Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

GDB2222

Help, please! Fortunately, I don't think this is a really big problem.

1. I know nothing about gardening.
2. I bought sunflower seeds when MIL was staying with us, mainly for occupational therapy.
3. We planted these in pots. I would have put one per pot, but MIL put 4 or 5 in each pot, and lots of them have germinated.
4. What do I do now? (I could bin them all, but I've got a nice south-facing spot against the house where I could put two or three.)

So, do I have to be ruthless and snuff out all but one of these seedlings in each pot? So cruel! And how big do they have to be to be planted on in the bed?

Oh, and anyone want to come and collect a pot?

purch

On the car front our Multipla has 6 proper adult seats - just a shame it is not more reliable...

I will admit that I rarely read this thread ( and when I do I am lost instantaneously), and even more rarely post, as on the whole I don't consider myself a particularly "nice" person...

I think from now on I should stop reading this thread altogether, because today my whole World has been rocked.

1) I find out that there are Forums on this site with weirder members than this Forum.

2) Michaels...who up until now I have respected as highly intellegent and thoughtful poster........owns a Fiat Multipla :eek:



I need a drink.....................badly !!!!

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

I think generally the top or back of washing machines are designed to be removed quite easily which might let you find the missing bit(?). May be a google on how to remove top /back might help? Of course it may still not be possible to hold the back plate in the right place to actually attach the new door...

First result from google:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5542480_remove-top-panel-lg-washer.html

Are any of your DS's strong enough to move the machine so you can work on it as you shouldn't be moving it with your back (I wouldn't with my back)

NO, don't do that!

If I have this right, the hinge thingy has got knocked back inside the machine? I'd fish for it with something small and hooky like a bent paperclip or a crochet hook. Have you tried the strongest magnet you can lay your hands on? Only as a last resort should you take the top off - not the back IMHO.

GDB2222

purch wrote: »

2) Michaels...who up until now I have respected as highly intellegent and thoughtful poster........owns a Fiat Multipla :eek:



I need a drink.....................badly !!!!

Hopefully it was very, very cheap.

SingleSue

michaels wrote: »

I think generally the top or back of washing machines are designed to be removed quite easily which might let you find the missing bit(?). May be a google on how to remove top /back might help? Of course it may still not be possible to hold the back plate in the right place to actually attach the new door...

First result from google:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5542480_remove-top-panel-lg-washer.html

Are any of your DS's strong enough to move the machine so you can work on it as you shouldn't be moving it with your back (I wouldn't with my back)

Oooohh, that link looks scary...and difficult. Not quite sure my DIY skills are quite up to that sort of thing to be honest bearing in mind I was the one who refitted a light using a knife and not a screwdriver!

purch

I think generally the top or back of washing machines are designed to be removed quite easily

I think I should add, that they are generally "designed" not to fit back together easily once you have removed them.

I currently have about 46 screws remaining from the time I removed (very easily) the top of HID's range cooker. She still complains that it's "wonky" but it cooks all right, which in a Man's World equals a job well done.

michaels

Thanks for the compliment (I think?!)

Now fix yourself a large double and sit in your most comfortable chair......





...we have two Multipla's, His 'n' Hers

purch wrote: »

I think from now on I should stop reading this thread altogether, because today my whole World has been rocked.

1) I find out that there are Forums on this site with weirder members than this Forum.

2) Michaels...who up until now I have respected as highly intellegent and thoughtful poster........owns a Fiat Multipla :eek:



I need a drink.....................badly !!!!

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Thanks for the compliment (I think?!)

Now fix yourself a large double and sit in your most comfortable chair......





...we have two Multipla's, His 'n' Hers

Just to be clear are these the frog face cars?
I've always wonders who buys them.....someone has to. And its good that you like them so much. I guess.

wageslave

SingleSue wrote: »

Now seriously peed off, got the new washing machine door down, got the old one off and then managed to cut my thumb. I was just in the process of finishing putting the plaster over it when youngest decided to be ultra helpful and picked up the new door and put it up to the machine...in the process, knocking the little thing that takes the screws and holds the door in place back into the depths of the machine.

We cannot get to it, the door won't go on without it and so I am £53 down, have a gash on my thumb and a door and washing machine that is useless.

Arggghhhhhh!!!!

God knows what I am going to do now...probably have to rent a new washing machine.


I feel like crying, I really do...why can't anything ever go right.

DONT BLIDDY CRY

You are expecting far too much of yourself

Firstly, is that the same child that broke the bliddy door in the first place?

Strong words are needed here Sue, conversations starting with if you as much as breathe without asking first........

Try screaming, sit on your backside and touch nothing.

This is less about disability and more about you being in charge of your own house/

You need a handyman. A neighbour? A cousin?

Men will spend days trying to find ways round unsolvable DIY problems. It is like a point of honour.

Do you know someone handy?


EDIT When I left the evil husband and lived in the fat landlords house the door fell off the ancient washing machine. The fat landlord sent round a dreadful little man who bolted it back on with dreadful looking screws and two pieces of metal. It wasn't pretty but it worked

LydiaJ

So sorry to hear about your hinge mishap, Sue. Hope you manage to sort it more easily than you expect.

ETA Wageslave's suggestion is very sound. You need the services of some diy-minded man who will enjoy the challenge of fixing your problem and get a warm glow of satisfaction from helping a damsel in distress when he succeeds. I know this is not a very feminist take on female independence, but the truth is that no one person can be good at everything. You have many wonderful skills, and there is nothing to be ashamed of about the fact that taking washing machines apart and reassembling them is not one of them.