A day of DIY yesterday. I had three duties to perform: paint the living room; re-seal the bath; put up a coat rail.
Simple enough tasks, you say. Yes indeed, but I got a full day’s value out of them, and managed to beat my Personal Best in terms of quantity, variation and inventiveness of cussing.
This being a profanity-free blog I cannot, alas, reproduce the transcript of my day’s DIY here. But, rest assured, it will be anthologised in years to come.
3 comments:
The beauty of paint, as opposed to wallpaper is that nobody stands behind saying "it's upside down"
Although at least with wallpaper they can't say "you've missed a bit". (Or even worse, "holiday there")
Although scratch that, wallpaper and I are implacable enemies.
I do far more 'decorating', now there's a misuse of the English language, in Germany than I do in the UK, DIY is not the krauts favourite pastime and there is a shortage of retail establishments, not an accusation that can be levelled at Britain. The Germans have 'Bauhaus' and that is a misuse of the German language. Noticeably absent are B&Q and Homebase, some may argue that this is no bad thing. The typical project management exercise is as follows..decide what is wanted including plans A, B and C = 3 months, purchase the materials = 2 months, do the actual work = 4 days.
Having the stuff done by a 'professional', another misuse, is an option, but unless one is fluent in Turkish, Polish or Armenian then disaster beckons.
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