27-11-2021, 08:27 PM
One of my foremost worries is what will become of my toys and my hoard of car parts and odds and end when I go. It occurred that labelling may slow the trip to the tip. Besides for years I have used durable tins for storage (another major worry is that the world might suddenly stop using tins; I have saved enough for 10 years but I might just last longer). I used to paint contents on the outside but this was tedious. I recently refined the process. I daub all the tins with low gloss water based paint then write on that with a marker pen. Larger tins contain some tools; punches (hard and soft), chisels, screwdrivers, brace and speed drill bits, etc. To toss anything out is fraught. Apart from anything else cannot remember and spend days looking for. I spent a week looking for two pairs of Big 7 hubs; eventually found one set. (acquired decades ago when the Austin was just tarnsport and with a view to fitting) I have a lot of bicycle bits and came close to dumping. Then I discovered riding a bike as the ideal way to keep mildy active and alert in old age.....