Heartland

Pista wrote:Looking at washing machines.
Mine's about to die. Sounds like it has a cricket ball in the drum when it spins

I really need to do this too! A couple of times when it's been cold, i've had to put the heater on it to get it to start, looks like the electrics are on their last legs! It's 17 years old, no idea what to go with next, i'm hoping it will hold out a while longer yet - could do without that expense!

Charlie wrote:

Pista wrote:Looking at washing machines.
Mine's about to die. Sounds like it has a cricket ball in the drum when it spins

I really need to do this too! A couple of times when it's been cold, i've had to put the heater on it to get it to start, looks like the electrics are on their last legs! It's 17 years old, no idea what to go with next, i'm hoping it will hold out a while longer yet - could do without that expense!

On the plus side, with all the black Friday deals now is prolly the best time to be looking.

Pista wrote:Looking at washing machines.
Mine's about to die. Sounds like it has a cricket ball in the drum when it spins

Im quite pleased with my Samsung bubble jet or whatever its called, seems to be good at getting stuff clean.

In the olden days weren't bubblejets a form of printer??

Swinnow wrote:In the olden days weren't bubblejets a form of printer??

Yes I had an early so called photo one it was dare I say unimpressive and went back to Cibachrome a glorious medium.

ive been celebrating one of my sisters 50th birthday for 3 days. i'm the only one left awake. lightweights.

... and *breathe*

Un-plumbing a washing machine & moving a shelf to accommodate the new one that arrives on Monday

travelling at the light of speed... logically of course comme une parrallelogram.

Fitting a new toilet seat.
I'm so rock n roll

Working from home. Which means hanging out with the pets and grooming my bunny (not an euphemism)

Pista wrote:Fitting a new toilet seat.
I'm so rock n roll

Does it have a washlet attachment? I'm just back from Tokyo and my nipsie has never been so clean thanks to the bidet attachments that every loo (private and public) has. Seriously considering getting one.

EvilBastard wrote:

Pista wrote:Fitting a new toilet seat.
I'm so rock n roll

Does it have a washlet attachment? I'm just back from Tokyo and my nipsie has never been so clean thanks to the bidet attachments that every loo (private and public) has. Seriously considering getting one.

Not that flash unfortunately. But it has one of those slow drop seats that you can't help but stand & watch

enjoying the sun...

good god being goth in europe is really easy until that northern sun starts shining in all her glory... i have turned slightly brown within a day...

oh well better enjoy cause in this place i will turn pale before the next week WTF is going on with this year's spring and start summer?

Singing Campione and Allez, Allez, Allez with my brother and sons

Swinnow wrote:Singing Campione and Allez, Allez, Allez with my brother and sons

I saw some of the photos of Liverpool city centre over the weekend. Blimey but scousers know how to throw a party

markfiend wrote:

Swinnow wrote:Singing Campione and Allez, Allez, Allez with my brother and sons

I saw some of the photos of Liverpool city centre over the weekend. Blimey but scousers know how to throw a party

don't get to do it as often as thewy used to innit. Kings of Europe still? Kings of Europe still.

Stripping wallpaper.
it's 35ºc out & I'm stripping wallpaper.
Go me!

Pista wrote:Stripping wallpaper.
it's 35ºc out & I'm stripping wallpaper.
Go me!

You rock n'roller, you!
I always find that setting benchmarks and rewards helps for jobs like this ( - "When I've finished this wall I will reward myself with a cup to tea and a fag. When I've done half the room I can have lunch. When I've done the whole room then I can sit in the garden in a deckchair with a nice cold beer, knotted hankie on my head, cricket on the wireless, with the satisfaction of a job well done."

That reminds me. I stripped the wallpaper on our stairs last week; I need to finish filling the holes in the plaster that resulted...

I agree with EvilBastard's idea; chunking it up and rewarding yourself for finishing each chunk is a great way to proceed.

I'm trying to chunk it up but when you get on a roll with whole strips coming off in almost one piece, it gets a bit addictive.

Stopped for the day & enjoying a cold one on the balcony now

Ripping out door frames today.
Roll on cold beer o'clock

Built a bed
Before

After


& have a couple of new doors fitted

Wow, you're really good with your hands! ... Kudos to you! ... ...

Pista wrote:Built a bed

First time I looked at that pik I'd thought you'd built a seriously high-end foosball table!

Kudos indeed! There's a lot of satisfaction to sitting back, looking at the completed project and thinking "Yep, I did that - with these, my own two hands. Not bad, right - seems I'm not just a pretty face."