My young man has got himself a second hand double bed. Being second hand, not all the essential bits were there when he tried to re-build it. Specifically, the nuts he had wouldn't fit on the bolts.
So he went to a few hardware shops in London. No luck.
In desperation, he sent one of the bolts up to me in Hay.
I went to Walter Jones, and they had the right width of nut, but the thread wasn't right, so they wouldn't fit on.
So I trundled Islay down to Williams' in her trolley (when I lifted her out, she managed to find the only mat in the place to lie down on - and it was in the best place for anyone coming in and out to give her fuss!). The man behind the counter disappeared for about five minutes - and came back with all the nuts I needed! The price was a grand total of 38p! It seems that the thread on the bolts was Imperial rather than metric (how old is this bed, anyway?)
When I phoned the young man up to say the nuts were on the way, his response was:
(Imagine a Burt Kwouk voice here) "Well done, Lin Chung - you have stolen the Imperial nuts from the unspeakable Kau Chu, and soon the warriors of Lian Shan Po will no longer have to sleep on the floor!"
Sunday, 26 June 2011
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3 comments:
LOL!!!!
Lean Mean Sex Machine now with Imperial Nuts.
Stephen
South Africa
Well, that made me splutter tea all over the keyboard! :)
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