Tremors got a big drill....

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WPKenny

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Heh. This thread's a gem.

I've got to get around to attaching brackets to the wall of our new house for the surround sound sometime soon. Only trouble is I get home late from work (mostly 8pm these days) and last time I got around to drilling some holes, we had the guy from upstairs come and knock on our front door to see if we were okay and no one had fallen over or something. So I think I'll leave the brackets until the weekend heh.

I think I'll point this thread out to Damini if she doesn't spot it soon.

She has had a few DIY disasters and now stays well away from my drill (oo-er).

I came home one day to find she'd put up some shelves in her bedroom (at the old house) and was very proud. She admitted that a housemate, Jon, had helped her a little.

As we're packing things up to move house, she turns to me and says "I've got a secret to tell you."

She then proceeds to explain how she'd attempted the putting up of shelves on her own, had started to totally mangle the wall with my drill and gave up. Finally she wennt over the road to the local taxi rank to look for some "men" who could help her put up the shelves.

When the housemate's came home she had to make them all swear to secrecy, as she had to explain what this strange man was doing in the house helping her put up shelves. lol.

She's tried the odd thing since then but mostly stays away and leaves it to me.

I managed to run network cable through the entire house last year, which was quite a task. :)
 
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Trem

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They are rubbish at measuring and parking though because we tell them 6 inches is 12:D
 
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old.samm

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I have to admit it (although not to his face) that Trem has made quite a good job of installing the speakers. The house is still standing and I have now glued the lamp that he broke. It still makes me nervous leaving him in the house alone with a drill and a saw, sometimes the call of the DIY demon is too strong for him to resist. We could do with a kitchen extension, and when we talk about the cost I get the occasional "well really it would be a piece of piss", now you know why I worry. He really is bad at mending stuff thats not PC's, video's or stereo's, but at least we have surroung sound now.yippee:p
 
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old.D0LLySh33p

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You lie Samm. Next you'll be saying his is REALLY 12 inches.

Last time I checked it was only 4.
 
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Moön

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Originally posted by D0LLySh33p
You lie Samm. Next you'll be saying his is REALLY 12 inches.

Last time I checked it was only 4.
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Last time Dolly checked himself that is :D
 
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Trem

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Originally posted by D0LLySh33p
You lie Samm. Next you'll be saying his is REALLY 12 inches.

Last time I checked it was only 4.
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You always know how to make me look good dolls, thanks mate, last time i looked it was only 2 inches and me balls floated above it in the bath:eek:






.....and where the fuck are you?
 
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Damini

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Ok, so I failed miserably at putting the shelves up. Apparently I was using the wrong sized drill bit, and using the wrong type of drill bit, and was drilling backwards rather than forwards. All of which apparently hindered me from being any good. I didn't admit this to Kenny because he'd told me I'd be no good at it, so I insisted on doing it, because I Will Not Be Oppressed, Oh Chauvanistic OverLord! Shame he was right though...

Another confession for you Kenny - That same day, when you came home and thought Id dashed out to buy dinner... nope. I couldn't get the drill bit out of the drill, and had fled to B&Q in terror, thinking that it had melded into just one huge lump of metal. I ran up to the help desk, all wobbley chinned and begging for help. Turns out I was a pansy, and the taxi man had just tightened it too much. Quite surprised you didn't notice the drill shaped lump under my jumper as I waddled in with the hastily bought Asda goods to hide my guilt.

Samm, I bought Kenny this thingymebob that you run over walls to make sure he isnt going to drill into an electric cable, or a water pipe. Maybe an investment? It certainly stops me holding my breath everytime he tallyho's into the room with a drill.
 
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S-Gray

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lol Damini not seen you in here before (i think) or was it just to tell one of your famous stories? heh
 
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Damini

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No no, I play, ermm... *checks what forum I am in* Counter strike. Honest Guv.

Actually, it was the talk of big drills that hauled me over. And it wasn't even a bloody euthanism. I feel most disappointed...
 
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Trem

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Oh jeez i never noticed that she had started this in the CS forum, she just looks at the days latest threads and she must of just started it there.
 
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Tom

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YEY

I got approval for the bank loan for the kitchen, so now:

Remove small window
Remove bricks around old frame
Make bigger hole for larger window
Put new double glazed fancy pants window in
Change door and frame to open opposite direction
Run electricity
Run plumbing
Run gas into fitting
Install extractor
Plaster walls
Tile walls
Board floor
Tile floor
Install kitchen units
etc

Im cheating on this lot though, Im paying some fellas a shit load of moneh to do it!

Oh well:p
 
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old.D0LLySh33p

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Tommy, I hope you got thet jacuzzi I wanted there too.
 
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old.D0LLySh33p

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Oh yeah. Keeps our wool nice and fluffy.
 
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Grimes

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Originally posted by Tremor
Well no emb, i thought the drill bit did that as you drilled!
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LOL !! thats the best thing i've read on here in ages :)

had my electric drill at 15, maybe 16 - wasn't much of the house left by the time i was 17.
Its a bit like having new shoes when you where a nipper, you gotta kick them walls and scuff them shiney shoes.
Give a man an electric drill and there are holes to be drilled in that there house - whether you need them or not ;)
 
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Tom

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heh

The plaster in my house is about 90 years old - I'm not kidding. I have to be very careful when drilling. The bricks are rock solid though, much better than the crap they build houses with these days.

Tip to all you students: don't ever buy a house less than 30 years old. New houses are shite, the skill just aint there anymore.
 
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Grimes

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Originally posted by tomjeffs
The bricks are rock solid though, much better than the crap they build houses with these days.
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Thats because they are rock. Hewn from the local quarry :)

My parents house was a 100 year old terrace, if a drill bit hit any of the "bricks" in that place your arm knew about it straight away and yes the "plaster" or mortar (black horrible shit) was a nightmare to work around.

My house is less than 10 years old, could have made a better job by getting all the stuff from B&Q myself.
 
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Trem

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Originally posted by tomjeffs
heh

The plaster in my house is about 90 years old - I'm not kidding. I have to be very careful when drilling. The bricks are rock solid though, much better than the crap they build houses with these days.

Tip to all you students: don't ever buy a house less than 30 years old. New houses are shite, the skill just aint there anymore.
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Thats exactly what i was saying to samm Tom, our house is pre 2nd world war and the bricks are hard as fuck.The advice you just gave is spot on as well, new houses are pants.
 
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old.samm

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I am glad we got an older house, bedsides the quality craftsmanship in older houses, they also tend not to be boxes. They have a bit of character, and so what if all the rooms aren't square, I like having nooks:p
 
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old.D0LLySh33p

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Nooks eh? I like nooks... nice place to hide pr0... yes.

*cough*

Heehee. Parents got a house built just after WW2. It has character :) Plus being in S.E. London they could sell it now for like £200,000 even though when they bought it 15 odd years ago it was only £80,000 :)
 
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