Another quirky creation
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382104)
Rockingham, Australia
October 17, 2022 2:26am CST
We arrived home from our house-sit about an hour ago. The owners arrived in the wee hours of the morning after a flight from Queensland then a three-hour drive home. We left a light on for them and went to bed.
This morning we caught up with their news. We had had a calendar printed for them with photos of birds, flowers and scenes from their property. Although we weren’t paid for house-sitting they gave a very generous gift of some bottles of wine.
On the way home, we visited some friends who now have two of our pet sheep. The lady had made this wonderful boot scraper from bits and pieces of metal. There are some railway ‘dogs’, a (horse) shoeing rasp, and some spanners, among other things.
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25 responses
@DaddyEvil (174482)
• United States
17 Oct 22
Uhm... I think you're mistaken... I've seen things like your new boot scraper before when someone left tools lying in a puddle and they rusted together. 
It looks really good. She did a good job with it. 
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil Rusty tools underfoot! You could be right! lol
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
17 Oct 22
I have no idea of what the boot scraper is .There are no wastes ,as it were,I often regret throwing away some things.
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@Juliaacv (56257)
• Canada
17 Oct 22
That is a good way of using up some scrap, but I am afraid that I would walk across barefoot, probably more then once.
I also think that it would bother me and I would be constantly bending over to pick up this or that, when in fact, they are part of the unit.
I also think that it would bother me and I would be constantly bending over to pick up this or that, when in fact, they are part of the unit.3 people like this
@rsa101 (40976)
• Philippines
17 Oct 22
What a thoughtful gift they gave, wow. Will there be a subsequent house sitting in the near future? It has probably been a while since you were moving from house to house, which is thrilling since you get to see a lot of various things on each one's land.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
17 Oct 22
I didn’t know you owned any sheep?
I absolutely love that boot scraper. I wonder if she welded it to keep them together. Not to far from me while I was geocaching one day I saw someone made a gate for their driveway entrance that was similar to this. It was really neat. Mostly gears if I remember right.
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@snowy22315 (208951)
• United States
18 Oct 22
@JudyEv I SW someone on TV who makes Artistic creations out of dryer lint! Now however could she think of thzt?
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Oct 22
@snowy22315 Gosh, that's a bit different. They'll be using belly-button fluff next. 

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
20 Oct 22
Another piece of imaginative work!
However, I am not clear how all the tools above can act as Boot Scraper.
The above look like a lot of Tools for doing multiple things.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
20 Oct 22
@JudyEv
Then this is really ingenious and deserves a reward!
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
21 Oct 22
@JudyEv
Since Covid started, we take off our shoes/Slippers when we come at the house door
Then keep them in a separate location.
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@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Oct 22
Glad they got home safe.
I was thinking why looking at your picture. But it would work well for that.
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@Marilynda1225 (91116)
• United States
17 Oct 22
That's genius to use all those bits for a boot scrapper. I certainly would make a good conversation piece
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@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
17 Oct 22
Is another house sitting job waiting for you?
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Oct 22
Walking barefoot on it could be unsafe what with rusty tools
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
18 Oct 22
@JudyEv That is true but even pets should not sit on such stuff. I would not keep such things in my house.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
17 Oct 22
Isn't this a wonderful idea..I tell you, I am in awe of people's creativity.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
18 Oct 22
@JudyEv They do. I love the people's art.
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
18 Oct 22
I hope you enjoy it very much this time around
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@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
19 Oct 22
@JudyEv It's quite a pleasure to do the house sitting I must say
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