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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    " A gadget that picks up snails and slugs and disposes of them instantly in an attached receptacle. "

    The wasps do that for me. The 'receptacle' being their stomach.

    Once I've squished them with my size 4s of course...
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool   Lost in Space!!!  Brings back a few memories!!  Thank you for that - must have taken some time researching.  Much appreciated.  :)
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Warning! Warning!🤖
    Girls certainly knew their role in space in the 60s. Housework and screaming very loudly
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    A laser hedge trimmer and tree lopper. You might want to stand well back when I fire it up though.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You could do the whole street in one fell swoop.
    You could probably take out a few telegraph poles too!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I can do quite a lot of damage with 'ordinary' power tools (tripping over stuff, usually). What I could do with a laser hedge trimmer rather boggles the mind
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    A machine that automatically turned off ALL mobiles as the owners walked past my window so I would not have to watch annoying people talking to them selves with wires dangling from their ears.

    How did we get to this stage in human development ?

    Aaawww thats better Doctor !!
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If it only turned them off near your window, you would constantly hear Hello... Hello... Are you there?  
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Hostafan1 said:
    on a more serious note. A hose which doesn't kink 

    Oh yes please.  The hose I have which kinks worst is the one I bought because the blurb claimed it doesn't kink!
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    A device which automatically deflated the tyres, and locked on the brakes, of any vehicle ignoring traffic signals or signs.
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