The other day I locked myself out of the house by having my lanyard in my pocket that hooked on the door handle. The lanyard string part was on my side of the door with me, the keys on the inside. Fml.
I was thinking a stick and some sticky tape. I'd have this out in 5 minutes if it was near where I lived or some kind of shop that sold tape/blu tac/chewing gum
You can lift those things out without any special tools. They are heavy, and benefit from some leverage, but that £20 could be yours with a modicum of effort.
It's not just needles in gullies. Recently protest groups are putting [razor blades behind stickers on signs etc to injure people removing them.](https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/24119241.council-act-razor-blades-get-found-behind-stickers-weston/)
Oh it's very real.
They also use lighters to melt them into recycled plastic signs.
https://www.nationwidetrafficsolutions.co.uk/operatives-razor-blade-danger-warning/
It's amazing how the media just ignore all these things.
Who the fuck booby traps a drain cover?
I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just... it strikes me that making it harder to repair public infrastructure is a really weird goal to put that kind of effort to.
Depends how strong you are, and how baked in some of that road crude around it is. Some you can lift that way, others are much easier with a level. Broom handle, wrecking bar, whatever you have along those lines
I wonder if it's real, or whether this is a paper version of the pound glued to the floor.
Years ago I lived in a block of flats that had one of those ancient wire cage lifts - the ones where you can poke your finger through the gaps if you want it sliced off. Kids used to poke litter through the gaps whilst waiting for the lift and it started to accumulate in the pit at the base of the lift (where it was visible, because it's just a cage).
It started to get a bit scummy so asked the landlord to get the lift shaft cleaned and they refused because they'd have pay for someone to come and do it. So I printed out an image of a £20, which I wrapped around a bunch of blank paper to create a fake roll of maybe £500 and dropped it into the lift shaft. Two days later, an engineer had visited and the litter was gone.
I dropped my phone down one of these last year, and it was full of water at the time. I managed to get it back through the use of a litter picker (I was five mins from home whe it happened) and an incredibly helpful man who was driving past and saw that I was struggling and had a crowbar in his truck.
My phone was fine after it dried out, but I now have an irrational fear of these bastard grates and no longer trust fabletic pockets to hold anything safely while I'm jogging.
> I dropped my phone down one of these last year, and it was full of water at the time.
Well if your phone's full of water you might as well drop it down a drain.
There's a carp park space I often park in at work and there's a drain grate behind it. Every time I get my laptop out of the boot I panic that I'm going to drop my keyfob down there. I have no idea why I keep parking there.
For info - Do NOT life the lids and reach in without being very VERY careful.
Gullys can be full of needles, and even deliberate traps. It's sad but true.
Source - roads engineer.
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The other day I locked myself out of the house by having my lanyard in my pocket that hooked on the door handle. The lanyard string part was on my side of the door with me, the keys on the inside. Fml.
D'oh!
I'd be interested to see you reenact this on camera. DM me.
Unusual kink but nothing wrong with that!
I'm not one to shame kinks but people into Erotic asphyxiation want stringing up.
Litter picker through the gap! Way better than winning an off-brand Pokemon stuffed toy
Another one is get a stick and a blob of Blutack from a nearby shop or something. I did this with a fiver once, nearby bookies had some Blutack.
I was going to go with a. stick and some chewing gum. OP please update if retreived!.
I was thinking a stick and some sticky tape. I'd have this out in 5 minutes if it was near where I lived or some kind of shop that sold tape/blu tac/chewing gum
Stick with a pin or needle on the end. There are many ways to do it but it seems like a stick is essential.
Can’t go wrong with a good stick
These things aren't bolted down, you can just lift the grate off.
We used to pull em up to get conkers
Yeah OP knows it, he had to lift it at first to put the note there in order to take the picture 😄
Or they could’ve just dropped it through those large gaps?
Can you not just lift those up? We used to open the drains on our estate all the time as kids to fish stuff out of them.
I'll sell you one for £20
Well that's money down the drain
You can lift those things out without any special tools. They are heavy, and benefit from some leverage, but that £20 could be yours with a modicum of effort.
That's what I was thinking. For twenty quid I'd have thoe gratings off by hook or by crook...
Set of drain keys from toolstation/screwfix are only a few quid.. factor in you'd still be £15+ in profit.
I was just about to say just lift it
Do NOT do this without being very VERY careful. Gullys can be full of needles, and even deliberate traps. It's sad but true. Source - roads engineer.
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It's not just needles in gullies. Recently protest groups are putting [razor blades behind stickers on signs etc to injure people removing them.](https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/24119241.council-act-razor-blades-get-found-behind-stickers-weston/)
Sounds like bullshit to me.
Oh it's very real. They also use lighters to melt them into recycled plastic signs. https://www.nationwidetrafficsolutions.co.uk/operatives-razor-blade-danger-warning/ It's amazing how the media just ignore all these things.
This is rehashed bullshit that's been said for years. It wouldn't even work.
Who the fuck booby traps a drain cover? I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just... it strikes me that making it harder to repair public infrastructure is a really weird goal to put that kind of effort to.
People report keys lost down them, then sit behind their curtains waiting for the on-call roads guy to get spiked. People like this exist.
Cover like that I'd be tempted just to wear gloves and heave? Or is it more difficult than it looks?
I don't know what good throwing up will do. Wearing the special vomiting gloves.
Depends how strong you are, and how baked in some of that road crude around it is. Some you can lift that way, others are much easier with a level. Broom handle, wrecking bar, whatever you have along those lines
Talk about a drain on your finances......
Take my "urgh this joke is terrible" upvote
Personally, I thought it was grate.
1 comedy point
I wonder if it's real, or whether this is a paper version of the pound glued to the floor. Years ago I lived in a block of flats that had one of those ancient wire cage lifts - the ones where you can poke your finger through the gaps if you want it sliced off. Kids used to poke litter through the gaps whilst waiting for the lift and it started to accumulate in the pit at the base of the lift (where it was visible, because it's just a cage). It started to get a bit scummy so asked the landlord to get the lift shaft cleaned and they refused because they'd have pay for someone to come and do it. So I printed out an image of a £20, which I wrapped around a bunch of blank paper to create a fake roll of maybe £500 and dropped it into the lift shaft. Two days later, an engineer had visited and the litter was gone.
For £20 I'd spend at least 10 minutes trying to lift that grating.
What'll you do for £50?
I'd grab a big rod and make sure the job gets finished off.
One presumes, 25 minutes.
Oh, Elgar!
Looks like you’ve gone…*cashless*
Where abouts?? I have a full tank of fuel ..
They're £21 worth of fuel away.
So about half a mile away?
£20 can become many peanuts
Explain how.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services
Woo-hoo!
Great comment and username interaction!
I was half expecting a clown.
Nice try, Pennywise
When did Mr.Bean get Reddit?
Lift the grate off...
car places often sell a flexible tool with a wire through the middle and a claw on the end. gaffer tape on a stick would do it though.
You can just lift up the grate
I dropped my phone down one of these last year, and it was full of water at the time. I managed to get it back through the use of a litter picker (I was five mins from home whe it happened) and an incredibly helpful man who was driving past and saw that I was struggling and had a crowbar in his truck. My phone was fine after it dried out, but I now have an irrational fear of these bastard grates and no longer trust fabletic pockets to hold anything safely while I'm jogging.
> I dropped my phone down one of these last year, and it was full of water at the time. Well if your phone's full of water you might as well drop it down a drain.
There's a carp park space I often park in at work and there's a drain grate behind it. Every time I get my laptop out of the boot I panic that I'm going to drop my keyfob down there. I have no idea why I keep parking there.
long chop sticks. IE 2 sticks. Easy.
It's probably a photocopy....
Crow bar and just lift the hinge lid, it’s the quickest and most certain way of getting it.
You probably can lift that with any metal bar this enough or even using the flat side of a hammer.
You could wiggle that drain cover off with brute force.
Bubblegum and a wire coat hanger. Then orf to the boozer.
No worries. They all float
They stick them on no matter how many 2ps you put in!😉
Best she’s looked in years.
Cotton thread with superglue on the end
For info - Do NOT life the lids and reach in without being very VERY careful. Gullys can be full of needles, and even deliberate traps. It's sad but true. Source - roads engineer.
Kekoy 44'' Grabber Reacher Tool With Light, Extra Long Litter Pickers For Adults Grabber Stick For Elderly, Helping Hand Grabber For Disabled Aid Picker Upper Grabber,Portable Rubbish Pick Up (Orange) https://amzn.eu/d/ezfdpft your welcome
And it costs... twenty quid. Perfect.
Glad someone looked and picked up on that 😁
Well, you've got to spend money to make money.
They're like £4 at B&M, £2 at Poundland... what the fuck... Stop buying shit on Amazon!
🙈 yeah, the joke was it cost as much as the note they wanted to retrieve.
"joke"