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Quote from: Barman on March 20, 2014, 01:14:50 PMWe have a charity shop here in the village which supports a hospice...LL buys loads of books from them and takes them back when she has read them so they can sell them again.She went in yesterday with a big bag of read books but they wouldn't let her buy any new ones 'because they were restocking the shelves'.... Honestly, you couldn't make it up.... One of the locals is a recently retired electrician and his wife works in a charity shop in Newbury. People keep offering them electrical goods, which they can't sell because they have to be safety checked and that costs them too much.He is fully qualified and has properly calibrated equipment, safety stickers and so on.He offered to check every item for them and certify it safe, at no cost.They declined because he is not an 'approved contractor', so it all goes in the skip. I now have a nice Henry hoover, a pillar drill and a halogen spotlight for the workshop.
We have a charity shop here in the village which supports a hospice...LL buys loads of books from them and takes them back when she has read them so they can sell them again.She went in yesterday with a big bag of read books but they wouldn't let her buy any new ones 'because they were restocking the shelves'.... Honestly, you couldn't make it up....
Quote from: Darwins Selection on March 20, 2014, 01:29:11 PMQuote from: Barman on March 20, 2014, 01:14:50 PMWe have a charity shop here in the village which supports a hospice...LL buys loads of books from them and takes them back when she has read them so they can sell them again.She went in yesterday with a big bag of read books but they wouldn't let her buy any new ones 'because they were restocking the shelves'.... Honestly, you couldn't make it up.... One of the locals is a recently retired electrician and his wife works in a charity shop in Newbury. People keep offering them electrical goods, which they can't sell because they have to be safety checked and that costs them too much.He is fully qualified and has properly calibrated equipment, safety stickers and so on.He offered to check every item for them and certify it safe, at no cost.They declined because he is not an 'approved contractor', so it all goes in the skip. I now have a nice Henry hoover, a pillar drill and a halogen spotlight for the workshop. Is this a local charity or one of the big ones? It's just as far as I can remember with BHF all it would take for him to become approved for PAT testing is for the store manager to fill out a form and send it to head office.
Quote from: Grumpmeister on March 20, 2014, 04:31:11 PMQuote from: Darwins Selection on March 20, 2014, 01:29:11 PMQuote from: Barman on March 20, 2014, 01:14:50 PMWe have a charity shop here in the village which supports a hospice...LL buys loads of books from them and takes them back when she has read them so they can sell them again.She went in yesterday with a big bag of read books but they wouldn't let her buy any new ones 'because they were restocking the shelves'.... Honestly, you couldn't make it up.... One of the locals is a recently retired electrician and his wife works in a charity shop in Newbury. People keep offering them electrical goods, which they can't sell because they have to be safety checked and that costs them too much.He is fully qualified and has properly calibrated equipment, safety stickers and so on.He offered to check every item for them and certify it safe, at no cost.They declined because he is not an 'approved contractor', so it all goes in the skip. I now have a nice Henry hoover, a pillar drill and a halogen spotlight for the workshop. Is this a local charity or one of the big ones? It's just as far as I can remember with BHF all it would take for him to become approved for PAT testing is for the store manager to fill out a form and send it to head office.Once Darwin gets his plasma screen tele ..I am sure he will pass on the information.....
Quote from: apc2010 on March 20, 2014, 04:53:18 PMQuote from: Grumpmeister on March 20, 2014, 04:31:11 PMQuote from: Darwins Selection on March 20, 2014, 01:29:11 PMQuote from: Barman on March 20, 2014, 01:14:50 PMWe have a charity shop here in the village which supports a hospice...LL buys loads of books from them and takes them back when she has read them so they can sell them again.She went in yesterday with a big bag of read books but they wouldn't let her buy any new ones 'because they were restocking the shelves'.... Honestly, you couldn't make it up.... One of the locals is a recently retired electrician and his wife works in a charity shop in Newbury. People keep offering them electrical goods, which they can't sell because they have to be safety checked and that costs them too much.He is fully qualified and has properly calibrated equipment, safety stickers and so on.He offered to check every item for them and certify it safe, at no cost.They declined because he is not an 'approved contractor', so it all goes in the skip. I now have a nice Henry hoover, a pillar drill and a halogen spotlight for the workshop. Is this a local charity or one of the big ones? It's just as far as I can remember with BHF all it would take for him to become approved for PAT testing is for the store manager to fill out a form and send it to head office.Once Darwin gets his plasma screen tele ..I am sure he will pass on the information..... Given that the only plasma screen TV we ever had in was completely buggered he could be waiting a while for one.
Seriously? Bloody hell I'd have snapped the bugger up.
Quote from: Grumpmeister on March 23, 2014, 06:59:42 PMSeriously? Bloody hell I'd have snapped the bugger up. Sorry
The ones I knew always liked a nice big injection too
Quote from: Darwins Selection on March 20, 2014, 01:29:11 PMQuote from: Barman on March 20, 2014, 01:14:50 PMWe have a charity shop here in the village which supports a hospice...LL buys loads of books from them and takes them back when she has read them so they can sell them again.She went in yesterday with a big bag of read books but they wouldn't let her buy any new ones 'because they were restocking the shelves'.... Honestly, you couldn't make it up.... One of the locals is a recently retired electrician and his wife works in a charity shop in Newbury. People keep offering them electrical goods, which they can't sell because they have to be safety checked and that costs them too much.He is fully qualified and has properly calibrated equipment, safety stickers and so on.He offered to check every item for them and certify it safe, at no cost.They declined because he is not an 'approved contractor', so it all goes in the skip. I now have a nice Henry hoover, a pillar drill and a halogen spotlight for the workshop. It was a nightmare trying to clear out my step-father's house in Windsor...The charidee shops wouldn't take electrical items or 'soft furnishings' that couldn't be guaranteed as fireproof....
