14-03-2020, 09:27 AM
In the process of tidying up the RP I removed the rear seat cushion and back - only to find that the woodworm have been having an extended lunch...
So off I toddled to the local B&Q/Wickes/Screwfix, where I could only buy a far larger tin of woodworm treatment than I need. Ended up in The Range and searched in vain for some. Eventually I collared one of the children allegedly working in the place.
'Please could you tell me where I can find woodworm treatment?' I asked.
If I had asked him to describe the physics of nuclear fusion he could not have looked more vacant. Without a word he scuttled down the aisle to a co-worker.
'Oi, John, 'ave we got any wood, er, woodwer, er, woody - er, what was it again mate?
'Woodworm Treatment'.
The co-worker looked at me as if I had come from another planet. 'Woodworm? Wassat then? Some kind of animal? Have to you looked in the pet section?'
'No, it's a worm that eats wood - puts little holes in it.'
His eyes widened. 'Blimey, never 'eard of it. Nah, we ain't got nuffink like that'
I am left wondering what they teach children these days or if I am now officially Very Very Old. Hey ho.
So off I toddled to the local B&Q/Wickes/Screwfix, where I could only buy a far larger tin of woodworm treatment than I need. Ended up in The Range and searched in vain for some. Eventually I collared one of the children allegedly working in the place.
'Please could you tell me where I can find woodworm treatment?' I asked.
If I had asked him to describe the physics of nuclear fusion he could not have looked more vacant. Without a word he scuttled down the aisle to a co-worker.
'Oi, John, 'ave we got any wood, er, woodwer, er, woody - er, what was it again mate?
'Woodworm Treatment'.
The co-worker looked at me as if I had come from another planet. 'Woodworm? Wassat then? Some kind of animal? Have to you looked in the pet section?'
'No, it's a worm that eats wood - puts little holes in it.'
His eyes widened. 'Blimey, never 'eard of it. Nah, we ain't got nuffink like that'
I am left wondering what they teach children these days or if I am now officially Very Very Old. Hey ho.