Just a small thing , as the actress said to the bishop .
Was shopping Saturday and picked up something useful . No , not a life threatening disease , you aren’t that lucky .
We have a chain of shops here called “Poundshop” , wherein every item on sale costs —guess— a quid .
I picked up two packs containing a led lamp in a housing , complete with batteries(three in each) and reflector ,
all hung together on a piece of flexi wire . Two complete lamps per pack .
When we got them home , we were most gratified to find that these things produce a beam which lights up an area extending about 3 feet from the lamp at about 6 inches off the ground . This beam is visible in the half light of a house in daylight .
The business end comprises a reflector which is easily removable along with a generous amount of cabling , the batteries are held in the clip used for mounting the lamp .
So , what’s all this about , then ?
The shining end is exactly the right size for a loco headlight , very bright , very neat .
So , when you are out shopping , think laterally and you may spot the same sort of thing .
Think , the equivalent of four headlamps for $3.60 . Not bad .
Seek and ye shall find
They would also make good yard floodlights with NO modification . Just stick on a pole .
They may be available in Walmart , they do some odd things . If you find any on sale , let us all know on the forum .
Mike
ps also picked up a similar thingy to plug into a USB port to light up the keyboard on your laptop . Same price
two to a pack . Presumably made by unpaid labour somewhere .
pps So that’s where I was Saturday , Ric
Not sure where to stick this…
You had us going there for a minute, Mike.
Several were preparing to tell you exactly where…
A good attention getter ,I think .
Mike
" Get stuffed " Oh those English people have a way with words…
Cheers,
Darryl Noble said:
" Get stuffed " Oh those English people have a way with words..Cheers,
They have more than their share of taxidermists, but that’s just as well.
Mikey…I talked with your friend David Buckingham in Durango…at the NG Convention…he seems to have a fair sense of humour. I should be home by Thursday evening…talk more then.
David , in common with most Englishmen , has a good sense of humour . Sadly often misunderstood . But we shall keep trying to amuse you . Some will fall on stony ground and so on .
Mike
ps we need the sense of humour . We are often mistaken for "whingeing Poms " when they , by definition are recent arrivals in their new country , whingeing about the Brits just to show they have turned their back on the old country . A common trait .
ROFLMAO !
Curmudgeon said:
Not sure where to stick this..........You had us going there for a minute, Mike.
Several were preparing to tell you exactly where…