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20th December 2014, 10:28 AM #16
Some appropriate signage maybe?
Onlookers..... perhaps I should put a jar on top of the fridge?
BTW, This old sign was at a public swimming pool...."Onlookers" ... it was a much different world when they were welcome at the pool?
Peter
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20th December 2014, 10:42 AM #17
Not to forget companionship for a while. A different situation all together.
We all started out as dumb nuts asking stupid questions and getting in every ones way, look at us now....still dumb nuts
I rarely get visitors at all, let alone in my shed. Sometimes I think it would be good to have someone to talk to that shares my hobbies. Especially when there is heavy lifting to be done. Living away from civilisation has its advantages.
Dean
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20th December 2014, 12:38 PM #18GOLD MEMBER
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Don't get me wrong, I enjoy company it's just that when I'm at work I work in a very tight team environment and spend just as much time with the people at work as my own family. Sometimes I just crave to be alone and in my own space. I love my shed for that, even if I'm not working on a project, I sometimes just ponder….
SimonGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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20th December 2014, 03:13 PM #19Senior Member
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Bath Plugs
"Bath plugs Wallace, what do you think about bath plugs". Neighbour quickly departed, not to bother me ever again, which is nice, as I love my time in the shed, with just me and my ideas.
DD
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21st December 2014, 01:02 AM #21GOLD MEMBER
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I live in a small country town. The thing that has gradually been getting up my nose for years is when supposed friends describe me as the local tool hoarder, or introduce me to newcomers as "this is Karl, he loves to buy machinery" as if I am some misfit or curiosity and then snicker in small groups, posing the question as to why I need eighteen welders (which of course I don't, but welders seem to find me) or why I need a laser level (which has leveled quite a few slabs for their sheds), or a skid steer loader (which so far has buried two horses, one steer and a sheep for locals when no one else was available). Of course, when something breaks that their cocky crap can't fix, or when the repair shop tells them their chainsaw is beyond repair, who do they come and see?
As far as visitor repellent, I find 16 pound sledge hammers on steel or arcair gouging repel even the most stubborn nutter.
What I do wish is that a few of the local lads, or lasses for that matter would call around so I could pass on a few skills from a tradesman's perspective.
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I'd wear those remarks with pride, make up a sign or black board with what is said about you and hang it up in your workshop.
What I do wish is that a few of the local lads, or lasses for that matter would call around so I could pass on a few skills from a tradesman's perspective.
As far a nutters go, I guess I have been really lucky. I don't get many visitors which suits me.
The closest thing I have to a nutter visitor are the enthusiastic and informative visits of Anorak Bob!
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21st December 2014, 11:02 AM #25
I thought this to be another thread about threading but internal type
Only nutter in my workshop is me.
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21st December 2014, 11:11 AM #26GOLD MEMBER
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I had a visitor yesterday. He was welcome though since he too appreciates "stuff"!
SimonGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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Sometimes that might help, as you never know when someone has to clean out Granddads shed of unknown goodies, there could be a "gizmowhatchamacallit" in excellent condition in there, that you could get for peanuts. You never know what is hiding in peoples sheds.
I got an email the other day from America, where someone had bought an old dilapidated farmhouse, on several acres with a huge barn on it, that the doors were welded shut. They got a generator and grinder out , cut the welds and found $5,500,000 (I think it was) worth of antique and vintage vehicles in it, so you never know. By the way, as they owned the property, the cars became theirs too.
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I tell her to go back inside and some washing
she can be a right royal pain in the backside when she wants gardening or maintenance done
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21st December 2014, 08:00 PM #29
Yes significant others can be a bit of a pain. my stuff is clutter until she needs stuff done around the house?
Yes amongst my "clutter" is the tools and at least some of the materials required to do the task
Having a workshop a few miles away from town definitely has its advantages wrt to "nutters". usually people need a good reason to make the journey.
Knowledgeable folks who can teach me something are well worth the time spent speaking to them. the 2 forum members who have popped in thus far are welcome any time.www.lockwoodcanvas.com.au
I will never be the person who has everything, not when someone keeps inventing so much cool new stuff to buy.
From an early age my father taught me to wear welding gloves . "Its not to protect your hands son, its to put out the fire when u set yourself alight".
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21st December 2014, 08:14 PM #30Member
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Ive got two sings out the front of my shed. The first one says "No girls allowed." Just to get up my 8 year old granddaughters nose. (She totally refuses to comply I might add) and the second one says "Friends welcome. Relatives by appointment only."
regards
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