Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

Sunshine_girl2

I struggle getting paint tins open as well, don't know what the easy way is .

Sun_Addict

Suffolk_lass said:

Sun_Addict said:

It’s not Census time again is it? Doesn’t feel like 5 minutes since I filled the last one in 😩

Hope you find a new cleaner soon 🤞

Are you in Scotland too?

No England. I didn’t realise we had different census times.

Sun_Addict

Sunshine_girl2 said:

I struggle getting paint tins open as well, don't know what the easy way is .

I use the end of a screwdriver to prise it off.

beanielou

Sun_Addict said:

Sunshine_girl2 said:

I struggle getting paint tins open as well, don't know what the easy way is .

I use the end of a screwdriver to prise it off.

That's what I tried to do.
I wonder if it is harder as it has been opened already.

jwil

I hope you have a lovely weekend.  I feel your pain with the paint tin, they can be impossible to open, and I definitely think it's harder once they've been open.

Suffolk_lass

Sun_Addict said:

Suffolk_lass said:

Sun_Addict said:

It’s not Census time again is it? Doesn’t feel like 5 minutes since I filled the last one in 😩

Hope you find a new cleaner soon 🤞

Are you in Scotland too?

No England. I didn’t realise we had different census times.

I knew last year when we did ours, but forgot and posted a dozy comment on ed's diary - worse than not knowing here!

Suffolk_lass

I agree with @jwil - definitely harder once opened. I go all round with my oversized screwdriver (a bit more leverage) but often end up unfurling the rounded edge of the lid to introduce a razor-sharp hazard element 

Karmacat

I opened a new paint tin last week, after the dregs of the last one were mixed with all kinds of bits and goo.  It was weirdly easy to get off, though it was a really big tin - and actually, its kind of oozing at the bottom, I think its imploding under its own weight (or age  ).    

Good luck with the Scottish census all - as an amateur genealogist, I bet your descendants will be thanking you I have one census form for my family from the experimental census carried out in 1821 in Northamptonshire, its amazing to see.

beanielou

Paint finally opened with the help of a passing friend who wanted to borrow something
Then I touched up the chips on the step which were irritating me so much
Then Miss S deceided to 'help' so no idea what it will be like when it's dry 

My lovely handyman is going to spray the fence & is going to put his thinking cap on re the ramp as the paint has totally peeled of in bits & looks dire.  That was heavy duty paint. Bah. Bah.

I need to0 source one of these wee hanging things for socks & bits & bobs.
As my balance is so poor I am struggling to hang things on the washing line.

Lovely sunny day today.
Always lifts the spirits.

Sun_Addict

The hanging things are quite cheap in Wilko if you have one up your way. I used to have one but Mr SA broke it, no surprises there 🙄