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Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Senior moment:-[
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alan_m wrote: Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! Easily done. Now, I tend to draw on the mitre roughly in pencil. So you are reminded when you cut. Think that got be going was fitting ornamental coving in a room with a pair of chimney breasts. Not only which way the mitre went, but which way up for the coving, and which side of the mark was the waste. Given the long lengths and using a circular saw bench with not enough clearance either end for a full length. -- *There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and **** head's* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 04/04/2019 13:32, alan_m wrote:
Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! Apply a couple of bits of masking tape where you propose to cut before you offer it up. I can't recall now why I... -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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"alan_m" wrote in message ... Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! ha ha |
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On 04/04/2019 13:32, alan_m wrote:
Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! I did that recently with a worktop. Not too expensive fortunately. |
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On 04/04/2019 13:47, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Senior moment:-[ New alzheimers test ?. |
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alan_m wrote:
I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! It's at that point you think "phew, good job I've got just enough spare to cut another length from" and you cut the mitre in the other direction, then realise you should have cut it in the *other* other direction! |
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 18:14:06 +0100, Andrew wrote:
On 04/04/2019 13:47, Tricky Dicky wrote: Senior moment:-[ New alzheimers test ?. It happens when you're young as well! When I was in late teens, drilled a 5' 6" high 19" rack for mounting custom shelves/racks, abot 24 holes each side. Of course, the holes had to be a mirror image from the inside. Did them measured from the front, other side from the back. Corrected the wrong side, so getting another 24 holes, then corected the other wrong side that should have been done. At least it looked symmetrical enough to be a 'feature'. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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"alan_m" wrote in message ... Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! A Jap would at least have the decency to disembowel itself. Dont make a mess of the carpet, do it outside so we can hose the gore away. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:58:15 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH senile Ozzietard's latest troll**** ....and much better air in here again! -- Bill Wright to Rot Speed: "That confirms my opinion that you are a despicable little ****." MID: |
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On 04/04/2019 13:32, alan_m wrote:
Today I decided to fit a bit of plastic trim around a window opening prior to tiling the same. I measured the opening, marked up the trim and offered up the trim to the opening before cutting. It's the correct length but I cut both mitres in the same direction!!! BTDTGTTS! -- Dave The Medway Handyman |
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