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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 25,701 Forumite
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    Grrrrrrrrrrrr

    All the bits in the drill bit box have got mixed up. Haven't got a clue what's what.

    How do you tell a masonary drill bit from a wood one? ( I only know because its in the right hole in the box :( )

    Masonry drills have a triangular shaped piece in the business end of the drill. Wood drills are usually very sharp. The metal drills are what's left.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • silvercar
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    ukmaggie45 wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    I think Doozer will do better than us - hers is a palace. Ours is tip with a big hole in the kitchen ceiling where the plaster fell down... Fortunately we were out buying a barbie at the time, or OH might have been an ex-OH 6 ft under :eek: as it all landed just where he'd have been stood at oven cooking. :eek:

    How does yours compare to the one in the same postcode area at 129,950 whose failings are exposed?
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  • silvercar
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    ukmaggie45 wrote: »
    Change of subject... We aren't very fond of jet skiers as some of the ones around in Abersoch Bay are really stupid. REALLY STUPID. Ignore all rules, come in at fast speed close to shore in areas where they aren't supposed to, seen swimmers have close calls myself. So OH has written a song. It's on FaceBook, but it looks to me as if it's Public, so here it is!

    You know from there you can get directly to his facebook page?
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  • GDB2222
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    silvercar wrote: »
    How does yours compare to the one in the same postcode area at 129,950 whose failings are exposed?

    I can't see one for that price. There is one for 10k more, but it's 95sm whereas Maggie's is 110 sm. do corner properties go for more?

    I think people underestimate the cost of work, or think they can DIY stuff.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • lostinrates
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Masonry drills have a triangular shaped piece in the business end of the drill. Wood drills are usually very sharp. The metal drills are what's left.

    Thank you!

    I shall enjoy putting them all back in their places. :D


    ( this is much better than the ...'this works and this doesn't' method!)
  • lostinrates
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    I think people underestimate the cost of work, or think they can DIY stuff.

    Or just think like us. We're going to want to make it ours anyway , why pay to undo someone else's to do that.
  • lostinrates
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    Did I say yesterday we did test the new collars? We went to youth zone and only one youth was there, so we parked round the corner and set off.


    They are brilliant. And we laughed A LOT. It poured with rain while we were there and two of the three hate that so we went home, but it was very funny. As we came back we passed a cotillion of youths, so I think we got perfect timing. But also, having found that parking bit I'd do it again because they mainly hang around car park. We probably parked in the private bit they go for nookie a car at a time later. :)
  • Yorkie1
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    I love the idea of a jet ski .... but I hate the mentality of 99% of people on one. To me it'd be just a handy way to potter along and see things .... for those that are on them it seems they just want to open the throttle full and make a nuisance/danger of themselves as if there are no rules!

    I've been on one once, many years ago, and if memory serves right we had to go at a faster speed than I initially felt comfortable with in order to maintain the forward momentum.

    Attitude can be rubbish at any speed, though!
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Nailed it!

    I just want a home that I can live in ..... although I've failed in that due to this pigging kitchen. Most ofit's usable if I ignore its foibles... but I've so many fears. Just discovered something else I need to do - there's plumbing for a dishwasher - a pipe goes into the soil stack area, it's got a 1.5" open pipe end... ready to connect something.... well, that's a future potential furry route if ever they were noseying around the system, so I'll have to find/fit a cap for that.

    Just stick some duct tape over it until then, it's pretty much what it was invented for.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    edited 11 October 2014 at 11:29PM
    I would like the option to delete these later so please don't quote, thanks.


    Can you see the missing one?

    Photos removed

    This mourning

    Shockingly, that passionflower also had enough top growth to go much further round the corner! I remember when we planted it we said, we'll wire that next week or the week after. I think that was last year. Maybe the year before.
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