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DolphinGarden

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Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« on: July 24, 2010, 21:06:43 »
heya all,

i've been years trying to get this pic attached. what with broken pc, lost or missing camera, camera cable etc  etc.

anyway, i skavanged this chair from a skip, only to discover that it sank in the back garden grass. So I noticed the four tops at a building site, cast aside. "that'll do nicely", I thought. results as you see in pic.


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Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2010, 22:08:59 »
i use those for putting on the top of bamboo canes and suspending my debris netting on for my brassicas and fruits bushes.
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Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2010, 23:35:01 »
Feel a bit thick asking this, but what are the yellow bits that are stopping the chair sinking into the ground. Seems like a good idea to me, but what are they???

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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2010, 17:29:42 »
Jennym,

they are used on bldg sites, for the ends of reinforced steel, to stop you poking your eyes out....

DG

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Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2010, 17:35:03 »
Great ideas.

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Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2010, 23:30:25 »
Jennym,
they are used on bldg sites, for the ends of reinforced steel, to stop you poking your eyes out....
DG

Thanks!

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« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2010, 16:04:38 »
Great ideas.
Hey Lorna,

long time no see. how are you?

DG.

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Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2010, 00:05:19 »
Feel a bit thick asking this, but what are the yellow bits that are stopping the chair sinking into the ground. Seems like a good idea to me, but what are they???

I use empty baked bean cans - could tie them on but haven't bothered yet.

Cheers.
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Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2010, 07:59:17 »
DolphinGarden. Just seen your post, I am fine thank you. I do visit A4A every day but haven't had a lot to contribute.

 

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