Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's not much water. Take an ice cream tub, or pot noodle pot; put a bit of sponge in the bottom to "grip" the stone/item, just cover the item with about 1/2" of water.... keeps the end bit cooler as it gets hot when you drill into glass/stone.

It's not like filling the bath with 2' of water, putting stones in there, plugging the drill in with an extension lead then sitting in the bath and turning the drill on

Jolly glad to hear it! :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl: :eek:

Pyxis

LydiaJ wrote: »

If we're going to pick Bible names that belonged to resourceful women, how about Jael, who saved the nation by lulling the enemy commander into a false sense of security and then hammering a tent peg through his head while he was asleep. Haven't met many girls named after her!

:rotfl: :rotfl:

That set my cough off,again! :rotfl:

Look at it this way.
Rather than a girl being named after a villainess or victim etc. it could be viewed simply that some dubious ladies just happen to have a name you like.
After all, Elizabeth, Mary, Rosemary and Myra have been the names if some ghastly females, but it doesn't mean their names are ghastly.



Having said that, I might draw the line at calling a baby boy Attila, though!

silvercar

I always thought that Tamar was short for Tamara, until I met someone who named their child Tamar. I don't know anyone over 10 called Tamar.

Awful day, close friend's brother had a heart attack and died, leaving 3 little kiddies. He was only 44. To cap it all she lost her sister in a car crash decades ago. Her parents are both in their 70s, not sure how they will cope losing a second child.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

awful day, close friend's brother had a heart attack and died, leaving 3 little kiddies. He was only 44. To cap it all she lost her sister in a car crash decades ago. Her parents are both in their 70s, not sure how they will cope losing a second child.

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

Awful day, close friend's brother had a heart attack and died, leaving 3 little kiddies. He was only 44. To cap it all she lost her sister in a car crash decades ago. Her parents are both in their 70s, not sure how they will cope losing a second child.

Oh silvercar! That's awful. That poor family!

If you have an opportunity, in due course, you might like to point them in the direction of these people:

Link for support for those losing a spouse or partner under the age of 50

Link for support for those losing a child of any age

They also do an event for those who've lost a sibling, but it's aimed at young adults in their 20s and 30s so your friend may be a bit old for that.

Before recommending them, you'll probably want to know that Care for the Family is a Christian organisation but their bereavement support services are for people of any faith or none, and on the weekend all the specifically Christian stuff is confined to a couple of optional sessions. Actually, all the sessions are optional - it's all very flexible. The couple who run the widowed young events are some of the most welcoming people I've ever come across - from the moment I walked through the door they made me feel they were so glad that I'd come, and that looking after me in whatever way I needed was the only thing on their minds, and it would be their pleasure to accommodate whatever would help me most.

I'm going on the training in the spring to become one of their widowed young befrienders.

LydiaJ

Another thought, silvercar.

I didn't give you any links to bereavement services for children, because they tend to be locally based, so it depends where you live which organisation is relevant. However, if you'd like me to find out more, please do let me know (on the thread or PM if you prefer) whereabouts in the country you friend's brother's family are, and I'll find out for you. The local charity here that helped my kids will probably have contacts in other parts of the UK.

SingleSue

Conditional offer received from Portsmouth this morning, only waiting on one university now.

PasturesNew

Drill fail - going to have to take it back.

I opened the box, opened the lid - and was staggered by the size of it! The drill filled the whole box.

So I tried to pick it up - and there's absolutely no way I could hold this in place without using both hands, crouching down and bracing myself against a solid wall.

It's a BEAST of a drill.

It's for a fully-grown adult, with big hands and huge/strong arms.

So it's going back.



Trying to google it now, looks like it "weighs over 5Kg" according to some people online... who say it's suitable for small demolition work.

It's this one, zoom in on picture: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Workzone-1500W-Rotary-Hammer-Drill/dp/B00GTR9WPW

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Drill fail - going to have to take it back.

I opened the box, opened the lid - and was staggered by the size of it! The drill filled the whole box.

So I tried to pick it up - and there's absolutely no way I could hold this in place without using both hands, crouching down and bracing myself against a solid wall.

It's a BEAST of a drill.

It's for a fully-grown adult, with big hands and huge/strong arms.

So it's going back.

Is it a cordless one with a power pack?
If so, they are very heavy.

The mains-wired ones aren't as heavy.

You do still need both hands though, at least until the hole gets going.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Is it a cordless one with a power pack?
If so, they are very heavy.

The mains-wired ones aren't as heavy.

You do still need both hands though, at least until the hole gets going.

No, it's not cordless at all.

It's a BEAST. I couldn't even pick it up out of the case with both hands

Somebody else seems to put the weight at 13Kg, but it's difficult to find any specs at all re weight.