At this time of year I have two permanently filled with logs, and I need another one for 'general duties'.
I also have two retirees that double as strawberry planters.
I've just bought the two above. Wheelbarrow aficionados will have noticed that they are Skoda Barrows, with the twin exhausts.
If you don't already know the joke; DON'T ASK.
I wonder for how long the wheelbarrows will remain that shining.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the joke but, I won't ask.
Greetings Maria x
They are supposed to be galvanised (anti rust), but it doesn't take them long to look like scrap metal.
DeleteVery kind of you to by one for Lady M.
ReplyDeleteEaster present?
They're BOTH for her; I've got a bad back.
DeleteMy tip for the day... keep your barrow handles low!
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I'll bear that in mind. Keep my harrow bandles low!
DeleteThey ride easier if you do and less strain on your back. Years of barrowing silage taught me that.
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I am not asking but I did guggle Skoda Barrows, without any meaningful result.
ReplyDeleteGood. You'd have groaned for a week.
DeleteThey should be called Volkswagen wheelbarrows. Volkswagen bought them out.
ReplyDeleteI am also the proud of owner of three wheelbarrows.
My first car was a Beetle; luckily they escaped all the Skoda jokes.
DeleteMy advice: keep a spare wheel.
ReplyDeleteRachel, I’m sad at your decision, I understand but sad for that!
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I am hurting today Let, but I will come back. x
DeleteThe last Strawberry planter only became such because I couldn't find a spare wheel. I did find one on line, but it was almost as much as a whole new barrow.
DeleteI don't know the joke, but I knew a guy who drove a Skoda. It burned up.
ReplyDeleteYes, everyone needs more than one wheelbarrow. I like the kind with two wheels at the front which is more stable for me when moving very heavy loads around. -Jenn
An old school friend of mine ran the Skoda Rally Team... they were very successful. Their reputation wasn't entirely deserved.
DeleteAfter sending two rusted out wheelbarrows to the scrap yard, I bought a poly one that serves me very well. I have had it for over five years, almost looks new, and will definitely outlast me. I wish I had two but it is a space issue.
ReplyDeleteI did consider buying a 'modern' plastic one, but eventually decided it would have looked out of place in my rustic garden.
Deleteok, ok, I will tell it then. These are from when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call a Skoda with no roof...
A Skip.
What do you call a Skoda at the top of the hill?
A mirage
baboom ting!
This is why I cant buy a Skoda Yeti 4x4 even though my friend has one and says its fabulous, or even that the Octavia was car of the year for YEARS. I cant buy one. Now lets think of Lada jokes as well...
Jealous of the wheel barrows
OK, mine was 'What do you call a Skoda with twin exhausts; a Wheelbarrow'.
DeleteI do not own a wheelbarrow having nowhere to keep it. Instead I use a large plastic bag. Seems to work so far.
ReplyDeleteYou need a Sussex Trug!
DeleteI have two, one has an electric start and the other is a beater.
ReplyDeleteWhat cc is it? We're still fighting WW1 over here; a little backward.
DeleteI have an old barrow with a flat front tire and a new barrow with an ineradicable squeak.
ReplyDeleteThat's why mine became Strawberry planters!
DeleteI wish I could plant strawberries like you and your garden but the packrats eat and destroy everything.
ReplyDeleteEvil little buggers.
cheers, parsnip
Can't you set the dogs on them?
DeleteThey should be called Volkswagen wheelbarrows. Volkswagen bought them out.
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