In my professional opinion...

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Andy_R

Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
Location
County Durham
Beetroot can cause anxiety when urinating...
and amusement when defecating, as in "Hahahah...my poo's purple!"
 

coffeejo

Ælfrēd
Location
West Somerset
If you're going to walk barefoot in your house after dark, always switch a light on. However, if you know that won't wear shoes/slippers and are highly unlikely to light your way, make sure that you don't leave your big, heavy, steel toe-capped boots in the middle of the floor. Not unless you want to see how easy it is to remove a toe nail, and enjoy trying to get blood out of a carpet.
 

tyred

Squire
Location
Ireland
If you're going to walk barefoot in your house after dark, always switch a light on. However, if you know that won't wear shoes/slippers and are highly unlikely to light your way, make sure that you don't leave your big, heavy, steel toe-capped boots in the middle of the floor. Not unless you want to see how easy it is to remove a toe nail, and enjoy trying to get blood out of a carpet.

No, the worst is standing on an upturned three pin plug:cursing:

Or, a while back, a friend was showing me the vintage BSA motorbike he was storing in his garage for a neighbour. He lives in a bungalow with a garage which is part of the house and there is a door from the kitchen straight into the garage. We had been sitting chatting in sitting room and then went to the garage and my friend who had forgot he had no shoes got on the bike and hit the kick starter with his bare foot. I think it hurt.
 
"What goes up, must come down" does not apply to prices, hills or teenage daughters in a strop.....:headshake:
 
[QUOTE 2454208, member: 76"]I say this every day to different groups, it's amazing how slowly it sinks in, until something goes wrong. The second bit as well actually, you're a nurse then?[/quote]
Diving and things subsea - more akin to childcare than healthcare!!!
 

Melonfish

Evil Genius in training.
Location
Warrington, UK
A dull knife is a dangerous knife!
if it is dull you must apply more pressure, more pressure = more force, more force and a narrow edge when meeting fingers = bad!
a sharp knife requires less force = more control, also when you do inevitably cut yourself it will be a neater cut.

when cooking with fire/charcoal, remember that black on the outside does not mean cooked on the inside!
 

swee'pea99

Squire
When drilling a hole for a rawlplug, always use a bit one size smaller than it says, then tap the plug in with a hammer. If you use the size it says, it'll end up loose, and when your screw is all-but-in, with just a cm still to go, the plug will start revolving. Then you're screwed (hem hem), because you can't screw it the rest of the way in, but you can't unscrew it either. When you pull it out of the wall in frustration, it will bring a lump of plaster with it the size of your fist. Leaving a hole you'll have to fill - and fill very well...because you still have to get a rawlplug in there, remember?

Rawlplug rule #2: if your hole is a bit loose, you can generally still make it work, by wrapping a layer of cloth elastoplast round the pug before you stick it in the hole. It does have to be cloth though - the 'waterproof' ones won't grip.

Here endeth the Rawlplug lesson.
 

Longshot

Senior Member
Location
Surrey
When drilling a hole for a rawlplug, always use a bit one size smaller than it says, then tap the plug in with a hammer. If you use the size it says, it'll end up loose, and when your screw is all-but-in, with just a cm still to go, the plug will start revolving. Then you're screwed (hem hem), because you can't screw it the rest of the way in, but you can't unscrew it either. When you pull it out of the wall in frustration, it will bring a lump of plaster with it the size of your fist. Leaving a hole you'll have to fill - and fill very well...because you still have to get a rawlplug in there, remember?

Rawlplug rule #2: if your hole is a bit loose, you can generally still make it work, by wrapping a layer of cloth elastoplast round the pug before you stick it in the hole. It does have to be cloth though - the 'waterproof' ones won't grip.

Here endeth the Rawlplug lesson.

Squirt "No More Nails" into the hole, insert Rawlplug, leave to dry, insert screw. My walls are so friable I have to do this every time!
 

pauldavid

Veteran
When drilling a hole for a rawlplug, always use a bit one size smaller than it says, then tap the plug in with a hammer. If you use the size it says, it'll end up loose, and when your screw is all-but-in, with just a cm still to go, the plug will start revolving. Then you're screwed (hem hem), because you can't screw it the rest of the way in, but you can't unscrew it either. When you pull it out of the wall in frustration, it will bring a lump of plaster with it the size of your fist. Leaving a hole you'll have to fill - and fill very well...because you still have to get a rawlplug in there, remember?

Rawlplug rule #2: if your hole is a bit loose, you can generally still make it work, by wrapping a layer of cloth elastoplast round the pug before you stick it in the hole. It does have to be cloth though - the 'waterproof' ones won't grip.

Here endeth the Rawlplug lesson.

With reference to rule 2 I would suggest that "if your hole is a little bit loose" leave the DIY for another day. Nothing good ever came of a man that strained hisself working whilst in possession of a very loose hole.
 
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