Adult-ing Milestones

Sporky

Handsome_Chris said:

Then the shed needs doing.

You sound like a man who needs two lawnmowers, a strimmer and a barbecue. I believe I can help.

marantz1300

aduling milestones

1 first sex
2 first time nicked
3 first sentance
4 first kill

Handsome_Chris

Sporky said:

Handsome_Chris said:

Then the shed needs doing.

You sound like a man who needs two lawnmowers, a strimmer and a barbecue. I believe I can help.

I have what is described as an easy maintenance garden. Please, @Sporky , feel free to tell me about this helpful barbeque of yours.

Handsome_Chris

I've got the light fitting, which is going up tomorrow.  If I should meet my end during this event, I want all my worldly possessions buried with me.  

Sporky

Handsome_Chris said:

I have what is described as an easy maintenance garden. Please, @Sporky , feel free to tell me about this helpful barbeque of yours.

It is made of metal, and you put fire and then food into it. You can fit more food into it in one go than Lady BMcH and I can eat in one go. I think it is silver and black.

Handsome_Chris

Wait a minute! I see the catch.  Where do I get the fire from?  

boogieman

strtdv said:

A couple of our radiators have sludge, so I guess my next adulting job will be to drain the system and remove and wash out the radiators, followed by some Fernox.

Oh, and I've been married for long enough now for my wife to accept that I have better spatial awareness than she does, so if I say it won't fit, it won't fit, and vice versa.

You don't have to take the rads off and flush them. It's a really messy job and the crap in the lowest pipework still gets left behind. I used Sentinel sludge remover on our system last year. You just drain off a bit of water, bung it in the header tank, top up and run the system as normal. It says to leave it for a couple of days but I left it in for a fortnight. The amount of crud that came out was amazing and the whole thing runs much hotter now. 

strtdv

@boogieman planning to do that too, but one of the radiators is so bad that I reckon the only option is take it off and flush it, or get a powerflush done which I'm not willing to take the risk on.

thomasross20

I was born an old man out of the womb. 

boogieman

strtdv said:

@boogieman planning to do that too, but one of the radiators is so bad that I reckon the only option is take it off and flush it, or get a powerflush done which I'm not willing to take the risk on.

Ah fair enough. I remember flushing the rads at my old house with a hose and it was grim work, took literally hours for the water to run clear and the lawn was covered in black crud afterwards. 

I'm not convinced by power-flushing either. I'm sure it's ok if it's done properly but a lot of so-called heating engineers just hook up the pump and give it a quick blast through. It should take a whole day to do a system thoroughly. 

Snap

Sporky said:

Handsome_Chris said:

Then the shed needs doing.

You sound like a man who needs two lawnmowers, a strimmer and a barbecue. I believe I can help.

That;'s funny. I was that man. When my Dad moved to his flat I was given his petrol mower. Oh now......that is a key moment in a man's life: his first petrol mower. Of course there are stagest to come - petrol strimmers, blowers, err, anything really that has a cord and an engine in it.

I got that into my petrol mower, I have been known to mow the verges outside the house, not jsut mine either, oh no, neighbour's too. Neighbours I don't even talk to really. But their verge - know it intimately.

There's something wonderful about a revving 140cc engine, that simply cuts grass. I have a slow burning ambition to convert it into a racing mower. Proper shed work.

Handsome_Chris

Do I need to get married to become an adult?

Jalapeno

Handsome_Chris said:

My next job is conservatory furniture, which mean a trip to MK's Ikea.

And may God have mercy on your soul !

boogieman

Jalapeno said:

Handsome_Chris said:

My next job is conservatory furniture, which mean a trip to MK's Ikea.

And may God have mercy on your soul !

I am currently sitting in IKEA Croydon. One of the things we wanted is out of stock. The other thing we wanted has to be prepaid for at the checkout and "will be ready for collection by the time you've got to the collection point. " Except I've been sitting here for 20 minutes already. And it isn't.
FML. 

Evilmags

Snap said:

Sporky said:

Handsome_Chris said:

Then the shed needs doing.

You sound like a man who needs two lawnmowers, a strimmer and a barbecue. I believe I can help.

That;'s funny. I was that man. When my Dad moved to his flat I was given his petrol mower. Oh now......that is a key moment in a man's life: his first petrol mower. Of course there are stagest to come - petrol strimmers, blowers, err, anything really that has a cord and an engine in it.

I got that into my petrol mower, I have been known to mow the verges outside the house, not jsut mine either, oh no, neighbour's too. Neighbours I don't even talk to really. But their verge - know it intimately.

There's something wonderful about a revving 140cc engine, that simply cuts grass. I have a slow burning ambition to convert it into a racing mower. Proper shed work.

Real men have chainsaws.. 

therose789

In the last 6 years i got married, bought a house and had a child. I'm 31 and still feel 15 

Handsome_Chris

Fuck-ing hell!

My kitchen is a wasteland!  I thought that changing a light fitting would be a simple case of disconnecting and unattaching the original one, and fitting the new one. 

Three hours, mind you , that is including the trip to Wickes to collect offcuts of wood.

Also the ceiling needs filling and painting. 

For fvcks sake.

Edit: I do not know if the new fitting works as the bulbs that come with it did.  Thank fk I'm on nights!

Sporky

Handsome_Chris said:

Wait a minute! I see the catch.  Where do I get the fire from?  

Probably from the wiring in the house.

Handsome_Chris

Sporky said:

Handsome_Chris said:

Wait a minute! I see the catch.  Where do I get the fire from?  

Probably from the wiring in the house.

Well played, sir. Well played.

I'm currently more concerned about a dust explosion considering the state I left said kitchen in.

Handsome_Chris

Right, who knows anything about touching up plaster work?