I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Si

"cuppycake" wrote

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.


My experience is:
Takes too long to find someone to do it.
Quality of work even with reference checks is often questionable.
Must be well coined up to afford to "get a man in".

Phil

cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring

Yep - it's always a pig of a job.

" cupra" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring

Yep - it's always a pig of a job.

I was just about to type the same sent
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(4,4,7)ence. Good job I checked all previous posts first

"cuppycake" wrote in message
oups.com...
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.

Some people have the patience to do it right and turn a sow's ear into a
silk purse. Others just tell 'porkies' about what a good job they did. Some
are 'ham' fisted. Personally I'm ok at the 'grunt' work but not the
complicated stuff.

My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

If you earn enough then sure - you bring home the bacon and use the money to
pay a contractor.

I must 'trotter' long now and get some of my own work done.
--
Dave Baker
Puma Race Engines
www.pumaracing.co.uk
Camp American engineer minces about for high performance specialist (4,4,7)

cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Perfectly reasonable attitude, but if so, why are you here?

The message .com
from "cuppycake" contains these words:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

What would you prefer to do that's long, boring and dirty then?

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On 11 Oct 2006 02:30:29 -0700, cuppycake wrote:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring

Sow what?

On 11 Oct 2006 02:30:29 -0700, "cuppycake"
wrote:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Who did you pay to write this for you?

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:30:29 UTC, "cuppycake"
wrote:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Some jobs are a pig. Then I consider it. :-)

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On 11 Oct 2006 02:30:29 -0700, "cuppycake" wrote:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

DIY is long ?

Do It Yourself is even longer isn't it .
?

cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.


Damn, why did I not think of that !! I could have had someone releive
me of around £8,000 I saved on the extension by DIY !!!

"cuppycake" wrote in message
oups.com...
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.

DIY is about doing something _within_ your capability. Thereby ensuring a
good, reliable, and clean result.

My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

This could be bad advice. There are far too many "cowboys" about.

I've been changing the diaphragm in my Chaffoteaux Britony II T water heater
from new (I recently renewed the third one).
There's nothing boring about doing it. And by taking my time, I'm convinced
that the work is at least as good as a good (excuse the pun) professional's
(if not better).
P.S. How much would it cost me to have this done?
I would be unhappy if I had to rely on a handyman to put up shelves, toilet
cabinet, etc...

Sylvain.

Owain wrote:
cupra wrote:
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring
Yep - it's always a pig of a job.

But the tradesmen have their snouts in the trough.

And they tend to disappear halfway through the job leaving the house
looking like a pigsty.

Owain

Yeah - and the bills make you squeal!

Guy King wrote:
The message .com
from "cuppycake" contains these words:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

What would you prefer to do that's long, boring and dirty then?

Prolly sit on a toilet trying to get the nutty one out. ;-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"cuppycake" wrote in message
oups.com...
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.


I think you lie, you obviously do do it yourself, being the w*nker that you
are.

H

The message
from " cupra" contains these words:

But the tradesmen have their snouts in the trough.

And they tend to disappear halfway through the job leaving the house
looking like a pigsty.

Owain

Yeah - and the bills make you squeal!

Don't forget the porkies about completion dates.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote:

I would be unhappy if I had to rely on a handyman to put up shelves,
toilet cabinet, etc...

I wouldn't :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "cuppycake"
saying something like:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring

Sometimes, it's a pig.


--

Dave

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
.uk...
Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote:

I would be unhappy if I had to rely on a handyman to put up shelves,
toilet cabinet, etc...

I wouldn't :-)

I know you would not be happy, but what would you charge to wipe Cuppycake's
arse as s/he can obviously do f*** all

Adam

ARWadsworth wrote:

I know you would not be happy, but what would you charge to wipe
Cuppycake's arse as s/he can obviously do f*** all

I don't think I'd go anywhere near the arse of someone called Cuppycake :-)



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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Oy! I was going to say that!

Mary

Si

" cupra" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring

Yep - it's always a pig of a job.

Oh, clever!

"Guy King" wrote in message
...
The message
from " cupra" contains these words:

But the tradesmen have their snouts in the trough.

And they tend to disappear halfway through the job leaving the house
looking like a pigsty.

Owain

Yeah - and the bills make you squeal!

Don't forget the porkies about completion dates.

They make my hair curl.

"Guy King" wrote in message
...
The message .com
from "cuppycake" contains these words:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

What would you prefer to do that's long, boring and dirty then?

There's always watching the telly - so I've heard.

Mary

In message , Guy King
writes
The message .com
from "cuppycake" contains these words:

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

What would you prefer to do that's long, boring and dirty then?

Be done by someone else, obviously

--
geoff

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Oy! I was going to say that!


You will, Mary, you will.



Si

On 2006-10-11 23:11:11 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
said:

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Oy! I was going to say that!


You will, Mary, you will.



Si

Do you know who said that first and about whom?

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-10-11 23:11:11 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
said:

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Oy! I was going to say that!

You will, Mary, you will.

Do you know who said that first and about whom?

Who said what first about whom?

David

The message
from Lobster contains these words:

Oy! I was going to say that!

You will, Mary, you will.

Do you know who said that first and about whom?

Who said what first about whom?

It was Oscar Wilde, wasn't it?

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On 2006-10-12 07:56:46 +0100, Lobster said:

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-10-11 23:11:11 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
said:

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Oy! I was going to say that!

You will, Mary, you will.

Do you know who said that first and about whom?

Who said what first about whom?

David

"You will, xxx, you will"

The answer is James McNeill Whistler (of painting his mother fame) to
his friend Oscar Wilde after the latter had remarked that he wished
that he had made some particularly witty remark.

Whistler wasn't exactly the most savoury of characters either. He
successfully sued John Ruskin for his published review of one of his
paintings (something about throwing a pot of paint in the public's
face) but won damages of a farthing.

He also made great merriment and mocked Wilde after he announced that
he batted for the other side.

All three were interesting characters. John Ruskin, of course, wrote
the immortal words that everybody should live by:

€œIt is unwise to pay too much €“ but it is unwise to pay too
little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money that is all.
When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything because the thing
you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.

The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and
getting a lot €“ it cant be done.

If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something
for the risk you run. And if you do that you will have enough to pay
for something better.€?

On 2006-10-12 08:09:37 +0100, Guy King said:

The message
from Lobster contains these words:

Oy! I was going to say that!

You will, Mary, you will.

Do you know who said that first and about whom?

Who said what first about whom?

It was Oscar Wilde, wasn't it?

Oscar was the object of the comment - see other post.

The message
from Andy Hall contains these words:

It was Oscar Wilde, wasn't it?

Oscar was the object of the comment - see other post.

Ah, yes, you are of course right.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-10-11 23:11:11 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
said:

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
cuppycake wrote:
I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty.
My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Oy! I was going to say that!


You will, Mary, you will.



Si

Do you know who said that first and about whom?

Yes, that's why I said it

Si

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:41:24 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

and mocked Wilde after he announced that he batted for the other side.

Or playing for Lancashire as it is known in some parts.



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Matt wrote:
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:41:24 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

and mocked Wilde after he announced that he batted for the other side.

Or playing for Lancashire as it is known in some parts.

Anyone see Tarrant on TV tonight? One bit was an ad for a IIRC Norwegian
Gay Pride week, and featured an animation of a sperm swimming along, and
along, then realising it was wasting its time and turning round...

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The reason why you settle for DYI is because you get SATISFACTION in doing it yourself.