What are your potential self isolation projects?

[Mogden]

Celebrating being an introvert and autist cos this isolation stuff is easy for me I have jigsaws, Lego, books and a hunger to learn. I'm carrying on my mission to learn Japanese, I've got some decorating to do, still some decluttering to do including the final hurdle of big sorting which is the cellar. The garden needs some attention and I have cats to fuss. Now if work could just hurry up and close I could get on with it. Ooo I can get my Raspberry Pi up and running too. There's so many cool things to be doing!

 

[Bus Honeygun]

The garden is a bit of a niggle between my wife and me. I have next to no interest in it. For the 25 years of our relationship, first off my wife craved a garden when we lived in pokey flats, then when we got a house with a small garden it was all wrong somehow and we needed a 'proper' garden. We've now had a proper garden for three years and I'm still the one who bites the bullet and does the basic maintenance while she just thinks about it.

We've finally compromised and agreed to just turn over the small patch of weeds and grass and sow wildflower mix in it. Low maintenance, looks nice, good for nature. And thanks to the developing lockdown, I think we might actually do it.

That and label a backlog of railway photos.

And improve my French. Doing that via Duolingo, which is simultaneously great and really annoying.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'm trying to guess when the library will be closed so I can get in just in time and get a stack of books on de facto indefinite loan.

 

[frogwoman]

Want to do some writing although the dystopian trilogy is somewhat close to home

 

[hegley]

Actually my book is about a half-baked attempt at reprogramming humans to be immune to viral infections which itself ends up killing off most of humanity. But it's actually pretty life-affirming and shit.

I would quite like to read that!

 

[wiskey]

A box of board games has just been delivered (I'm going to swap with local friends once our kids get tired of them), werv has an airfix kit to do and I can knit

 

[hegley]

In my head:

Got a needle felting kit for Christmas which I haven't started yet.
Am considering resubbing to World of Warcraft .
Sort the patch-that-can't-in-any-way-be-described-as-a-garden at the back of the house.
Get the bike out of the shed and actually cycle somewhere.
Do a proper bullet journal-type thing.

In reality:

Keep hitting refresh on Coronavirus news, turn into a human slug and die of scurvy.

 

[platinumsage]

Our central heating keeps losing pressure so must be leaking somewhere under the glued-down floor or in a wall void. As we're isolating, I bought a 5 metre endoscope online to find the leak myself for half the price of a callout fee. Should be fun.

 

[mystic pyjamas]

I’m going to learn Russian.

 

[Cid]

I have jade to carve and some Japanese lacquer to experiment with. Chinese to learn. Would also love to try the guitar again, or perhaps trumpet (I have a practice mute). And get back into reading/writing. So many things.

Sadly probably just going to have to work through the whole thing though.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Downstairs loo to redecorate.

Garden to do - veg patch to turn over and replant, border timbers to put in. Paths to weed, pressure wash and re-edge. Grapevine to trim back and tie up properly so it climes the pergola and forms a vine-ceiling (yes I'm aware of just how middle class all of that sounds).

Reading, lots of reading.

Woodwork project to do that I've been putting off over the winter months. Have a broken old piano to turn into a keyboard side table, that's the kind of self-isolation I could enjoy.

Also I might have the odd conversation with the girlfriend. That or Netflix.

 

[gentlegreen]

My next door neighbour is a voice coach and there are several other musicians living in the street ...

 

[SpookyFrank]

I would quite like to read that!

I'll try and knock up a working ebook version.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

so probably reading up on what a fronted adverbial is....

Sounds like a plant or an architectural feature.

One thing I'll do more of is reading books. Got tons of unread books piled up but have fallen out of the habit in the last year or so. Actually read one last night as I couldn't sleep (only 150 pages so did it in one go).

 

[LDC]

My other half has bought a load of home brew kits too. When not working I might pass it all in a haze of rough cider and vinegar like wine.

 

[wayward bob]

anyone know anything about asbestos?

for some reason we think we have some in the shed and dealt with it in the traditional way of shutting the door and never going in again

but if we could safely use the space we really need a shed. stat.

 

[gentlegreen]

anyone know anything about asbestos?

for some reason we think we have some in the shed and dealt with it in the traditional way of shutting the door and never going in again

but if we could safely use the space we really need a shed. stat.

Speaking as a non-professional, I would PVA the crap out of it.

 

[Chilli.s]

anyone know anything about asbestos?

for some reason we think we have some in the shed and dealt with it in the traditional way of shutting the door and never going in again

but if we could safely use the space we really need a shed. stat.

It is only dangerous if the surface is broken so I suppose if you paint over everything it's fine.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

anyone know anything about asbestos?

for some reason we think we have some in the shed and dealt with it in the traditional way of shutting the door and never going in again

but if we could safely use the space we really need a shed. stat.

Having recently done a H&S course at work about it - leave the fuck alone. It's safe when intact but any potential damage that can release fibres is a very serious thing. Leave it to a professional.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I've got a proper structured indoor cycling training program to follow, so ironically I'll probably be fitter by the end of any isolation period than I would have been otherwise.

Other than that, lots of books to read, beer and wine to drink, music to listen to. I've also been putting off the french lessons I've been promising myself for a while, so have downloaded various apps/courses.

 

[wayward bob]

Having recently done a H&S course at work about it - leave the fuck alone. It's safe when intact but any potential damage that can release fibres is a very serious thing. Leave it to a professional.

but if i just want to leave it there and use the space? not take it out or knock it down.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

but if i just want to leave it there and use the space? not take it out or knock it down.

Get professional advice. My uncle was an electrician and had lots of exposure to the stuff. He died in the 80s of mesothelioma.

My aunt, his wife, also died of mesothelioma that took many years to develop. She died fairly recently but the only exposure she would have had would have been from proximity to him at home. That's how dangerous it is. Don't fuck with that stuff.

 

[elbows]

Synths, and actually bothering to figure out the right notes to play with them!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

but if i just want to leave it there and use the space? not take it out or knock it down.

Until you know it’s sealed and safe, don’t use it.

It really, really isn’t something to take risks with.

 

[Looby]

I’m self-isolating but WFH so pretty much business as usual at the moment.
I do have a huge list of jobs though.
The priority is sorting out my dining room.
We’ve got 6 chairs and a dresser to paint and need new knobs.
Ugly pipes and a table fixed to the wall to cover.
shitloads of paperwork to sort and get bagged for shredding.
Stuff in there that shouldn’t be there like cushions for garden furniture.
Basically fucking loads to do before we can even think about decorating it.

 

[Looby]

anyone know anything about asbestos?

for some reason we think we have some in the shed and dealt with it in the traditional way of shutting the door and never going in again

but if we could safely use the space we really need a shed. stat.

Oh god we have this problem too, in our dining room. We think we have some behind a table that was attached to the wall. We’ve put some MDF board over and forgotten about it.

You can get specialist firms out but fuck knows how much they cost.

 

[wayward bob]

our plan was to demolish the shed to include removal of dodgy materials and then replace it with a new, insulated one. but that's organisation and £££s and big disruption, vs nip in with a mask on, clear out, seal/paint/patch and then use as a fair-weather workshop and screaming room for the duration of school closures/wfh?

eta: it's well ventilated! :hopeful:

 

[gentlegreen]

.

 

[Looby]

our plan was to demolish the shed to include removal of dodgy materials and then replace it with a new, insulated one. but that's organisation and £££s and big disruption, vs nip in with a mask on, clear out, seal/paint/patch and then use as a fair-weather workshop and screaming room for the duration of school closures/wfh?

eta: it's well ventilated! :hopeful:

It’s illegal to try and dispose of it yourself though (as well as really dangerous).

It’s a fucking pain isn’t it!

 

[Saffy]

I've got a garage full of boxes which I haven't opened since moving here 6 months ago.
The plan is to go through a box a day and decide whether we need/want it any more.