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Title: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: DolphinGarden 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.

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r270/kuhnriver/Toptipchair121.jpg)
Title: Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: hippydave 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.
Title: Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: jennym 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???
Title: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: DolphinGarden 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
Title: Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: lorna on July 25, 2010, 17:35:03: Great ideas.
Title: Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: jennym on July 26, 2010, 23:30:25: Quote from: DolphinGarden 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

Thanks!
Title: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: DolphinGarden on August 01, 2010, 16:04:38: Quote from: lorna on July 25, 2010, 17:35:03
Great ideas.
Hey Lorna,

long time no see. how are you?

DG.
Title: Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: Vinlander on September 27, 2010, 00:05:19: Quote from: jennym 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???

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

Cheers.
Title: Re: Skip skavange a chair+don't get that sinking feeling
Post by: lorna 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.