Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

There were also some green things on the ground (bushes? shrubs?) .... and I thought "er, they look a bit thick/bigger than they were" so I also randomly parted a couple of those and hacked some chunks out with the shears... but then I thought "this is rubbish, probably doing it wrong" and stopped.

I always get over enthusiastic when I attack shrubs, lucky I'm not a hairdresser.

silvercar

Spirit wrote: »

I am 10 and a half according to this morning scales.

Not good at all:(

I just need to move more and eat less. How is that so bl**dy difficult? I am unlikely to miss a meal..but positively avoid exercise.

Mmmm...I may start the 10000 steps thing again..when i did it previously that worked for me. Need to motivate myself and not let the acute and diabetes stuff help me let myself off the hook.

There is a facebook group thing going called 100 days of exercixe. You commit to doing 30 minutes of any exercise for the next 100 days and are meant to post in the group each day to say what you have done or make some excuse. Generally seems to be full of comments full of enthusiasm for the first week then tales off to "does running round like a headless chicken count as exercise?"

We have been eating out a lot here, but I have been swimming 40 lengths most days, so I'm hoping the scales at home will be happy.

LydiaJ

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH is arranging Danny's Brit, now his forceps marks are nearly gone. Fortunately, I don't have to attend, so I won't.

How do you feel about him having it?

Spirit wrote: »

I like this:

http://blog.petflow.com/a-man-interviewed-his-guinea-pig/#K3TeAyr4Ft0xkerD.01

I just shared that with DD. We enjoyed it.

PasturesNew wrote: »

.... borrowed a ladder and had a dodgy session of waving my arms about in the air with some shears while perched 4' off the ground ..... didn't make much of a dent in it really ... but I showed willing.

You are a short term tenant who's about to move out. I don't think it matters if you don't prune the trees.

GDB2222

Nikkster wrote: »

If that's directed at me, I need a clue please Even if its not, I have no idea what this means.

You seem to be talking in TLAs today!



I did indeed. Seemed like a good price for a decent branded drill. Reviews seem good too unless you're trying to use it as a screwdriver or use cheap bits.

I'll look out for those bits next time I venture into diy shop (which is more often than I ever imagined I would!)

When he was very little, I took my son to bandq. He summed it up very nicely: it's a daddy's supermarket!

GDB2222

Oh, and SDS is a type of drill that is not compatible with the one you bought.

lostinrates

I don't know if she'll see this but there is one space in pm box, but only one, so the person who pm'ed me could re try sometime over the weekend.

Nikkster

GDB2222 wrote: »

Oh, and SDS is a type of drill that is not compatible with the one you bought.

I've looked it up Apparently it is unclear what the s, d and s actually stand for.

I think the one I got should be plenty adequate as a My First Drill. Should I really get into it and decide to take down a wall etc. I'll look into upgrading. Or getting someone to help me!

I'm sure I can muster up enough bodyweight to put behind my non-SDS drill.

Mentioned to my dad I'd bought a drill so he doesn't need to bring his next time he visits. I've told him to bring some polyfilla instead

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

Stupid Drill Size
Standard Drill Size
Slim Drill Size

That's what I love about all equipment - everything's built to a standard. Great idea..... now, if only there weren't tons of standards!!!

The SDS bit was developed by Hilti and Bosch in 1975. The name comes from the German "Stecken – Drehen – Sichern" (Insert – Twist – Secure). In German-speaking countries the back-formation "Spannen durch System" (Clamping System) is used, though Bosch uses "Special Direct System" for international purposes.[1][2]

michaels

First you buy a hammer drill cos that seems to be what you need to drill I to walls then you struggle a lot until you buy better quality drill bits and it is not to bad then someone who knows what they are doing turns up with an SDS d rill and you realise you have been struggling for nothing.

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

First you buy a hammer drill cos that seems to be what you need to drill I to walls then you struggle a lot until you buy better quality drill bits and it is not to bad then someone who knows what they are doing turns up with an SDS d rill and you realise you have been struggling for nothing.

I'm sure

Happy to keep the outlay to under £50 until the novelty of diy has worn off and I either a) pay someone to do it instead or b) decide this is something I'm happy to spend more time and/ or money on.

I enjoy the struggle anyway. I'm not one to let no/ the wrong tools get in the way of doing something... I unblocked that doorway using a screwdriver (not a proper one, one of those multitool ones - used to unseal the layers of wallpaper over the join) and a claw hammer which I acquired in one of the house shares I lived in. That and a good dollop of determination (and procrastination).