My first diy project...
 

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)



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Cheers,

John.

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My first diy project...
 

In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!

John

My first diy project...
 

On Tue, 25 May 2021 07:55:37 +0100, Another John wrote:

In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!

John

Someone has to set he standard.

My first diy project...
 

On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 10:01:05 AM UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/05/2021 07:55, Another John wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!
Thanks, I think... :-)

(I would guess I was 6 or 7 in that photo)

Nice photo. It took me back to me having one of these junior woodworking sets,
which seems to have changed hardly at all in the last fifty years:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154080031094

(mine had an Archimedes Drill in there as well though). I was probably a whisker
older than you when I got that, but must have been working with my dad's tools
prior to that, so similar sort of ages...

J^n

My first diy project...
 

On 25/05/2021 00:46, John Rumm wrote:
I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)




The metadata does not seem entirely accurate:


Camera manufacturer motorola
Camera model moto g(6) plus

:)

My first diy project...
 

On 25/05/2021 11:40, GB wrote:
On 25/05/2021 00:46, John Rumm wrote:
I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to
sit on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)




The metadata does not seem entirely accurate:


Camera manufacturerÂ*Â*Â* motorola
Camera modelÂ*Â*Â* moto g(6) plus


Yeah, that was the problem with 127 roll film, unable to take an exif
record :-)

I suppose one could edit the exif data to read something like:

Kodak Brownie 127 Model 3
Exposure 1/40 sec
F Number f/14
ISO 100
Lens Focal Length 50mm


The camera was almost certainly one the same as this:

https://www.brownie-camera.com/8.shtml



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Cheers,

John.

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My first diy project...
 

On 25/05/2021 11:15, jkn wrote:
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 10:01:05 AM UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/05/2021 07:55, Another John wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!
Thanks, I think... :-)

(I would guess I was 6 or 7 in that photo)

Nice photo. It took me back to me having one of these junior woodworking sets,
which seems to have changed hardly at all in the last fifty years:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154080031094

(mine had an Archimedes Drill in there as well though). I was probably a whisker
older than you when I got that, but must have been working with my dad's tools
prior to that, so similar sort of ages...

In my case you can probably blame my Godfather... ISTR he bought me
something similar[1] at around that age. I remember he lived in this
fascinating old place in Wickford, with a huge (to me at the time
anyway) garden with lots of outbuildings, and "secret" paths and places
to explore. My awe and wonder however was reserved for his workshop[2]
stuffed with timber, materials and some hand tools. I would always nag
him to let me go out there and build something every time we were visiting.

[1] Don't recall mine having a saw - but hammer, some chisels, pliers,
and the g cramp etc.

[2] It sowed a seed, that one day I would have my own... realised
probably 20 odd years later:

https://www.internode.co.uk/workshop/phase3.htm

--
Cheers,

John.

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My first diy project...
 

On Tue, 25 May 2021 10:01:00 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 25/05/2021 07:55, Another John wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!

Thanks, I think... :-)

(I would guess I was 6 or 7 in that photo)

At that time I was 29!

Time machine, anyone?

Now I've got arthritis in the knees, I'm awaiting a hernia operation
and I fall asleep while watching the afternoon movie.

MM

My first diy project...
 

On Tue, 25 May 2021 12:57:25 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 25/05/2021 11:15, jkn wrote:
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 10:01:05 AM UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/05/2021 07:55, Another John wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!
Thanks, I think... :-)

(I would guess I was 6 or 7 in that photo)

Nice photo. It took me back to me having one of these junior woodworking sets,
which seems to have changed hardly at all in the last fifty years:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154080031094

(mine had an Archimedes Drill in there as well though). I was probably a whisker
older than you when I got that, but must have been working with my dad's tools
prior to that, so similar sort of ages...

In my case you can probably blame my Godfather... ISTR he bought me
something similar[1] at around that age. I remember he lived in this
fascinating old place in Wickford, with a huge (to me at the time
anyway) garden with lots of outbuildings, and "secret" paths and places
to explore. My awe and wonder however was reserved for his workshop[2]
stuffed with timber, materials and some hand tools. I would always nag
him to let me go out there and build something every time we were visiting.

[1] Don't recall mine having a saw - but hammer, some chisels, pliers,
and the g cramp etc.

[2] It sowed a seed, that one day I would have my own... realised
probably 20 odd years later:

https://www.internode.co.uk/workshop/phase3.htm

My father had a hammer and a saw, that's all. No drill. When I made a
go kart from pram wheels I found at a dump, he "drilled" the hole in
the front "axle" (piece of wood) with a red-hot poker that he stuck in
the kitchen range for 20 minutes. But with that hammer and saw dad
built several large poultry houses on our smallholding. We kept laying
hens for years. He didn't need a screwdriver, just lots of large
nails.

MM

My first diy project...
 

On 25/05/2021 07:55, Another John wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster! I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!


Define mature....





--
Adam

My first diy project...
 

On 25/05/2021 18:49, ARW wrote:
On 25/05/2021 07:55, Another John wrote:
In article ,
Â* John Rumm wrote:

I noticed an old photo the other day, and it dawned on me that this
might have been the first "DIY" thing I made - a planting trough to sit
on a windowsill.

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...DiyProject.jpg

(I am guessing about 1975 ish)

Heyyy - nice watch, kid!

So you must still be a youngster!Â* I'd always imagined you, with your
most respected position in this community, your great fund of sagacious
advice, and your immaculate productions, as being, errr, more mature!


Define mature....


Too hard for me.

OTOH it's all too easy to tell when one's corked.


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Robin
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