Cool Stuff you've scored from work
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Cool Stuff you've scored from work
Ever had a great find at work/ gift given to you by work colleagues etc? Post it Below with a description/ story!!!!
Today I got given this bit of driftwood that used to hold up a sculpture of an New Zealand Tiki. The Steel Base plate has a skewer welded to it that holds the driftwood in place. I got it home and an hour or so later i managed to turn it into a hip guitar stand with what has been described as an "eye raping blue" stand
Today I got given this bit of driftwood that used to hold up a sculpture of an New Zealand Tiki. The Steel Base plate has a skewer welded to it that holds the driftwood in place. I got it home and an hour or so later i managed to turn it into a hip guitar stand with what has been described as an "eye raping blue" stand
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Re: Cool Stuff you've scored from work
Sorry, that's got to be the ugliest guitar stand I've ever seen!
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Re: Cool Stuff you've scored from work
BUT FREE!! BAHAHAHA
Re: Cool Stuff you've scored from work
I would have been very worried if you'd have paid for itneedsmorecowbel wrote:BUT FREE!! BAHAHAHA
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But some wanker might buy it if i call it "ART" ... 500 Pounds... Sold to the man in the Velvet Suit
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Don't you dare bring Elvis Costello into this conversation!!
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Re: Cool Stuff you've scored from work
colin north wrote:Don't you dare bring Elvis Costello into this conversation!!
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Actually enjoying his 'spectacle' series that's showing here at the moment.
"Jesus Loves You."
Nice to hear in church but not in a Mexican prison.
Nice to hear in church but not in a Mexican prison.
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HAHAHAHA! If it makes things any better i have painted the tree Antique White USA to go with my room and painted the steel base plate with Flat Black anti rust haha.
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Wot! No Pics!!
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Nice guitar stand. It certainly would be an eye catcher on stage. You can also use it to display old diskettes, or as a contemporary christmas tree.
For the younger ones of you: these diskettes were able to store 80 kb of data and could be folded twice in order to fit in an envelope to be sent easier (and cheaper) by snailmail.
I believe that I still have one or two of these diskettes but they are hidden between/under tons of other accumulated rubbish. So there are no pics, sorry.
This was back in the early eighties and has nothing to do with music: the coolest thing I took home from work certainly was a bunch of foldable 8" diskettes I saved from the dumpster.needsmorecowbel wrote:Ever had a great find at work/ gift given to you by work colleagues etc? Post it Below with a description/ story!!!!
For the younger ones of you: these diskettes were able to store 80 kb of data and could be folded twice in order to fit in an envelope to be sent easier (and cheaper) by snailmail.
I believe that I still have one or two of these diskettes but they are hidden between/under tons of other accumulated rubbish. So there are no pics, sorry.
Markus
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It's only the others who suffer.
To be stupid is like to be dead. Oneself will not be aware of it.
It's only the others who suffer.
Re: Cool Stuff you've scored from work
I once had a short but intense conversation with Elvis Costello about archtop guitars.
Don't know how he feels about your guitar stand though.
Don't know how he feels about your guitar stand though.
Craig
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I'm not the sharpest tool in my shed
Re: Cool Stuff you've scored from work
A few years ago the company I worked for was moving premises. I got a mercury calibration thermometer, 5kg brass calibration weight, and a bag full of lab grade plasticware.
The thermometer is 0.1C accurate, the 5kg weight (which is now really out of calibration ) is really useful in the shed for holding stuff , and the plasticware has come in useful for my partner's wool dyeing escapades!!
Found out afterward they chucked out a bit of other stuff too, like oscilloscopes, and lab balances.
The thermometer is 0.1C accurate, the 5kg weight (which is now really out of calibration ) is really useful in the shed for holding stuff , and the plasticware has come in useful for my partner's wool dyeing escapades!!
Found out afterward they chucked out a bit of other stuff too, like oscilloscopes, and lab balances.
Cheers
Matt
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