TimO on 19 May, 2008, 09:14:38 pm: I just can't believe that someone at Stanley managed to get them to call a tool Fubar! Presumably they'll be along with the Stanley Snafu shortly!