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  1. #16
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    As a schoolie I have 'access' to pencils so I worked out a solution to the problem of the pencil thief. I brought home 3 boxes of them (20 in each box) all sharpened. Whenever i needed one i just went to the boxes. If the theif took one, no problem, there's heaps left to choose from.

    Major problem is that I looked 2 days ago and there are only 3 pencils left and they are all blunt,ie have been used. I think the thief has a mineral deficiency and eats them.
    When I asked the 'laundry attendant', "Have you seen any pencils? she answered, " I think there's one on the laundry shelf." ONE!!!!!

    CP
    (I also love Dylan but this thresad needs to get back on track..........and that's not Highway 61.)

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    sorry. only re-visiting it.

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    I've found the pencils are replaced with dried out biros.

  4. #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post
    I've found the pencils are replaced with dried out biros.
    Jim,
    the pencil thief paid me a visit...caught the bugga...with pockets full of them.

    BTW does anyone still use those clutch pencils? I have a couple of boxes of leads that I won't use...
    Peter

    And later on as the crowd thinned out
    I’s just about to do the same.

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    That damned pencil thief is clever.

    I got so frustrated when working on-site that I drilled a hole thru one end of my chippies pencil and tied a large loop of string line through the end, so I could hang it around my neck.

    Used it for an hour or two and then...

    I suspect it was taken for walkies on it's leash.
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc

  6. #21
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    mine get stolen while im working.

    mark somphting, put it down remeasure and where is my pencill. someware over the otherside of the workshop ofcorse where im sure i never went.

    www.carlweiss.com.au
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    8" & 10" Lucas Mills, bobcat, 4wd tractor, 12 ton dozer, stihl saws.

  7. #22
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    Does anyone have any idea if this twerp also steals screwdrivers, drill bits. punches. bushes and hammers???

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    Warning posting!!

    [quote=jimbur;1204437]
    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post

    ps. and the best lines are:
    Everyone is making love,
    or else expecting rain.
    and I'm expecting rain....
    We return to once more....

    We have a pencil user at work, who insists on returning the stubs to the box..... you go to throw the empty box in the bin only to find all these stubs in the bottom....

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    Nails go too - especially the size you need. I've just found my tape on the workbench. So they do bring some things back.
    Cheers,
    Jim
    ps it's raining here

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post
    I've just found my tape on the workbench. So they do bring some things back.
    It's not an 'orribly lurid fluorescent shade of yellow, green, orange or pink is it?

    If so, it's probably one of mine and the thief is just messing with us.

    (Why, oh why, is it that these fluorescent monstrosities seem to fade seamlessly into the background the minute you put them down? )
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post
    It's not an 'orribly lurid fluorescent shade of yellow, green, orange or pink is it?

    If so, it's probably one of mine and the thief is just messing with us.

    (Why, oh why, is it that these fluorescent monstrosities seem to fade seamlessly into the background the minute you put them down? )
    No it's my black one = though BD seems to think it's his for some reason.
    But, how can you lose a black tape on a workbench? I don't even have any ebony that size.
    As for fluorescent ones, I'm sure the manufacturers have a contract with the defence department for camouflage and are using up the remnants!
    Cheers,
    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by RufflyRustic View Post

    We have a pencil user at work, who insists on returning the stubs to the box..... you go to throw the empty box in the bin only to find all these stubs in the bottom....
    I kept a pencil till it was an inch long. I'm so proud.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lightwood View Post
    BTW does anyone still use those clutch pencils? I have a couple of boxes of leads that I won't use...
    Peter, if they're 2mm leads I could use them
    regards from Alberta, Canada

    ian

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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    I kept a pencil till it was an inch long. I'm so proud.
    I've used those winding sharpeners too

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    Peter, if they're 2mm leads I could use them

    Wouldn't care to go halvies in them Ian, that way when the shed fairies strike they can carry them back and forth and we won't notice.

    oz
    If you find you have dug yourself a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
    I just finished child-proofing our house - but they still get inside.

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