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Old 25 May 2006, 07:57   #1
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LIDLs doing wet suits and some boat bits next week

Wetsuit

and some snorkeling equipment, great for those who chose to scrub there pride and joy rather than antifoul.

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Old 25 May 2006, 17:50   #2
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Why did they do this AFTER I have just bought rope etc to make docklines with - also those stainless krabs look great - shame I ordered them from Mailspeed for silly money.

Will buy a load of kit from there anyway!!!
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Old 25 May 2006, 21:42   #3
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I'll be away boating in warmer climes Daughter already has shopping list, a wad of notes and an alarm clock to get there early!
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Why did they do this AFTER I have just bought rope etc to make docklines with - also those stainless krabs look great - shame I ordered them from Mailspeed for silly money.

Will buy a load of kit from there anyway!!!
Cods are you nuts!

Clips n stuff

Ropes n stuff

Just made up a load of lines etc myself resplendant with splices and sailmakers whipping to mark lengths. Also made a nice lead for the brothers new puppy.
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LIDLs doing wet suits and some boat bits next week

Wetsuit

and some snorkeling equipment, great for those who chose to scrub there pride and joy rather than antifoul.

Snorkelling

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Old 26 May 2006, 20:08   #6
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and some snorkeling equipment, great for those who chose to scrub there pride and joy rather than antifoul.


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Done that. It's scary how quickly a lungfull goes when you're scrubbing away like billiow! About 10 seconds!
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Cods are you nuts!

Clips n stuff

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Just made up a load of lines etc myself resplendant with splices and sailmakers whipping to mark lengths. Also made a nice lead for the brothers new puppy.
That Ebay shop looks great - not as cheap as Lidl though!!!
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Lidil getting a lot of flack here in Ireland for selling divers knifes over the counter to kids. Even the dive clubs are unhappy. To be honest they have a point. Lidl stores here are usually in poorer areas (few divers ) and some of these implements will end up back in the store being used to free up the till contents.
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Lidil getting a lot of flack here in Ireland for selling divers knifes over the counter to kids. Even the dive clubs are unhappy. To be honest they have a point. Lidl stores here are usually in poorer areas (few divers ) and some of these implements will end up back in the store being used to free up the till contents.

Heard on the radio today the knives have been withdrawn from Lidl's
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If their share price takes a dive, the knives will be out at the next board meeting!
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Looks like the current management don't cut it, maybe Lidls attempt to take a slice of the watersports market is merely to mask other company difficulties yet to surface....
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Cutting edge humour is still alive and well I see.....
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getting back to the thread- it is illegal to sell the knives to under 16s anyway from whatever outlet, and I expect the dive shops will be upset-they want to charge at least three times that price I would think. Are they withdrawing the sailing knives as well?!
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getting back to the thread- it is illegal to sell the knives to under 16s anyway from whatever outlet, and I expect the dive shops will be upset-they want to charge at least three times that price I would think. Are they withdrawing the sailing knives as well?!
looks like the sailing knives wont be on sail either
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/s...849153,00.html
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Once again stupid political correctness spoils things for decent people!!!

This Policeman's comments are annoying

Sgt Steve Mangham of Essex Police welcomed the decision.
"It was a particularly large scuba diving knife and could inflict untold damage to somebody if it got into the wrong hands," he told the BBC.

Of course a meat cleaver or a boning knife from Tesco will do no damage at all - neither will a screwdriver.

Obviously don't sell knives to kids but it is about time people realised that if people want to hurt someone they will do so no matter what you try to ban!!!

I wonder if they will stop selling the mooring lines because someone may use them as a garotte or try to commit suicide???
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I wonder if they will stop selling the mooring lines because someone may use them as a garotte or try to commit suicide???
Thin stainless steel rigging wire is much better for making garottes, but do get the ends swaged to stop accidental cuts from stray strands...
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Thin stainless steel rigging wire is much better for making garottes, but do get the ends swaged to stop accidental cuts from stray strands...
Speaking from experience???
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That Ebay shop looks great - not as cheap as Lidl though!!!
Yes you're right there Codders, they deliver quick too, as a comparison I ordered some 10mm by 100mm stainless caribiners(sp?) with eyes £2:65 ea delivered, my local dive shop £7:50 OUCH!

Will checking out ropes tomorrow at Lidl if the Narrow boat brigade havent cleaned them out...they are like the Others you know in lost...weird black smoking pipes.. and thats just the women.
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