Just been into our local 'pound shop' - 99p shop actually, and picked up a pair of knee pads in the tools section for yes, 99p ! I checked on the internet for similar types, and they appear to have identical pads selling for £15.99, so I am rather chuffed. Reckon I should get more than one pair while they are on the shelf.
....and boompsadaisy??
I think you'll find the quality to be wanting somwhat
Well that will be my loss then, but at 99p, who cares? And limited quality kneepads are better than no kneepads? At the end of the day, they are for kneeling on the soil ... :)
I tried them. :(
I prefer to use a servant.
i use my aerobic excercise mat. who does aerobics any more anyway. soooooo last decade.
;D
Quote from: MrsKP on August 24, 2006, 06:37:47
who does aerobics any more anyway
I never have liked flying ... :D
Quoteat 99p, who cares?
Me :P
Crying with laughing here ...
Why???
;D ;D ;D
Aerobics???? Isn't that EXCERCISE?
Shudders....
;)
Quote from: katynewbie on August 24, 2006, 11:21:55
;D ;D ;D
Aerobics???? Isn't that EXCERCISE?
Shudders....
;)
Really! >:( Far be it from me to make trouble, but I think, given the way this thread about quite useless Poundshop kneepads, is developing, it should be moved to Watershed.
Exercise and
aerobics indeed :o Should be on Dan's Swear filter at least ;D
Or it could be locked ... ::)
Quote from: Curry on August 24, 2006, 12:39:52
Or it could be locked ... ::)
like your knees after trying out those Poundshop kneepads ;D
:fit: ............... i really have to find that smiley again one day ;D
Quote from: MrsKP on August 24, 2006, 20:01:57
:fit: ............... i really have to find that smiley again one day ;D
here you are kaypee :D
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here's the one i was looking for .................
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What a fuss about 99p!!!!:o :o :o
Give Curry a break!!! Who cares whether 99p kneepads wear out quickly??
I'm more worried about my knees that are deteriorating fast with overusage handweeding. :'( :'(
Anything that saves them no matter how naff would be more than welcome. ;) :P :P
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This is the funniest thing I've seen for ages... ;D
Ha ha ha, well just to keep the matter straight, I have already spent 99p on my first pair of pads, and I am going to be bold now, and risk yet another 99p on a second pair, just as a backup.
How is that for being rash ... ;D
Hold on to your second 99p Derek.....tell you what...I'll sell you mine at the all-inclusive never-to-be-missed price of a fiver (inc. p&p - how abt that for a bargain with the new postal rates?)...only used for 30mns or so 8)
Sorry Alishka, I am a total fool and irresponsible when it comes to what I see as an unbelievable bargain. I will be picking up my second pair, probably tomorrow ...
;D If this thread continues into oblivion I shall wear my knee pads on my ears ;D and my second pair on my eyes ;D
Quote from: Roy Bham UK on August 24, 2006, 21:47:09
;D If this thread continues into oblivion I shall wear my knee pads on my ears ;D and my second pair on my eyes ;D
ROFLMAO just one thing, please Roy? Promise me you won't put a third pair on your knees........? ;D Pound Shops sell some corkers (ie the cloches?) an sometimes they sell dud-'uns....
Blimey, all this fuss over crap kneepads
Well we have yet to see if they are crap?
And at 99p I am willing to find out ...
;D MT youv'e bought some 99p ones haven't you and your miffed ;D I paid £1.50 for mine and they won't wear out, they are muddy and sometimes wet but still doing the biz 8) I don't want them to last for ever as I want to change with fashion ;D
Roy, I never kneel down, I'm more flexible than Olga Corbett
Curry, I'll bet you 99p they're crap
That is a bit pointless, since I don't bet ...
Good job ;)
Curry could you get me a couple of pairs please I'll post you the postage and packaging.
Gotta be worth 99p.
Don't mind if your too busy and cant do it. :D
(big sigh) the + point abt the 99-ers is that they're only 99p or £1 and yeah I was suckered into buying them. Remember! I garden for a living & hand-weed 20 gardens PLUS my own, on a regular basis, so knee pads seemed a good idea..
The - points are
1) they're too rigid. Your knees bang down on an unforgiving surface (the knee pads) every time you kneel - believe me, the ground from which you're presumably trying to protect yourself is a darn sight softer
2) They're a one-size-fits-all-fits-no-one rigid shape
3)to keep them in position one must tighten the straps so much that one's circulation is cut and that therefore
4)they actually restrict movement and
5)they make your lower legs go all tingly and blue :o
And THAT is why I'm prepared to sell my 30minute-used £1 kneepads to anyone prepared to offer me a fiver ;D
The goggles, tho, are a good buy 8)
Could do with some humour around here :'(
I thought it was hysterical.
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I think I'll put these on Ebay, given their popularity.
Good grief, is this still going on?
I wonder who will get the last word, it reminds me of when I was a child
Curry will you buy me a 1p chew with the change from your 99p ? I like fruit salads, but if you still have the penny change from your last purchase you could maybe even stretch to a 2p chew?
Thanks .
Ohhh I just thought, if everyone who buys a 99p set of knee pads clubbed their change together, I might even get a Refresher.
Have you bought your second pair yet Curry? I bet you will look the bee's knees in them. What about a picture? You could attach the second pair to your arms and fly to the allotment...............weeeeeeeee. Hope they haven't sold out. No good for me though as I can't kneel.
Quote from: Merry Tiller on August 24, 2006, 23:26:26
Roy, I never kneel down, I'm more flexible than Olga Corbett
:o Phew!! :o You won't catch me bending over on our allotment :P Ooh! err missus not likely :o ;D
I just use folded up newspaper
Dont you look a bit strange with folded up newspapers tied to your knees?
Hi curry
beat your price for knee pads, cost me nothing, wife not to happy but least knee pads free and no strain on mine. ;D
You just can't let go can you? :)
I find that very sad.
Ignoring those interruptions, back to hands and knees.
Yes, I can't beat free, Steveuk, providing your wife doesnt find a way to get her own back ... ::)
Final and Impartial Opinion on Poundshop's kneepads will be given by Chox when she tries out the pair of mine I'm sending to her after the Bank Holiday 8)
keep your money in your purses, folks, til then ;D
And doing a partial referral to another thread, so as to tangle everyone up, will you be declaring them either a HIT or a MISS ... ;D
Blah blah blah ::)
and to throw another spanner in the works.....well the thread does include hands :)
their 99p packet of 40 yes 40!! latex gloves are a brilliant buy (for me anyway) I've got little hands that go with my little body ;D and I use them for washing up, picking produce, preparing veggies and other things too and one pair last several times, depending on what you do in them - I don't think that's at all bad!
HP I'm giving them a thumbs down I'm afraid :-\...... do you think I could Demand a Refund? ::) I always wear those latex gloves for work & I'd been paying £1 for 20.....so.......when I saw those Poundshop ones.......
First lot were OK - great! but then the subsequent ones AND the ones after that must have been packed when they were still hot-from-the-press?????????? :'( No b. good at all)......back to the more expensive-but-reliable 20 for £1 for me......you're right, tho, they'll go on and on if not punctured....they DO make your hands sweat & get full of moisture, but leaving them alone + then a squirt of talc & they're as good as new 8)
I like the 99p packs of yellow washing up gloves; I use them for beekeeping, and they last till they get covered in propolis and stick to everything.
I was going to ask what 'propolis' was then ... until I realised that I had a very strange vision in my head of an A4A member with yellow Marigolds on trying to wipe something sticky off his fingers.
I will not ask. I refuse.
And as for kneepads: I've spent many an afternoon on my knees searching for 10p pieces under the settee and I can thoroughly recommend the ones you buy in builders' merchants. Also useful for begging for payment (if you're a builder) for things you've built that the client didn't actually ask for.
Quote from: Merry Tiller on August 25, 2006, 13:54:17
Good grief, is this still going on?
I wonder who will get the last word, it reminds me of when I was a child
ME! NER NER NE NEEEEEEEEEEEEER NER :D
Quote from: Curry on August 26, 2006, 20:12:13
HIT or a MISS ... ;D
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EMAGGIE! YOU'VE GOT NO PANTS ON!!!!!!
Yes and it's draughty and I don't like the look on that chickens beak.
WELL COVER UP THEN ... HONESTLY!!!!! IT'S AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY. YOU SHOULD BE AT A GARDEN PARTY OR SOMETHING, NOT FLASHING YOUR YELLOW BUM AT PEOPLE WHO GENUINELY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT KNEE-PADS.
I DESPAIR ... I REALLY DO ::)
P.S. LEAVE THE CHICKEN'S BEAK OUT OF IT ....
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So there.
DISGRACEFUL ;D
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Me? never.......
YOUR WINGS DON'T FOOL ME ;D
Them aren't wings, them's.....................99p Kneeling pads. ;D
You're DELUSIONAL! 99p my ar*e ;)
Arsk Curry if you don't believe me. ;D
bl**dy barmy! The bl**dy lot of you ;D
Anyway, I got the by now infamous Poundshop knee pads out of the shed and thought.....blimey! these are heavy :-\.....put them on the scales....16oz to 1lb, right? These little loves weighed 7oz EACH! AND held up by a 1/2" wide piece of tape. No bloomin wonder me knees were aching & me lower legs were goin blue and trembly.... :o
I offered them to Choclit and guess what????? She graciously declined them ??? :'( ;D
The GOOD news is that I'm sending her some others - combined weight of both = 1 OZ?.......now THAT'S a bargain 8)
Quote from: Emagggie on August 28, 2006, 20:40:01
Arsk Curry if you don't believe me. ;D
Now, now ladies, don't involve me, I only opened the thread ... :D
Alishka, 7oz each ? You sure they are not kneepads for a knight?
Bl**dy barmy...what about you?!! Weighing your kneepads LMAO !
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
What about a pair of Ross grill steaks and a couple of elastic bands?
Now that would be SILLY H >:(......you'll be trivializing this Serious Discussion by suggesting that Choclit wraps newspapers round her knees next and that, as we all know, would be Downright Ridiculous :o
(btw.......if the poor unfortunate's gotta pay the postage, betta to warn how much it might cost?)
Thought the grill steaks might weigh as much as the 99p kneepads but you have the added bonus of serving them up with your veggies at the end of the day!
I want pink kneepads.
To match your boots I presume ... ?
Won't the grille steaks be a bit gritty?
;D ;D ;D ;D
They will have been tenderised by the knees!
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Mad, yer all mad, the lot of you.... ;D good thread tho, I laughed! My kneepads were free, my mum bought them for me.
I just don't get on with knee pads, altho I have to say I am more of a squatter than a kneeler. :o Dad had poorly knees and he found they cut off his circulation so he used to have one of those green waterproof kneeling pads which suited him much better.
Super-deluxe, super lightweight, super light green kneepads now on their way to Choclit.....took the jiffy bag to the P.O. and the lady said "does the person need to sign for this? Is there something valuable in the packet?"
Well...er...er..what would you have said?
;D ;D ;D
and welcome, Squash, to the Great Poundshop Kneepad Debate.....where did your mum get yours from btw? It wasn't...........was it? ::) ;D
Erm, I don't kneel or squat any more - just wobble about on this little stool :-[
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Awww isn't that lovely :) I don't think that was 99p somehow ...
;D Tee hee ;D I'd need a hoist to get me outa that contraption ;D
Quote from: Roy Bham UK on August 29, 2006, 19:06:32
;D Tee hee ;D I'd need a hoist to get me outa that contraption ;D
And I couldn't bend over me belly sitting on one of those :'(....got short arms, me ;D
he he ;D
I would end up with a serious gut pain sitting on one of them Sarah :o :o :o :o :o
:-[ :-[ :'(
Harrumph, they laughed at Galileo too ;) ;D
Possibly just jealousy, supersprout ... :)
Quote from: supersprout on August 30, 2006, 08:34:18
:-[ :-[ :'(
Harrumph, they laughed at Galileo too ;) ;D
Of COURSE they laughed at Galileo, he was a maths teacher. EVERYONE laughs at maths teachers! ;D
QuoteEVERYONE laughs at maths teachers!
It's the bad breath :-X
If anyone else had a maths teacher like mine, I wouldn't blame them. He used to turn up ten or fifteen minutes late for the lesson, bore us stiff for ten minutes, set an exercise, then disappear for an extended f*g break till the next lesson. That's if he bothered to turn up at all; he was a city councillor, and this gave him endless excuses to take time off. He was also my housemaster, and was never known to turn up to do registration. We just did what we liked.
Knee pads arrived today Thank you
to Lisha. So glad that they were the
light weight ones. Would for certain have
looked like Mr Bean with legs wobbling and
swizzling round,with that weight on my knees.
These ones are great practised in the kitchen
with the stupid dog trying to kiss me all over.
They fitted great nice and warm and moulded
round my knees, don't know what the 99p ones
are like but cant think that they'd be as good as
these. Cant wait to get to the 'lottie to try them
out properly. Thanks again Lisha.
8)
Lish x
Quote from: Chocolate on August 30, 2006, 20:48:26
These ones are great practised in the kitchen
with the stupid dog trying to kiss me all over.
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