Tool Review: Challenge power screwdriver

March 11, 2009 · Posted in Carpentry, Engineering, Woodworking · 1 Comment 

Hello and welcome to the first of, hopefully, many tool purchases and reviews. As an amateur carpenter there is seldom greater a joy than purchasing a new gizmo or whirlygig with which to make working with wood and metal not only easier, but more fun. Who doesn’t love a good gadget?

Today’s tool is a 3.6V power screwdriver from the budget tool range Challenge which I’ve only ever really seen stocked at Argos, a strange mix of warehouse and retail shop.

Just to explain Argos to the those of you out there that don’t know; you walk in, look through the laminated catalog of dreams, fill in your slip with the tiny pens provided, then wait for the great computer God ARGOS to call your number and deliver you your wonderous delights.

Enough of that, on to the screwdriver.
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This is the little box that it came in, promising lots of goodies and joy inside. However for you kiddies, the goodies and joy are after the jump.

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Welfare Wednesday

March 11, 2009 · Posted in 365 project, Real life sort of stuff · Comment 

I’m getting pretty good at these day titles don’t you think?
So this morning was productive: signed on, sent something in the post that I’ve been meaning to send for ages, and started putting money into my bank account.

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That’s the plan from now on: soon as I get my dole, put some money in the bank. Start saving. The economy is in the toilet and the banks are secure, so hell, I’m going to use them.

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