Old stuff has more personality.
I have an old car, I prefer to get my shoes resoled rather than thrown out, I'm capable of most household maintenance jobs that went out of fashion in the 50s.

I'm a bit of an anachronism, really.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 15:55, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I know it's good for tradesmen that people can't fix their own shit.
But it's still a shock when people can't even do simple tasks like putting up a shelf.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:01, Reply)

I'd be ashamed of myself if I paid a man to do a job I could do myself.
I'll have a crack at anything short of mains electrics and structural stuff.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:05, Reply)

this^
I've done so much work in the house and garden this year that would have otherwise cost a fortune.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:06, Reply)

Manliest subthread ever.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:09, Reply)

*high-fives*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:12, Reply)

You lot are as common as muck.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:29, Reply)

I like soldering things back together
Rebuilding things is great, a few weeks back our front door lock broke and the missus wanted to pay a fortune for a locksmith I just cut the fucker out with a hacksaw and put a new lock in. I turned to her expecting to see lustful admiration, and she passed me the fucking hoover. MAN POINTS DESTROYED
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:06, Reply)

I gave her a right good seeing to while you were wearing her apron

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:07, Reply)

Ah that explains the look of disappointment on her face

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:08, Reply)

It's her own fault, I told her not to expect too much.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:13, Reply)

You would think she was used to
ineffectual 30 second fumblings by now.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Feb 2014, 16:14, Reply)