Bought items

Posted on 04/03/2009 by joimson

People find it hard to believe that I reclaim all of the equipment and music for Tip of the Pops so I have created a list of items I’ve purchased new or second hand. This list will be a lot shorter than you expect and I have mainly had to go and buy new for safety or as a back-up. This is the main reason why I had to take Earwig the wheelbarrow off-line in the winter as I was running out of spare parts and needed time to ‘find’ replacements. Some of the solar equipment was bought new before Tip of the Pops started and I was working on another project. These old-new and recent-new non ‘tippy’ items will be replaced overtime as I find more suitable and reliable replacements!

60 watt Solar panel was bought new pre-project in 2006 however two 15w solar panels from the tip are installed and in daily use at the workshop
Lead-acid leisure battery (black left in picture) used for the first outing in 2007 was bought new in 2006 pre-project
Dell laptop used for editing two of the BGG shows was bought new in 2002 (editing and blog are currently being done on a ‘tippy’ PC)
300 watt inverter 12-240v power bought new used ONCE for 2008 Christmas party
Eight AA rechargable batteries and charger (for lights, drum machine, camera etc.) were bought new as it’s hard to find reliable rechargables
FM transmitter NOT yet fitted bought new – I’m sure this will come in handy one day !
Pinstripe jacket worn at Woodhaze and at least one other gig was bought new in 2005
Blue shirt (recycled couture) by Bedlam Boudoir was bought at the Big Green Gathering in 2005

So you can see that since I started in 2007 I have bought next to nothing, nada, zero, zilch! That really is all I can think of and everything else you’ve seen or heard at a gig or on-line was once waste and reclaimed.

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