I had some instruction from a member of the dry stone walling association, who helped me pick up the knack, after watching me for a bit [and coming back to check one evening !] he then said that I had the eye/hand for it and left me to it ! I think because I would pick up a stone and place it far more aften than not, nor did I find the need to trim stone to fit.
I lived in the Netherlands for a while where it’s the person making the call has to announce themselves first…so if I called I would say “this is pseudonarcissus, can Cloo come out to play”. Here we get a lot of robocalls…responding with silence is useful as they generally ring off of you don’t say hello.In my penultimate year of primary school we had a teacher who spent a lot of time teaching us how to write letters properly, which really annoyed me at the time but actually did come in handy up until early adulthood. Not a great deal of call for it now.
One thing I realised when my kids started to use phones is that... they didn't know how to start a phone call or answer the phone. I grew up with my parents answering the phone and going 'Hello [our phone number]' and my kids never heard that. When they started occasionally calling friends on home phones pre having mobiles I had to tell them not to just go 'Is [friend] there?' when parents answered but that they actually should greet the parent and ask how they are before launching into that
Should I ever be promoted from from being a chief scout badge holder to being chief scout, I will instigate the “I sew my own damned badges on” badge and make it a prerequisite of all other badges…when did parents sewing on badges become a thing?
I used to service my own cars many years ago, my brother and I swapped more than one engine when young but (my age aside) lifting the bonnet on my current car reveals a mechanism as comparable in complexity to a spacecraft.
writing any sort of cheque, I would think ...
Guess it's back to calling the AA next time I get a flat on my own.
Ziggy did actually sew one on as taught at Scouts. It's only marginally worse than my efforts.Should I ever be promoted from from being a chief scout badge holder to being chief scout, I will instigate the “I sew my own damned badges on” badge and make it a prerequisite of all other badges…when did parents sewing on badges become a thing?
Mrs Q flatly refused to even attempt it on her Micra, her argument went along the lines of "I have a husband and a grown-up son, this is a job for the men in the house"I changed a tyre this year (on my driveway), after passing my test 13 years ago. Felt like I should give it a go. Turns out I couldn't even lift the spare out of the boot without help, and also couldn't loosen the wheel nuts
Don't get me started that my car doesn't have a spare wheel...I changed a tyre this year (on my driveway), first time after passing my test 13 years ago. Felt like I should give it a go. Turns out I couldn't even lift the spare out of the boot without help, and also couldn't loosen the wheel nuts
I’ve just had a vivid recollection of a model canal lock that was brought into primary school so we could learn to do that
I bet you have a spare tire somewhere
Both the A6 and the Micra both of which we replaced last year had one of those spacesaver spare wheels neither of the cars that replaced them a Lexus and a Toyota Yaris have one and I'm less than happy about it but spares definitely seem to be a non-thing these past years. Pisses me off too.
This was one of the reasons I gave up doing much work on my motorbikes. The nuts had always been done up by someone a lot stronger than me, and then acquired a good coating of mud and salt.
I absolutely loathed mine
Was so happy when the Hydro gave me credit and I bought a proper washing machine
I have known a person to plug in her hair dryer using matchsticks in the Belgian hotel and then pulled the hairdryer out of the sink of water(it fell off the shelf) Blew the hotel fuses strangely enough, it nipped a bit too, never did it again
Oh, wow! I used to have a twin tub! Had completely forgotten, and would have no idea how to use it now...I think. Maybe it would all come flooding back, hopefully not literally.
Depends how stretchy the denim is. That looks like you should do what pinkmonkey suggested and put a patch on it. (I'd put it inside rather than out. Well, that's what I'd do if I got round to it.)
But I've currently got a rip like that in my favourite pair of jeggings, and they're quite stretchy. I'll probably just backstitch them. It'll be a bit messy, but will most often be covered by long tops
If you put it on top it’ll show, if you put it under and stitch over the rip, enough, you’ll barely see it and it won’t fray.
Back in the '70's the patches were always on the outside.
Power cuts, bodies piled up in the street, union barons and patches on the outside - need we say more?
Ah... punctures.
None of these seem like theh couldn't be solved with YouTube and I can do them anyway. With people renting places and a surprising amount of that being inefficient or expensive I can see why bother tho. I've fixed washing machines cos it was mine but also had electricians, plumbers and boiler people out cos it wasn't. Even if I could do it why make it my issue. Repair people will fix it for no cost as not my property.
I've never written a cheque ever and I'm 40 lol. Just annoyed me when I got one and had to locate a bank.
I remember having a wheel nut that had been done up so tightly that I bent the wheel brace getting it undone. It ended up being a recovery call-out.Ah... punctures.
They only happen when it is pissing down, it is always an offside tyre and the road speed limit is always at least 60.
The joys of wrestling with wheel nuts as lorries thunder past, drenching you as they go.
