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  1. #16
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    I bought a load of paint so I can practice with an airless spray system.

    After a hard days toil I'm interested in exploring this new to me artistic genre.

    Manopausal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    At Mitre10 Petone this morning there were three queues of at least 10 people each at the paint counter.
    was pretty light by three oclock
    tommorow will be interesting

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    First home DIY... replace the cheap, thrashed, starting to break castors on my folding mechanic's floor creeper. Mounting isn't exactly perfect but seems to work, at least for now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackbird View Post
    It seems a bit tame after riding but I enjoy pottering in the garden. The soil is crap for vegetables but I grow a lot of bromeliads and other semi-tropical stuff. The next few weeks should let me do a bit of thinning out. We also bought a Vegepod for growing salad veggies. What a fantastic device. Not only do they grow quickly, they don't take much looking after and just a few steps from the kitchen.
    Vegepods are amazing - I've got one of the large ones - sooooo much Lettuce, Strawberries, Herbs etc.

    I'm probably going to be stripping the god-awful wallpaper from the Master Bedroom in between working.
    Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    Vegepods are amazing - I've got one of the large ones - sooooo much Lettuce, Strawberries, Herbs etc.

    I'm probably going to be stripping the god-awful wallpaper from the Master Bedroom in between working.
    They sure are - worth every cent. Our daughter in law put us onto them as she has several of different sizes. We picked ours up directly from the importer in Tauranga. Ours is the metre square one but we'll probably buy another one as it's been so good. The basil has been incredible and have had tons of it since October. We've got pesto coming out of our ears .

    Good luck with the papering. Jennie and I have a pact - she strips the old paper and I do the rest!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackbird View Post
    They sure are - worth every cent. Our daughter in law put us onto them as she has several of different sizes. We picked ours up directly from the importer in Tauranga. Ours is the metre square one but we'll probably buy another one as it's been so good. The basil has been incredible and have had tons of it since October. We've got pesto coming out of our ears .

    Good luck with the papering. Jennie and I have a pact - she strips the old paper and I do the rest!
    Yeah, we want to get a second large one, but I need to setup another area in the garden to put it - the big ones weigh almost half a tonne when loaded with Soil and water etc. so need to put some concrete down to support it.

    We are probably going to plaster the walls and then just paint them - Maybe do a feature wall, but for now - get the fugly wallpaper off the wall is the goal
    Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress

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    2 weeks ago we ripped out our kitchen and the new kitchen was booked for next week, so we dont have a kitchen for the shut down but the time will be spent installing 6k worth of oak flooring and 6 new wooden tilt and turn windows, insulating under the floor etc

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    Fuck gardening or home improvement - you can do that anytime.

    I've laid in stock of tubing and plate, got fresh gas bottles on Tuesday - and the frame jig is coming out.

    At least one frame, possibly two, depending how the gas lasts.

    And no interruptions.

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    If you live Rural you're always doing stuff. I have plenty of tree trimming and mum's always pruning in the gardens.
    Then of course there's the BonFires to get rid of it all. One of my boys has a Car workshop and he keeps me supplied with Diesel fuel (from dumb arses that put petrol in their Diesels )

    What bloke doesn't like a big arse fire ?

    You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    After a hard days toil I'm interested in exploring this new to me artistic genre.
    Where the fuck have you been living, ACDC have been around for ages
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
    Quote Originally Posted by Warren Zevon
    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post

    And no interruptions.
    ...I fucking hope...bliss for forging on...I'm not anti social, I just don't like cunts fukn with my plan...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post

    I've laid in stock of tubing and plate, got fresh gas bottles on Tuesday - and the frame jig is coming out.

    At least one frame, possibly two, depending how the gas lasts.

    And no interruptions.
    Knock me up a sidecar chassis for the BMW while you're at it
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


    Quote Originally Posted by scracha View Post
    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
    Quote Originally Posted by Warren Zevon
    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    Knock me up a sidecar chassis for the BMW while you're at it

    ...may as well knock one up for me too...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    Knock me up a sidecar chassis for the BMW while you're at it
    What's the point...You wouldn't know how to drive one.

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    Wifies all ready to go.....

    Toys for charity.
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