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Post by rogerv on Jul 8, 2015 12:10:28 GMT
I wanted a curtain behind the front seats in my Berlingo. I already had a suitable piece of material, but how to hang and fix it was the question. I found some tension rods for lightweight curtains. They screw out to a smidgin (technical term) more than needed and have a slight spring to compress them in to the space wanted. However, they were likely to slip on the car trim. The idea of a cup screwed into the plastic trim seems the best idea. Of course, those of the right depth were too wide and those the right width too deep. I bought some rubber cups intended for chair feet and cut them down, put a self tapping screw through the base and screwed them into the trip. Job done. If I'd given it a bit more thought, I'd have asked the seamstress to shape the edge to fit round the trim and leave a smaller gap. But, that's my lack of forethought. Moan ... Back in the day when we had shops that were mainly builders suppliers, if we wanted only a couple of screws or whatever, we could buy what we wanted. Now, in these modern specialist "DIY" warehouses we have to buy packets of screws and are left with many more than used. What happened to economy and sustainability?
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jul 8, 2015 18:50:58 GMT
Moan ... Back in the day when we had shops that were mainly builders suppliers, if we wanted only a couple of screws or whatever, we could buy what we wanted. Now, in these modern specialist "DIY" warehouses we have to buy packets of screws and are left with many more than used. What happened to economy and sustainability? 'Tis a greed driven economy now Roger. In some hardware shops you can get packets of 10 or 20 but not boxes of 50 or 100. You can still get the odd screw (as it were) at my local builders merchant.....Glanville's in St Columb. Nice job!
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Post by n brown on Jul 8, 2015 19:12:33 GMT
there are Indian shops in Easton that will sell you any quantity of anything they sell
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Post by rogerv on Jul 8, 2015 21:09:29 GMT
there are Indian shops in Easton that will sell you any quantity of anything they sell But would it be cost-effective to drive from Shropshire to buy two screws?
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Post by stonedaddy on Jul 8, 2015 21:10:10 GMT
there are Indian shops in Easton that will sell you any quantity of anything they sell Yup too true that Nige I've just ordered three belly dancers, did not need to get a packet of twenty. Three is enough these days, its and age thing. They said I can change them each week, so can't complain. .... Tom .... upload pic
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Post by rogerv on Jul 8, 2015 21:35:19 GMT
there are Indian shops in Easton that will sell you any quantity of anything they sell Yup too true that Nige I've just ordered three belly dancers, did not need to get a packet of twenty. Three is enough these days, its and age thing. They said I can change them each week, so can't complain. .... Tom .... I've seen some threads diverge on various forums, but this is more like deciding on a new destination.
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Post by n brown on Jul 8, 2015 21:37:03 GMT
there are Indian shops in Easton that will sell you any quantity of anything they sell But would it be cost-effective to drive from Shropshire to buy two screws? well there's a great place for spices just over the road- my daughter loads up when she's over, so if you like asian food-maybe !
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Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jul 9, 2015 20:07:29 GMT
Oooh,you can't beat a nice spicy hot curry,always remember to put a toilet roll in the freezer the night before though ;-)
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