What "man jobs" have you done today?

DXP55 · 16 Apr 2023 at 16:50

AH yes - I thought I had beaten him to death years ago when a had a massive tanturm. it bent the iron bar.

See -a simple thing like replying to a forum I have hit a key with one of my fingers and I have no idea what button it was.
More stress - good job meal is only 10 min away and we have a bottle of white to deaden our minds.

PS. See I spelt bottle wrong and had to go ask wife - I think I am loosing it

{SAS}TB · 16 Apr 2023 at 17:50

Buried one of the chickens that karked it while we were away

Freefaller · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:12

Shifted stuff around in the garage mounted the bikes on the walls and the ladder.

Shifted the power cage around. Hoovered, cleaned, threw out a bootload of crap.

I don't seem to have many before pics!

quite old pics but can't seem to find anything more recent.

Next job it to find some new flooring for the gym part of the garage at least. It's wider than it looks but also quite deep. I also want to change that window to be a door to the garden.

Chris Wilson · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:15

Freefaller said:
Shifted stuff around in the garage mounted the bikes on the walls and the ladder.

Shifted the power cage around. Hoovered, cleaned, threw out a bootload of ****.

I don't seem to have many before pics!

quite old pics but can't seem to find anything more recent.

Next job it to find some new flooring for the gym part of the garage at least. It's wider than it looks but also quite deep. I also want to change that window to be a door to the garden.

You have a VERY small car?

JonRGV250 · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:19

Cleaned the patio and filled the gaps with polymeric sand, then cut the grass..

Freefaller · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:20

Chris Wilson said:
You have a VERY small car?

I'd love one but with a family and a wife that likes to pack everything but the kitchen sink, afraid not! I have parked our very large SUV in there before I put the gym in.

The Octavia fits better of course.

JonRGV250 · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:24

Freefaller said:
Next job it to find some new flooring for the gym part of the garage at least. It's wider than it looks but also quite deep. I also want to change that window to be a door to the garden.

I can recommend these guys https://duramat.co.uk/

Freefaller · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:28

JonRGV250 said:
I can recommend these guys https://duramat.co.uk/

Amazing thank you for the suggestion!

Chris Wilson · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:30

JonRGV250 said:
Cleaned the patio and filled the gaps with polymeric sand, then cut the grass..

Just showing my ignorance here by admitting to be Googling "polymeric"....

Oh, right, every day's a school day

JonRGV250 · 16 Apr 2023 at 18:41

Freefaller said:
Amazing thank you for the suggestion!

I've got their stuff in my garage and my brothers gym is kitted out as well.

Liquid_Entity · 16 Apr 2023 at 20:23

Built a 2nd IKEA Bekant desk in the bedroom. To accommodate my dj setup. Sure does beat a picnic table

Armageus · 16 Apr 2023 at 20:28

JonRGV250 said:
Cleaned the patio and filled the gaps with polymeric sand, then cut the grass..

Interesting table (looks like logs in resin?), can you share some details?

JonRGV250 · 16 Apr 2023 at 20:39

I made it from a sleeper during lockdown.
It needs sanding down and varnishing again as it's bit of a mess.

I've since replaced the legs

dlockers · 16 Apr 2023 at 20:58

I'm really struggling with my hands. Carpel is becoming pretty severe and keeping me up at night. My right ring finger just doesn't work in the morning which is pretty funny but also pretty nuts. That meant rather than cracking on, I just painted around the sockets so I could "second fix" them and a major tidy up job. First time in a week I've not been sitting in a pile of dust

I am also talking to you through the medium of CAT6 as I have wired in all of my RJs. I have also ran an aerial to this particular one so I can avoid any heart attacks when my wife suggests the TV goes on this wall.

^
Ironically the roughness there is above the socket and no where near my chase - so I take no responsibility

LuckyBenski · 16 Apr 2023 at 21:02

dLockers said:
I'm really struggling with my hands. Carpel is becoming pretty severe and keeping me up at night. My right ring finger just doesn't work in the morning which is pretty funny but also pretty nuts.

Get thee to a doctor!

dlockers · 16 Apr 2023 at 21:04

LuckyBenski said:
Get thee to a doctor!

Unfortunately it is what it is. They can steroid you for temporary relief, or you need an Op. Given I've done 70ft of fencing + this major (amongst many others) I need to rest up for a few weeks and see if they get better on their own first. Sucks tho!

Buffman · 16 Apr 2023 at 21:19

dLockers said:
Unfortunately it is what it is. They can steroid you for temporary relief, or you need an Op. Given I've done 70ft of fencing + this major (amongst many others) I need to rest up for a few weeks and see if they get better on their own first. Sucks tho!

I find if I use tools (particularly multi tools/anything vibrating a lot) I tend to get pain in my hands but clears up after a few days. They call it white finger in the construction industry

Chris Wilson · 16 Apr 2023 at 21:24

JonRGV250 said:
I made it from a sleeper during lockdown.
It needs sanding down and varnishing again as it's bit of a mess.

I've since replaced the legs

Looks like a butcher's chopping block of yore. Very nice, whose the first dismemberment then?

Chris Wilson · 16 Apr 2023 at 21:25

dLockers said:
Unfortunately it is what it is. They can steroid you for temporary relief, or you need an Op. Given I've done 70ft of fencing + this major (amongst many others) I need to rest up for a few weeks and see if they get better on their own first. Sucks tho!

You are lucky, I was told it can make you go blind...

DXP55 · 16 Apr 2023 at 21:29

As said above if you haven't been yet get yourself down to the Doc. There is nothing worse - I had it for years and Doc kept saying I had FWT - went back one day and Doc was on Holiday and a young Doc was taking his place - He needed a massive pay rise as he got me in to see a specialist in no time and before long got both hands done -It was like being reborn.
I even struggled to ride my bike - had to keep getting up to 80 let go of throttle and shake my hand till I was back down to 40.
It was hell -
Had both hands done -right by youth in training and left by specialist - woke up and my left hand was hell on earth - never had pain like it -needless to say I had to go back and have it done again.

GO TO THE DOC.

PS - FWT was fair wear and tear -Complete total idiot that doc. - and I think they do key hole surgery now.