I remember when I had a Monday to Friday job wasting a whole weekend adjusting the gears and brakes on my bicycle before eventually taking it to a bicycle mechanic. Now it's a delicate balance between making money trading, having some free time and enjoying the fruits of your own handiwork.
And set out your shed pad corners with a manometer (aka any old clear tube with water in it) and take a level off those with string. Or better still pay someone to do the shitty jobs and just do the nice bits. 
I used to live in a flithy bedsit because I found housework a shitty job and never did any. I've now developed the attitude that life was never meant to be a bed of roses. Just get on with the shitty jobs and enjoy a nice clean environment, until the cat desides to empty the contents of its stomach wherever it happens to be.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:12 pmWord of advice Derek about wood flooring.... 'carpet'.And set out your shed pad corners with a manometer (aka any old clear tube with water in it) and take a level off those with string. Or better still pay someone to do the shitty jobs and just do the nice bits.
That was a sad story. I saw a guy on his roof last week at the end of my street. He must have been in his mid 80s. He seemed relaxed, but I was terrified for him and hurried away, hoping not to hear a thud.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:53 pmI use a guy called Rod Hull for roofing jobs, not seen him for a while tho
(coincidentally my old man did a lot of roofing so I know the theory, but I'm sh!t scared of heights so that keeps me on terra firma)
Poor guy might have been stranded, pop out and see if he's still there...brimson25 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:10 amThat was a sad story. I saw a guy on his roof last week at the end of my street. He must have been in his mid 80s. He seemed relaxed, but I was terrified for him and hurried away, hoping not to hear a thud.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:53 pmI use a guy called Rod Hull for roofing jobs, not seen him for a while tho
(coincidentally my old man did a lot of roofing so I know the theory, but I'm sh!t scared of heights so that keeps me on terra firma)
That could so easily have been "Man with dementia dies after falling off roof" or "unsafe worker falls off roof and is saved by soft landing on pushchair". Either way I think I'd have phoned the police to be on the safe side rather than turning a blind eye.
Mind you, could of been someone re-enacting the strangeway riots. (nearly 30 years ago). Have a look if you recognise him in the news report.
