A few months and several questions

RosaBernicia

hi Nora, hope the laptop had recovered from it's coffee...

:rotfl: well thanks to YouTube now I know what a spider-pig does... and the joist hunt may now have a theme tune to tap to

I assume you mean nobody can lick the outside of their elbow?

My DIY skills are entirely self-taught and therefore limited, since much as I love my dad, I wouldn't trust him with an Ikea flatpack never mind anything involving electricity. It is surprising what you can achieve with a book and sufficient irritation with badly maintained rented houses to start asking questions of B&Q guys. Seriously, I just decided it can't possibly be that hard to put a replacement sink plug on a chain... so it remains a mystery to me why other tenants can't manage the same thing. That's quite apart from the shared house where the 'girl now doing up her own house so must be competent' had put up shelves which included the support of a broomstick. Those were smartly replaced with a more sensible arrangement of slats and No Nails, despite the deep suspicion of a male flatmate at the idea that I can operate a hacksaw. !!!!!!. I am still terrified of anything power operated but equally bemused that I appear to be the only one of my friends who has a toolbox in the house.

I don't remember Bravestarr very well, but I did watch Dogtanian (and still fail to understand why the hero was the worst-drawn dog in it). I keep debating whether to get the DVD of the Mysterious Cities of Gold, as I loved that, but I suspect it would just look completely tripped out now!

Rosa xx

RosaBernicia

Reporting in... have had good day but not a very MSE one. On the bright side, checking account yesterday showed that I'd forgotten about one of the refunds to my credit card, which about compensates for the dent in the overdraft caused by the new kitchen mixer. On the naughtier side, the budget is going to have about £100 dent in it this month anyhow due to garden and allotment stuff.

Have now bought a lockable box for the allotment - on offer at Homeba55 for £47, just need to put it together in one of the evenings this week that I will not be spending at work. Did remember that I already have a padlock somewhere, so that saved a tenner. Also bought a jasmine and scented climbing rose for big pots in the garden. And a supposedly 'large' tarp in an attempt to cover up weeds while I get digging. Just went over there to put it down and it looks pathetically small, but at least it's covering a part. I am becoming definitely daunted at the idea of getting that plot sorted any time soon... must not panic, just keep doing little things. It will be much easier to pop over there once I have the box sorted since then I won't need to take gloves, spade etc with me. Friend has offered to help next weekend which will be good.

Draft CV sent to friend for her thoughts and will send proper email about fab opportunity soon. Must pop into town tomorrow and really must get some msc reading done - but am not cross about this as having a week to think has sorted so many other things. Having scones to make, allotment to sort, pole location to find etc will help with insisting I have a sparkly life to go to outside work :j

Rosa xx

kerri_gt

ZTD wrote: »

They did get out in one episode, but had to go back. I can't remember why though.

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I beleive they went back because Uni got left behind....I think...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Z and a magic axe (wise choice Rosa!), Rosa tapping (I went straight to tap dancing - despite the fact that I know full well how to find joists, irrespective of my breeding equipment - and had visions of you coming over all spider-pig from the Simpsons film!:rotfl:)

"spider-pig, spider-pig, does whatever a spider-pig does..."

And Z's right about the SDS drill...and before anyone asks, I have a DIY-tastic Dad. Daughter-dad quality time usually involved putting up shelves etc., or fiddling with the car (which ages me, no doubt - those were the days when you could actually tinker with a car!).

Ooo...Dungeons and Dragons...fab...upset my sister years ago by pointing out that the first proper school picture of my neice had only one pigtail showing and made her look exactly like Venger...boy was I in trouble once she'd looked up the reference!!

And BraveStar...good grief, I'd forgotten all about that! *sigh* ahh, the good old days of dodgy moral-tastic cartoons!

Of course, I was a Dogtanian fan myself....

And for the record, I have no idea what an Ayesha or a Jack knife are in terms of moves...but I'm always rather suprised that I can touch my toes!!

Have a good'un!

Nora.x

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I don't remember Bravestarr very well, but I did watch Dogtanian (and still fail to understand why the hero was the worst-drawn dog in it). I keep debating whether to get the DVD of the Mysterious Cities of Gold, as I loved that, but I suspect it would just look completely tripped out now!

Rosa xx

How odd, we were singing the themetune to Dogtanian the other day at work 'one for one and all for one, Muskerhounds are always ready!' I don't remember Bravestrr at all, but I did love Mysterious Cities of Gold, and Ulysses 31 - wow...I'm officially old ...but retro

ZTD

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I was meaning more the boring, patronising Bridget Jones type "woman is completely incapable and worthless while alone, but apparently shouldn't do anything fun or interesting just wait for alleged Prince Charming, her life begins when some man decides to find her uselessness 'klutzy' and hangs around to give her life meaning" rubbish.

Well that is so alien to my thought processes, I would never have thought of it. Live your life. They don't come twice.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I can do all sorts of things and by myself thank you - but lots of things are even more fun when shared.

Indeed they are. In my particular case, I prefered shared holidays. Yes I can rent a cottage and tear around the countryside at high speed, but it's nice to talk to someone.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

The tapping shouldn't be too hard, I've learnt a similar technique for entirely different purposes.

Come on...share the news...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

(The neighbours probably think I'm nuts already so never mind there.)

It's what neighbours are for.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Warming them up on somebody else's shins, of course.

Not the best place. I usually warmed the XOH's feet up between my legs. It's where major blood vessels come near the surface, so works the best.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Though I've now discovered cashmere bedsocks which might make both parties happier the next time I try this.

As the old saying goes: If your feet are cold, wear a hat.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

We're not even discussing Z and his magic rope :eek::rotfl:, or what you might creatively do with one!

Well tie things of course - what else?

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Axe it is then. A subtle weapon :rotfl:, suits you sir :rotfl:

You don't want subtlety in a weapon. It's a Wham! Bam! Thank you ma'am! device.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

*glazes over entirely and remembers that one reason power tools are evil is because they seem to involve so much boy jargon*

SDS is a bayonet fitting for drills, because a friction fit doesn't grip tightly enough.



That's an SDS drill. The big box under it is not the battery - it is the motor...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Unfortunately there's just as many bonkers women out there as men . You'll find a fabulous one eventually :grouphug: (possibly two if you take that smilie too literally).

Looks like all three of those smilies are bonkers...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Read the last couple of pages over brekkie this morning, and may now need a new laptop having snorted my cuppa all over the keyboard...

No, no! It snorting COCAINE! Not COCOA!

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Z and a magic axe (wise choice Rosa!), Rosa tapping (I went straight to tap dancing

I thought Rosa tapped in clubs...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

And Z's right about the SDS drill...

I'm right about something? **swoon**

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

and before anyone asks, I have a DIY-tastic Dad. Daughter-dad quality time usually involved putting up shelves etc., or fiddling with the car (which ages me, no doubt - those were the days when you could actually tinker with a car!).

See - a useful childhood.

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Ooo...Dungeons and Dragons...fab...upset my sister years ago by pointing out that the first proper school picture of my neice had only one pigtail showing and made her look exactly like Venger...boy was I in trouble once she'd looked up the reference!!

:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:whistle:

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

And BraveStar...good grief, I'd forgotten all about that! *sigh* ahh, the good old days of dodgy moral-tastic cartoons!

BraveStar had all the ingredients of a good cartoon - a horse who believed that if a problem wasn't solved by his gun, the problem was actually that his gun was too small. What's there not to like about a cartoon like that?

Actually the drivelling moralising which infected the rest of it - that's what...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Of course, I was a Dogtanian fan myself....

Yep, liked that too.

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

And for the record, I have no idea what an Ayesha or a Jack knife are in terms of moves...but I'm always rather suprised that I can touch my toes!!

Just be careful of whose company you show that off in...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Have a good'un!

And you too.

kerri_dfw wrote: »

I gave up drilling, the power ran out and I don't know how to charge it Have a lovely day everyone xx

Take the battery out and stick it in the charger.

ZTD

RosaBernicia wrote: »

My DIY skills are entirely self-taught and therefore limited, since much as I love my dad, I wouldn't trust him with an Ikea flatpack never mind anything involving electricity.

Ironically I'm the same, but for completely the opposite reason. My Dad is good at DIY, but can't stand ineptness so never let me do anything. Of course the fact that everyone is inept until they know how to do something completely passed him by.

But at least now I'm an OK brickie, OK joiner, a speed demon with IKEA stuff (speed measured in cups of tea per item) and I can do electrics with no problem.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

It is surprising what you can achieve with a book and sufficient irritation with badly maintained rented houses to start asking questions of B&Q guys. Seriously, I just decided it can't possibly be that hard to put a replacement sink plug on a chain... so it remains a mystery to me why other tenants can't manage the same thing.

Perhaps they like the "hunt the plug" game.

You know, the one you spoiled...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

That's quite apart from the shared house where the 'girl now doing up her own house so must be competent' had put up shelves which included the support of a broomstick.

Did she also have a cauldron and a black-cat?

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Those were smartly replaced with a more sensible arrangement of slats and No Nails, despite the deep suspicion of a male flatmate at the idea that I can operate a hacksaw.

If you'd been using a hacksaw on wooden shelves, I'd be suspicious too...

RosaBernicia wrote: »

!!!!!!. I am still terrified of anything power operated

They're fine - it's just a matter of perspective. A sewing machine is a power tool. Hands up who is scared of that?

What you should be scared of is anything with an exposed blade - circular saw, jig saw, chain saw - etc.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

but equally bemused that I appear to be the only one of my friends who has a toolbox in the house.

Oops...

I've got 3. And a plastic box to put "misc tools" into...

I must be some kind of collector... :eek:

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I don't remember Bravestarr very well, but I did watch Dogtanian (and still fail to understand why the hero was the worst-drawn dog in it). I keep debating whether to get the DVD of the Mysterious Cities of Gold, as I loved that, but I suspect it would just look completely tripped out now!

All cartoons do. Mr Benn for example. Goes to a shop where things suddenly appear (wearing a fez). The goes off having adventures that can't happen in the real world.

Is this not a euphemism for a opium den?

RosaBernicia wrote: »

And a supposedly 'large' tarp in an attempt to cover up weeds while I get digging. Just went over there to put it down and it looks pathetically small, but at least it's covering a part.

No tarp is large when it is covering land. Probably one big enough would be too heavy to lift.

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Draft CV sent to friend for her thoughts and will send proper email about fab opportunity soon.

:T

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Must pop into town tomorrow and really must get some msc reading done - but am not cross about this as having a week to think has sorted so many other things. Having scones to make, allotment to sort, pole location to find etc will help with insisting I have a sparkly life to go to outside work :j

:T:T

kerri_gt wrote: »

I beleive they went back because Uni got left behind....I think...

Woo. We have an expert.

A girl I went to school with is apparently one of the country's experts in Children's Cartoon. Yes, really...

kerri_gt wrote: »

How odd, we were singing the themetune to Dogtanian the other day at work 'one for one and all for one, Muskerhounds are always ready!' I don't remember Bravestrr at all, but I did love Mysterious Cities of Gold, and Ulysses 31 - wow...I'm officially old ...but retro

Yes - that's the new word for old: Retro...

kerri_gt

ZTD wrote: »

But at least now I'm an OK brickie, OK joiner, a speed demon with IKEA stuff (speed measured in cups of tea per item) and I can do electrics with no problem.


All cartoons do. Mr Benn for example. Goes to a shop where things suddenly appear (wearing a fez). The goes off having adventures that can't happen in the real world.


Woo. We have an expert.

A girl I went to school with is apparently one of the country's experts in Children's Cartoon. Yes, really...


Yes - that's the new word for old: Retro...

I too spent many formative years out in the garage with my dad, or doing some kind of DIY - I bet there's prob some H&S ruling now where Social Services would whip a child away for being allowed to help fit floorboards in a loft aged 8..instructions being 'hold this, stand on this and don't put your foot there...that's the ceiling' :rotfl: OH is only allowed near any flatpacked furniture when I need an extra person - otherwise it's strictly tea duty only.

I knew my media degree wasn't wasted (and i used to love Mr Benn, and Pigeon Street - always hated Sesame Street though)

You also know you're old when you no longer wish to use the word 'old' :rotfl:

ZTD

kerri_gt wrote: »

I too spent many formative years out in the garage with my dad, or doing some kind of DIY - I bet there's prob some H&S ruling now where Social Services would whip a child away for being allowed to help fit floorboards in a loft aged 8..instructions being 'hold this, stand on this and don't put your foot there...that's the ceiling' :rotfl:

I was pretty much the human clamp. With the instructions "Close your eyes, you don't want sawdust/plastic shavings/arc burn in them."

kerri_gt wrote: »

OH is only allowed near any flatpacked furniture when I need an extra person - otherwise it's strictly tea duty only.

Human Clamp Mk II.

kerri_gt wrote: »

I knew my media degree wasn't wasted (and i used to love Mr Benn, and Pigeon Street - always hated Sesame Street though)

I don't think I ever watched Sesame Street. Educashunal stuff was distinctly not my bag.

What ever happened to those "School Educational Programs" that used to broadcast (you know instead of endless re-runs of "Murder She Wrote")?

kerri_gt wrote: »

You also know you're old when you no longer wish to use the word 'old' :rotfl:

I once said my Dad was an 'antique' - and he's never let me forget it. However, he was younger at the time than I am now... :whistle:

kerri_gt

ZTD wrote: »

I was pretty much the human clamp. With the instructions "Close your eyes, you don't want sawdust/plastic shavings/arc burn in them."

What ever happened to those "School Educational Programs" that used to broadcast (you know instead of endless re-runs of "Murder She Wrote")?

Don't forget the line 'and mind your fingers' :eek:

Ohhh, like Badger Girl - funny I can never remember any of the others, oh, wasn't there one about a boy and pigeons...errr..Geordie Racer I think it was.

ZTD

kerri_gt wrote: »

Ohhh, like Badger Girl - funny I can never remember any of the others,

I can't remember *any* of them. There's probably a whole host of good reasons for that. Only thing I can remember was "Wordy".

kerri_gt wrote: »

oh, wasn't there one about a boy and pigeons...errr..Geordie Racer I think it was.

And there's one of the good reasons... :eek:

Knitting_Nora

ZTD wrote: »

They're fine - it's just a matter of perspective. A sewing machine is a power tool. Hands up who is scared of that?

*shoots hand in the air* You'd be scared of the bloody things too if you'd seen the number of needles through fingers that I have! :eek:

What you should be scared of is anything with an exposed blade - circular saw, jig saw, chain saw - etc.

May I also add the even-deadlier-than-a-sewing-machine overlocker...

ZTD wrote: »

I can't remember *any* of them. There's probably a whole host of good reasons for that. Only thing I can remember was "Wordy".

Wasn't that the orange floaty thing with black arms? You've got to wonder who tripped out and thought of that one.