Nickfromwales Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 9 minutes ago, ProDave said: I assume you mean the boat? yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJunFan Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 17 hours ago, recoveringacademic said: @ProDave and @Crofter ... you've got me seriously thinking. How about a nice 18 foot clinker dinghy to potter round Morecambe Bay, and maybe to pop over to the Isle of man? Or down to Angelesy and back? Your posts made me remember how good it is to look forward to a good sail somewhere - even if the trip is hard work. Maybe when the house is finished. Now there's some motivation. You might even sell the digger for a boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, DeeJunFan said: You might even sell the digger for a boat! He could dig a dry dock in the newt pond to build and then test it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) I seem to recall griff Rhys-Jones stating that his vintage wooden yacht had absorbed half a million, to be worth £195k. http://www.classicyachtargyll.com/q-a-by-griff-rhys-jones/ My most favouritest self-build *ever* is the chap who decided to build a shooting punt and punt gun from scratch, after he'd built the workshop to build it in. The thread is here but since 2012 the pics seem to have vanished: http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/217901-making-a-gunning-punt-and-punt-gun/ How many self-build houses have all the screw heads at the same angle? (Expects at least one person to go "meeeeeeeeeeeeeee !! " Ferdinand Edited July 21, 2016 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJunFan Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 5 hours ago, Ferdinand said: I seem to recall griff Rhys-Jones stating that his vintage wooden yacht had absorbed half a million, to be worth £195k. http://www.classicyachtargyll.com/q-a-by-griff-rhys-jones/ My most favouritest self-build *ever* is the chap who decided to build a shooting punt and punt gun from scratch, after he'd built the workshop to build it in. The thread is here but since 2012 the pics seem to have vanished: http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/217901-making-a-gunning-punt-and-punt-gun/ How many self-build houses have all the screw heads at the same angle? (Expects at least one person to go "meeeeeeeeeeeeeee !! " Ferdinand I doubt all my windows will be at the same angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 From my recent short holiday on the Isle of Mull A young Sea Eagle: Fingals cave on Staffa Puffins on Lunga (Treshnish Isles) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) Like the idea of playing Mendelssohn's music at full blast ( earphones) while approaching the cave .on my tick list ... jealous Or as an ex para, ride of the Valkyries Edited August 19, 2016 by Tennentslager Dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 On 21/07/2016 at 16:57, Ferdinand said: I seem to recall griff Rhys-Jones stating that his vintage wooden yacht had absorbed half a million, to be worth £195k. http://www.classicyachtargyll.com/q-a-by-griff-rhys-jones/ My most favouritest self-build *ever* is the chap who decided to build a shooting punt and punt gun from scratch, after he'd built the workshop to build it in. The thread is here but since 2012 the pics seem to have vanished: http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/217901-making-a-gunning-punt-and-punt-gun/ How many self-build houses have all the screw heads at the same angle? (Expects at least one person to go "meeeeeeeeeeeeeee !! " Ferdinand Ref the screws.....I suppose you would drive them in with a cordless then go back and tweak to the same angle with a manual screwdriver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 10 minutes ago, Onoff said: Ref the screws.....I suppose you would drive them in with a cordless then go back and tweak to the same angle with a manual screwdriver? I knew you'd bite before me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 10 hours ago, Onoff said: Ref the screws.....I suppose you would drive them in with a cordless then go back and tweak to the same angle with a manual screwdriver? Stop it. This is all making me worse. I've been trying for years to stop putting things in straight lines and keeping symmetry. My other half is always having a go at me about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 The Screwheads all lining up was an old British Rail thing on old trains with wooden interiors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, ProDave said: The Screwheads all lining up was an old British Rail thing on old trains with wooden interiors. And I still do it on hinges and handles ...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Slotted (brass, roundheads?) have got to be the most obvious if off kilter. Saying that the more you look at them the more it bugs you: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 So why is the slotted horizontal but the Philips slot vertical ..??!!!! aaagggghhh...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 1 hour ago, PeterW said: So why is the slotted horizontal but the Philips slot vertical ..??!!!! aaagggghhh...!!! And there's the 30/50 kicking in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Onoff said: Slotted (brass, roundheads?) have got to be the most obvious if off kilter. Saying that the more you look at them the more it bugs you: When you park your car, do you have to make sure all the tyre brands are the same way up and the wheel centres/logo in the same orientation? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Onoff Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 1 hour ago, daiking said: When you park your car, do you have to make sure all the tyre brands are the same way up and the wheel centres/logo in the same orientation? Up until now no..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Big yellow thing is in the sky... boat is calling... see you peeps in a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 1 hour ago, daiking said: When you park your car, do you have to make sure all the tyre brands are the same way up and the wheel centres/logo in the same orientation? No, but SWMBO does have to make sure the wheels are pointing straight ahead, otherwise it "confuses" her. Me, if I have just parallel parked, I leave the wheels at whatever angle they end up at, on the basis that's the way I will need them pointing to get out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 15 minutes ago, Crofter said: Big yellow thing is in the sky... boat is calling... see you peeps in a few days Enjoy, I was out on mine on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 3 hours ago, Crofter said: Big yellow thing is in the sky... boat is calling... see you peeps in a few days 3 hours ago, ProDave said: Enjoy, I was out on mine on Thursday. Still building mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stones Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) Out fishing this morning, a rising tide, light breeze assisting my cast - 12 cracking Mackrel the result. We even had a brief period (30 seconds literally) when the water next to the pier was 'boiling' with fish, as a small shoal of Mackrel came in and fed on whitebait. A single cast out (3 hooked) before the boiling ceased and the Mackrel disappeared! An amazing sight seeing the Mackrel hunting their prey. Mackrel fillets with lemon & garlic mayo on a roll for lunch , a freezer stocked up with fillets and a healthy store of bait for next time. Edited August 21, 2016 by Stones Typo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 On 7/18/2016 at 07:43, Barney12 said: Reading the OP has made me realise that I havnt taken a day off (from either work or the build) since Christmas. I would quite like to take a few days off but I'd only sit and fidget fretting about the things I could be doing! We were the same all last year. Hardly a day (or even an evening) off, and any time we did take off had us both sitting there feeling guilty! It's taken us a surprising amount of time to break out of that feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just back from the family holiday in Cornwall - raced into the house on arrival home and spent 10 mins playing with the light switches that the sparky had powered up while we were away. Small pleasures. Now coming to terms with the still sizeable to do list before we can move in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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