Cool Stuff you've scored from work

[needsmorecowbel]

Ever had a great find at work/ gift given to you by work colleagues etc? Post it Below with a description/ story!!!!

Today I got given this bit of driftwood that used to hold up a sculpture of an New Zealand Tiki. The Steel Base plate has a skewer welded to it that holds the driftwood in place. I got it home and an hour or so later i managed to turn it into a hip guitar stand with what has been described as an "eye raping blue" stand

[needsmorecowbel]

[colin north]

Sorry, that's got to be the ugliest guitar stand I've ever seen!

[needsmorecowbel]

BUT FREE!! BAHAHAHA

[kiwigeo]

BUT FREE!! BAHAHAHA

I would have been very worried if you'd have paid for it

[needsmorecowbel]

But some wanker might buy it if i call it "ART" ... 500 Pounds... Sold to the man in the Velvet Suit

[colin north]

Don't you dare bring Elvis Costello into this conversation!!

[Nick]

Don't you dare bring Elvis Costello into this conversation!!

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Actually enjoying his 'spectacle' series that's showing here at the moment.

[needsmorecowbel]

HAHAHAHA! If it makes things any better i have painted the tree Antique White USA to go with my room and painted the steel base plate with Flat Black anti rust haha.

[colin north]

Wot! No Pics!!

[charangohabsburg]

Nice guitar stand. It certainly would be an eye catcher on stage. You can also use it to display old diskettes, or as a contemporary christmas tree.

Ever had a great find at work/ gift given to you by work colleagues etc? Post it Below with a description/ story!!!!

This was back in the early eighties and has nothing to do with music: the coolest thing I took home from work certainly was a bunch of foldable 8" diskettes I saved from the dumpster.

For the younger ones of you: these diskettes were able to store 80 kb of data and could be folded twice in order to fit in an envelope to be sent easier (and cheaper) by snailmail.

I believe that I still have one or two of these diskettes but they are hidden between/under tons of other accumulated rubbish. So there are no pics, sorry.

[Clancy]

I once had a short but intense conversation with Elvis Costello about archtop guitars.
Don't know how he feels about your guitar stand though.

[MattW]

A few years ago the company I worked for was moving premises. I got a mercury calibration thermometer, 5kg brass calibration weight, and a bag full of lab grade plasticware.
The thermometer is 0.1C accurate, the 5kg weight (which is now really out of calibration ) is really useful in the shed for holding stuff , and the plasticware has come in useful for my partner's wool dyeing escapades!!

Found out afterward they chucked out a bit of other stuff too, like oscilloscopes, and lab balances.