nod Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Well it’s nearly twelve months since we moved in and most of the Sumer has been spent finishing its and putting in a drive and landscaping and I’m bored After two years Well almost three of none stop activity I’ve found a couple of plots that I like but they are both equally difficult to complete on Hence I’m typing this out at 2am Thinking to myself there must be others that have found finishing there build an anticlimax Or am I just an insomniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) You could set yourself some other building related challenges. How about designing and building a home automation system. Or designing, prototyping a new roofing method. Or go surfing. Edited November 23, 2019 by SteamyTea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Self building stresses the parts that other activities fail to reach - but some stress is useful, perhaps vital. The challenge - most days- of doing stuff I have never done before keeps me sane . So I'm planning to do more stuff I've never done before , as long as it is physically demanding. I have thought about making shakes or learning how to lay hedges or doing some stone walling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 32 minutes ago, AnonymousBosch said: Self building stresses the parts that other activities fail to reach - but some stress is useful, perhaps vital. The challenge - most days- of doing stuff I have never done before keeps me sane . So I'm planning to do more stuff I've never done before , as long as it is physically demanding. I have thought about making shakes or learning how to lay hedges or doing some stone walling. I've got 12 crates of flints need knapping! ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, Onoff said: [...] knapping! ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I have a classic car to rebuild and a vintage tractor to play with, problem is finishing the little things on the house before I am allowed to play with my toys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvincentd Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Before you started building your house were you bored? Personally after 2 years building i'm now looking to get back all my old hobbies which the demands of building has deprived me. Never again will I enter into a project that is (structured in a way that is) so all consuming. I do fancy converting a car to electric and had tucked a 944 away for the purpose...i'd be starting from an even more naive point than I did with building, but there'd be no urgency to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I have a house to rebuild, problem is starting and finishing the big things before I am allowed to play with my classic cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, mvincentd said: Before you started building your house were you bored? Personally after 2 years building i'm now looking to get back all my old hobbies which the demands of building has deprived me. Never again will I enter into a project that is (structured in a way that is) so all consuming. I do fancy converting a car to electric and had tucked a 944 away for the purpose...i'd be starting from an even more naive point than I did with building, but there'd be no urgency to it. There's a few Porsches been done over on the fullychargedshow on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 For me the hardest bit is the finishings. e.g we still have 5 doors to hang downstairs because I don't have the wood for the frames, and cannot face the soulless trawl around the timber merchants and other places to try and find the wood that is just right, because experience from doing the same before says I will probably waste a day and still not find what I want. We still have a stained glass window to procure, delayed several times for similar reasons that it's not exactly simple to organise. As regards other interests, I say this every year, but I hope I will get more sailing next year than I did this year. But it is work (as in earning a living) that mostly gets in the way of that. On that score, 3 years and counting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvincentd Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Onoff said: There's a few Porsches been done over on the fullychargedshow on YouTube Yeah, I recall they covered theelectricclassiccarco 911 a couple years ago...that was my first point of inspiration. What's your plan with the flint? You could give it to one of the flintblock makers to put through a guillotine and save a lot of ache. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, mvincentd said: Before you started building your house were you bored? Personally after 2 years building i'm now looking to get back all my old hobbies which the demands of building has deprived me. Never again will I enter into a project that is (structured in a way that is) so all consuming. I do fancy converting a car to electric and had tucked a 944 away for the purpose...i'd be starting from an even more naive point than I did with building, but there'd be no urgency to it. No that’s the funny thing When we started the build we thought where will we find time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, AnonymousBosch said: Self building stresses the parts that other activities fail to reach As does education. I did little work for my BSc, in my final year I was virtually blind because my cataract operation had been delayed. But when I then did my PGCE, I got stressed. Was not the teaching side of it, that I was used to, and the stress of a new class is quite normal, and probably healthy. Halfway though the first term, I realised that the PGCE was really a box ticking exercise. Then it became easy. I have spoken to a few people that have done the same course, and they found the same. So I think, in the academic arena, it is a change of subject, rather than ability, that is the stressful thing. It is the not knowing what is expected of one that hurts. I think building may well be like this, more on the planning and designing, rather than the brick laying and carpentry. Edited November 23, 2019 by SteamyTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 28 minutes ago, joe90 said: I have a classic car to rebuild and a vintage tractor to play with, problem is finishing the little things on the house before I am allowed to play with my toys. That’s funny We have a large Porsche dealership opened not far from us and I test drove a cayenne last Saturday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) If you want to do an ev conversion what about a 2cv --weighs nothing and won,t need a big motor or a lot of batteries to get a decent range then when you drive it hard it will lean over and you will think you are sailing LOL Edited November 23, 2019 by scottishjohn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, scottishjohn said: then when you drive it hard it will lean over and you will think you are sailing LOL A bit like cornering too quick in an early Range Rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Just now, ProDave said: A bit like cornering too quick in an early Range Rover. yes i had one of the first ones in 1977 --bought it cos you could drive it for a year --sell it on and make 20% PROFIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 21 minutes ago, scottishjohn said: If you want to do an ev conversion what about a 2cv --weighs nothing and won,t need a big motor or a lot of batteries to get a decent range then when you drive it hard it will lean over and you will think you are sailing LOL Problem is they are now collectible so not cheap, try to find one with a knackered motor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, joe90 said: Problem is they are now collectible so not cheap, try to find one with a knackered motor? good project everything bolts on - and everything is obtainable In france you can buy a NEW open top thing called an eden--perfect for you southerners that are complaing its too hot in summer definatly turn more heads than rag top porsche https://eden-cassis.co.uk/ and someone is making conversion kits for 2 cv in this country --but knowing what you guys are like --you would make your own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Just try getting the wheels balanced on a 2VC. That can be challenge if the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiBee Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 If your so bored then the bungalow we have put an offer on has an outdoor swimming pool in the back garden. It’s within 5m of the building and access to the rear is restricted to a width less than 1m. Feel free to formalise a plan of how to fill it in and put this in action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 minute ago, SteamyTea said: Just try getting the wheels balanced on a 2VC. That can be challenge if the week. need someone with an old type balancer which has a wheel stud plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 30 minutes ago, scottishjohn said: yes i had one of the first ones in 1977 --bought it cos you could drive it for a year --sell it on and make 20% PROFIT My lad has older cars amazing the market for them He brings in Jap cars He’s a pulsar arriving on Wednesday from Japan Amazing how many people want these cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Davies Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Onoff said: knapping 1 hour ago, AnonymousBosch said: ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, scottishjohn said: wheel stud plate With 3 studs. The French copy no one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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