Thread: What's Your Pet Hate

I share your dislike of digging. Actually, I hate it.

Always seem to be swinging the mattock for trenchs for pipes etc. Just too tight to spring for a tenching machine.

As you too seem, my brother, for a post hole digger.

People who think nothing of ringing me well after dark, expecting me to drop everything and spend whatever time is needed to do a step-by-step walkthru of the diagnosis and repair of their computer problems over the 'phone, yet "can't find the time" to lend me a hand for 10 mins when I need it...

Family I gotta put up with, but when others presume the same privilege... :mad:

^ OMG - big problem for me too

digging is up there, labouring - carrying/moving blocks/bricks/pavers

Tom

Reckon Al the rockologist must like digging

Measure once... measure twice... and for a good measure... measure a third time, make up both raised panel doors and glue em up to find its @#$%^&* 100mm too long!

changing mufflers with "pre bent" parts.

being a good samaritan but not getting a thank you!!:mad:

spam/spammers

slow drivers in the right hand lane

slow drivers in single lanes

housework

digging holes in the garden for trees/shrubs or new garden beds - no longer though

hypocrites

I don't mind digging. Mindless work but it's easy. I hate working on computers - installing new software or hardware - anything like that. Hate it :mad:

The other thing I hate is tiling. Especially when you have to cut a hole near the edge of one and it keeps breaking. :mad: :mad:

Originally Posted by Harry72

Measure once... measure twice... and for a good measure... measure a third time, make up both raised panel doors and glue em up to find its @#$%^&* 100mm too long!

Hey! I just did this too. Measured up for a sash window, and when I got it back from the joinery it was 100mm too high. Returned red-faced to the joinery to have it altered. Oh well, measure 4 times next time

Cheers
Michael
BTW I hate easing old windows.

Originally Posted by echnidna

Digging a hole to put a new stump in.
So far Ive dug up assorted concrete and 3 bluestone pitchers and still got another foot to go.
I hate digging stump holes, always was my pet hate

Pet hates..........

Well, its not breaking up old concrete with a sledge hammer....

Its not digging holes.........

Its getting rid of the spoil afterwards.....!!

Still, some jobs are worth it in the end !!

I reckon painting has to be up there. Spend all day on the tools and trying to get it looking right and then finding spots you need to touch up or some one points them out for you.

Digging up old concrete.

That's why in the remake of our backyard I'm leaving it intact and building garden beds on top. Easier to build above and bring in more soil.


Peter

Probably my worst pet hate is buying something then find in the following month its out on special heaps cheaper!

Being tired, especially on the weekends when there's so much you want to do. You go inside the house and have lunch and when you go back out to the shed the after-lunch tiredness sets in and you can't fight it.