I have different containers for all sorts of different sizes of screws. How come when I need to do something, the size I need is always the one I don't have enough of? Then it's a trip to the DIY store, and when I get back there isn't time to do the thing I wanted to do, or the notion's gone off me . Bit of bodging usually works out ok Philippa. That 'grips like **** 'glue is brilliant stuff too
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
OH needed something for a job last week. Don't ask me what, but he found it in the garage where it has been waiting for it's moment to shine for 35 years. He said he nearly threw it away last year (yeah right) , but hung on to it "just in case ". No wonder l can't get in the door !
Effin weather. The car is immaculately polished and ready for me to take some photos for the advert and it starts raining. It's that potchy type of rain that is just enough to get the car wet and then just as it dries back out again another pizzley shower comes along and soaks it again. The forecast promised no rain today.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Anni - I'd have ordered a skip by now..... We were promised that too, w.edges. At least our showers today were more worthwhile - hefty enough for a good wetting.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We are very lucky here, there’s a little hardwear shop, sells petrol, diesel, oil, also amimal feeds, sweets milk and stamps, but also any hardware you want by the each. 3 screws, no problem, it’s like the two Ronnies shop. Not with the panty hose though. He’s always busy, we have a fuel account with him, he puts it in the car for us, he’ll check oil, water and tyres, he brings us oil as soon as we order, with a discount over 900lts. Everyone supports them. We’d be lost without them.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
@Fairygirl, l have dreams where a massive skip arrives, and l basically put the entire contents of the garage into it ! A few years ago, we had a new bathroom fitted and l attempted to hide a few bits and pieces from the garage in the skip we had. Needless to say l was thwarted !
Dear FIL departed this life in 1998 ... MIL is still clearing out his store sheds and workshops ... one down, two to go ... but in the meantime she’s had her own shed built ... 🤭
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My dad has a barn full of useful stuff stacked to the rafters. There's at least 5 boats in there including a 25ft yacht he's been 'building' for 40 years now. I forsee the day when I inherit this treasure trove and have to deal with the contents. I don't have the first clue how he even plans to get the boats out so it'll be interesting to say the least. It's a proper ship in a bottle situation at the moment.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I live in London. A few roads away, you can see into the back gardens. In one there is a boat, the kind with a big fin-like thing on the bottom and a sort of cabin in the top. It has a sort of 60s/70s look about it ( you can tell how much I know about boats). It's covered in algae and ivy. I suspect the only water it's ever seen is rain. There is a river nearby, but apart from the floods in 66, it never gets deeper than one foot. I think it was probably won in one of those game shows where you could win a cuddly toy or a hostess trolley. It looks vaguely post apocalyptic now.
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Then it's a trip to the DIY store, and when I get back there isn't time to do the thing I wanted to do, or the notion's gone off me .
Bit of bodging usually works out ok Philippa. That 'grips like **** 'glue is brilliant stuff too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We were promised that too, w.edges. At least our showers today were more worthwhile - hefty enough for a good wetting.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
He’s always busy, we have a fuel account with him, he puts it in the car for us, he’ll check oil, water and tyres, he brings us oil as soon as we order, with a discount over 900lts. Everyone supports them. We’d be lost without them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think it was probably won in one of those game shows where you could win a cuddly toy or a hostess trolley.
It looks vaguely post apocalyptic now.