Daydream fund challenge part 4

Davesnave

lucielle wrote: »

I've been away with work again, this time for a team building session. Went to Kielder and did crate stacking, Jacobs ladder and canoeing. Covered in bruises and my back and hip are very sore. Going to the docs with back on Monday as it has been sore for over a month now
L

Sounds more like body building than team building! :eek:

I remember the stuff: "Here's a pack of balloons and some string. Make an armchair..." :rotfl:

A foundation course isn't necessarily a waste of time. It depends on the student. My DD2 did one and found it excellent preparation.

OTOH, she thought being 'arty' meant no one would expect her to have GCSE maths. The less prestigious institutions didn't, but the one she chose insisted, so it was 'back to school!' :shocked:

I recall that school wouldn't let me do English Lit, so I refused to learn French and just sat there.:p You can tell how mature a student I was, but je ne regrette rien!....Well, not much....

rhiwfield

CTC, the brass bed poles have iron inserts for strength.

I think that, when put together, it will look like this one

It is a single, the poles at the head end are about 6 foot high on casters, prob about 3' 6" at foot end

Davesnave

I had a bed like that when I first set up home in a Georgian penthouse (otherwise known as the servant's quarters :rotfl:)

It wasn't as posh as that one, because it was part brass and part iron, but I still had to bid against Lady Oxford to get it.

I seem to remember it was an odd size, neither single nor double, so no bedlinen fitted it properly. Anyway, it was just one of the items that had to be sold when I moved into a sensible-sized house of my own.

Not sure that I minded seeing it go! Would it have been a horse-hair mattress?:eek:

rhiwfield

Davesnave wrote: »

I had a bed like that when I first set up home in a Georgian penthouse (otherwise known as the servant's quarters :rotfl:)

It wasn't as posh as that one, because it was part brass and part iron, but I still had to bid against Lady Oxford to get it.

I seem to remember it was an odd size, neither single nor double, so no bedlinen fitted it properly. Anyway, it was just one of the items that had to be sold when I moved into a sensible-sized house of my own.

Not sure that I minded seeing it go! Would it have been a horse-hair mattress?:eek:

Yes, it looks like a big single but until/if I put it together I wont be sure of dimensions. And spare time atm is hard to come by.

But it's a real statement of a bed so it needs to be done rather than taking up more space in the garage (if I can get it out of the car first where its currently residing with the Life Guard companion set!)

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks Rhiwie.. looking for doubles.


not a nice day here weather wise,


thought mammy no 2 would have had her babies by now... so fingers crossed it will be tonight now..hubby is up the ranch, and I am home cooking..


I have starting getting into a routine over the last few weeks.. gone back to batch cooking.. so at the moment we eat like kings over the weekend, and at the beginning of the week, and then it slides down to heating a tin of something up and eating it with loads of bread and butter lol..

alfie_1

rhiwi..... i cant get the link :eek: sshhhh but the suns out here see's ya later x

I_have_spoken

Been a lovely sunny day in Glasgow, but the wind is now starting to gust! Everything in the garden is whipping about, hope everyone is battened down...

Rummer

I need some DIY advice and I thought I would ask in here before venturing onto the other boards

The walls in our house are scary tough to drill into however once the drill breaks the surface the wall behind crumbles leaving a hole that is too big. What do we do to prevent that as we want to put up a curtain rail however we now have quite a few holes in the wall

Davesnave

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Been a lovely sunny day in Glasgow, but the wind is now starting to gust! Everything in the garden is whipping about, hope everyone is battened down...

Blooming windy all day here, but it made little difference as I was stuck into hoovering and other indoor tasks all morning.

Then my get up & go got up and went!...

Was it the flu jab I had at 9am? All I felt fit for was recycling wood from the demolition we've done, but pulling big nails out of 6"x3" was painfully slow. I came to the conclusion that we'd be better just burning most of the short bits, so I marked it up for careful slicing with the chain saw.

Hope Mammy has an easy one, CTC... and that you have a good night. At least it's warm!

Davesnave

Rummer wrote: »

I need some DIY advice and I thought I would ask in here before venturing onto the other boards

The walls in our house are scary tough to drill into however once the drill breaks the surface the wall behind crumbles leaving a hole that is too big. What do we do to prevent that as we want to put up a curtain rail however we now have quite a few holes in the wall

You need to ID the materials your wall is made from, if possible. Then ask.

Or maybe use an undersize drill?

Otherwise, something like this works in just about everything, but it isn't cheap and doesn't store for long periods once opened:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-polyester-resin-175ml/53359