DIY disastersI just can't do power tools. They always fly out of control and end up embedded somewhere they shouldn't. I've no idea how I've still got all the appendages I was born with.
Add to that the fact that nothing ends up square, able to support weight or free of sticking-out sharp bits and you can see why I try to avoid DIY.
Tell us of your own DIY disasters.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 17:19)
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Real DIYA few years back I was going for a weekend away with my best mate and my now ex-girlfriend down in Brighton. The ex had a Nissan Micra which was fairly reliable but would occasionally be a little temperamental. Anyway, she was driving and me and my friend had started on the beers somewhere around Leatherhead. All of a sudden, in the cold wet and dark, the car shudders to a halt. We're near a service station, so we pile out and push it over so I can pop the bonnet and see what the problem is. "Aha!" I noticed. "The oil cap is missing. I wonder how we could fashion a new one?" So in my wisdom, I necked about 3/4s of a can of beer, ripped it in half, tapered the torn end into a point and hammered it into the engine block with a full can.
The car got us to and from Brighton after that. I fixed it with two cans of beer, I'm quite proud of that.
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sun 6 Apr 2008, 14:00,
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