@wild edges I have seen lots of 'modern' bits but to be honest I wouldn't feel confident that I was getting the right items. Reached a point in my life where I like what I know and try to keep it simple to avoid my own confusion.
Not averse to progress just running to keep up, may go down that route if all else fails. Confronted with these issues I generally find someone more knowledgeable and learn from them, not an option just now though - wish it was.
I use Screwfix for bits and bobs as I am the main DIY jobber in this house. Last year I ordered a small axe and when I collected it, they laughed and asked me if my husband knew!
Aha @wild edges that makes a bit more sense now (unintended pun - but a good one eh?) that is a better picture and I think I can see how it works. Will investigate further, thank you. Hopefully I am just ignorant and not stupid
Hope you didn't have to get it home on the bus @Lizzie27 !
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
Just saw this thread. I have no car and have brought home many a peculiar item on public transport: two mattocks, a hatchet, and three 2m lengths of skirting board. I did deliberately go in the evening to pick up the latter so that I'd be more likely to have room to put them on the floor of the metro. I did look like a total idiot when I decided to stop at the supermarket next to the B&Q on the way home and pushed them around in a trolley.
It's one of those times when having a foreign accent is an advantage. If anyone asks me why I'm doing something weird I can pretend it's because that sort of thing is totally normal at home.
Good ploy @Mander although you may be doing a disservice to those people left at 'home' wherever that is
Happily I look like something scary out of a children's book about witches so am often excused on the grounds that I am 'eccentric' when out of my village. Locals just feel the need to pitch in anyway, sadly not a problem I have had for many months now.
Good opportunity to say thank you to all for help and advice, screwdriver problem will be resolved when BoJo lets my family visit again. Until then I am using a hammer and a few nails to make spaces for my hand tools.
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
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A mattock would have caused quite a stir, a machete would have led to serious village gossip!
Hope you didn't have to get it home on the bus @Lizzie27 !
Happily I look like something scary out of a children's book about witches so am often excused on the grounds that I am 'eccentric' when out of my village. Locals just feel the need to pitch in anyway, sadly not a problem I have had for many months now.
Good opportunity to say thank you to all for help and advice, screwdriver problem will be resolved when BoJo lets my family visit again. Until then I am using a hammer and a few nails to make spaces for my hand tools.