I've had a Leatherman for around 15 years now.  Quality bit of kit.  Don't think I'd fancy sticking it near a plug socket like in the bottom pic though.

Yeah, I looked at things from Leatherman and Gerber, but none came near the sweet spot of tools I'd use against size that the Compact hits.

Plus, they were all a bit too DIY like and manly, if I'm honest. Things I particularly wanted were bottle opener, corkscrew, tweezers, toothpick, nail file and (obviously) knife. Other stuff if just a bonus, really.

I've literally just got myself a little Rambler, for those times when I don't want to carry something full-size. It's basically just a little grooming kit with a bottle opener.

Would "there well smart, and make me feel manly" work?

Folding knives are legal to carry as long as the blade is below a certain length, lock knives aren’t.

Not sure on that one.

The kit does look useful, though. I’m considering ordering on myself. I can never find tweezers when I want them.

Three pale ales from a new beer shop in Catford.  Didn't realise one of them is <0.5% until I got home.  Turns out it still goes nicely with some dry roasted peanuts.

Thanks for clearing that up, much appreciated.

I thought it'd be unlikely to get charged for carrying the little blade, I just find the technicalities of law interesting and amusing sometimes. For instance, I've been intending to find out if the common practice of entering a false billing address in order to buy from a foreign store is technically fraud or not.

AJ wrote:

Thanks for clearing that up, much appreciated. I thought it'd be unlikely to get charged for carrying the little blade, I just find the technicalities of law interesting and amusing sometimes. For instance, I've been intending to find out if the common practice of entering a false billing address in order to buy from a foreign store is technically fraud or not.

Yeesh. Well, first of all, you’ve got to decide where the locus is. If it’s where the victim is, then it’s going to depend on the laws of each of the countries you’re buying from.

In Scotland, Fraud is the use of deception to cause someone to do something they wouldn’t have done otherwise, in order for you to gain an advantage or cause them loss. Now, entering a false billing address (or, in some cases, simply saying that you are in another country) is deception, and you are gaining an advantage (getting something cheaper) so the question would be over whether you have caused the seller to do something they wouldn’t have done otherwise (they would sell the thing to you, they would sell the thing at that price, but they would not sell the thing to you at that price) and whether or not they have lost financially (they have not taken as much money as they would have if you’d been honest, but they are willing to sell the thing at that price to others).

It strikes me that it’s one for the court to decide.

You’re right about the ways laws are written, though. In general, it strikes me that they are written in such a way as to make sure the behaviour it is intended to make illegal will be captured in the definition, but that means that other behaviour may fall within that legal definition, but outwith the spirit of the law.

A general example I can think of just now is this; when the Road Traffic Acts were written, I don’t think they were intended to criminalise toddlers’ electric cars (which didn’t exist at the time). But it’s difficult to write legal definitions that distinguish between relatively harmless toys, and potentially dangerous / nuisance vehicles.

Andy wrote:

The toy shop next door to my flat is closing down today, they had this at more than 25% off. I ignored it this morning, but it’s eaten away at me all day. Needless to say, I folded like a cheap suit.

I got this last year for my birthday. We should have a race. 

In other news, today I got a new phone. Nokia 6720 classic. 2009 build so it's semi functional with text and sms and works on the local network still. 

Trying to heavily curtail my internet addiction this year.

Vela wrote:

I got this last year for my birthday. We should have a race.

Have you built it yet? I built mine the other week, really enjoyed it.

That doesn’t look anything like the box.

Next Lego supercar will be Bugatti Chiron. Oh my aching wallet.

Ah well, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it whenever you get to it.

IKEA foldaway tray £7

Light but sturdy, this is an ideal height for the beanbag dweller or chair swiveler.  Has a tablet friendly rear trench with a convenient cable hole.  

A fairly mashed Coomber tapedeck.