Huge wrote:
The toilet in our en-suite has (had) a crack in it. No problem, I've
got today off, I'll swap it out. The replacement arrived weeks
ago.

Ever had one of those jobs where *everything* goes wrong? Seized nuts,
faulty service valves, leaks, stripped screw heads, more leaks, wrong
tools and on and on and on. The leak at the service valve only stops
when the connector to the cistern leaks, and vice versa. I can't
tighten the service valve 'cos it's jammed hard against the skirting
board - what pillock installed this? (Oops!). Everything cross-threads,
nothing fits.

Five hours later, and I've just finished (including a trip down the
local shed to get a flexible tap connector.)

I bloody hate plumbing.

Sigh.

DIY = Project you do yourself
Project = set of interconnected problems linked by a common desired outcome
The more problems you overcome, the more successful a project manager
you are!
Biggles

dave wrote:

The thing I hate most about ANY DIY job is getting the bits. There's *always*
some other bit I've forgotten, break or run out of. AND having to get 1/2
cleaned up in order to go to B&Q (or anywhere) is the worst thing for me. Maybe
I could start a business fetching things for DIYers "We get on your bits 24/7"

I live in central London, with every resource with walking distance.
Apart that is from one of the sheds, or even a local ironmongery open
weekends. Now 5-7 miles may be nothing in the suburbs or further afield,
but from here its likely to be a two hour round trip.

--
David Clark

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"DJC" wrote in message
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dave wrote:

The thing I hate most about ANY DIY job is getting the bits. There's
*always*
some other bit I've forgotten, break or run out of. AND having to get
1/2
cleaned up in order to go to B&Q (or anywhere) is the worst thing for
me. Maybe
I could start a business fetching things for DIYers "We get on your bits
24/7"

I live in central London, with every resource with walking distance.
Apart that is from one of the sheds, or even a local ironmongery open
weekends. Now 5-7 miles may be nothing in the suburbs or further afield,
but from here its likely to be a two hour round trip.

Swiss Cottage has a Homebase.

In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
I live in central London, with every resource with walking distance.
Apart that is from one of the sheds, or even a local ironmongery open
weekends. Now 5-7 miles may be nothing in the suburbs or further
afield, but from here its likely to be a two hour round trip.

Swiss Cottage has a Homebase.

Swiss Cottage isn't central London. Ask your nurse to show you a map and
explain it to you.

--
*Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Dave Plowman London SW
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"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile
flatulence wrote in message ...
In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:

I live in central London, with every resource with walking distance.
Apart that is from one of the sheds, or even a local ironmongery open
weekends. Now 5-7 miles may be nothing in the suburbs or further
afield, but from here its likely to be a two hour round trip.

Swiss Cottage has a Homebase.

Swiss Cottage isn't central London.

Near enough for a shed.

snip Richard Cranium senility

In article ,
says...
dave wrote:

The thing I hate most about ANY DIY job is getting the bits. There's *always*
some other bit I've forgotten, break or run out of. AND having to get 1/2
cleaned up in order to go to B&Q (or anywhere) is the worst thing for me. Maybe
I could start a business fetching things for DIYers "We get on your bits 24/7"

I live in central London, with every resource with walking distance.
Apart that is from one of the sheds, or even a local ironmongery open
weekends. Now 5-7 miles may be nothing in the suburbs or further afield,
but from here its likely to be a two hour round trip.


That's why you need a bicycle :-)