Mundane News

[classic33]

I rip-sawed 90 metres of 2 by 4 softwood tonight. Most of the saw dust seems to be on my sweater.

Don't you mean 90 metres of 50 by 100?

 

[classic33]

Oh dear. I hope you had a take away in the end?! Or was it eggs on toast?


Toys R US

SMYTHES

 

[Speicher]

I have no idea where the nearest Toys are Us is, probably further away than the nearest Decathlon.

 

[slowmotion]

Don't you mean 90 metres of 50 by 100?

I "swing both ways". 295 feet of stuff anyway. The dust's still in my hair and ears but I smell like a Baltic forest.

 

[classic33]

I "swing both ways". 295 feet of stuff anyway. The dust's still in my hair and ears but I smell like a Baltic forest.

Always thought you shouldn't mix the two systems though.

 

[slowmotion]

Always thought you shouldn't mix the two systems though.

You have to be a bit flexible. I grew up when the SI system was being introduced to the UK. A whole lot of builders' merchants would regard you as some type of alien if you started asking for metric stuff. It still helps to be bilingual.

 

[Hill Wimp]

View: https://youtu.be/okOVxfuSYPk

 

[summerdays]

That sounds good Rocky

I'm feeling tired....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Talking of crafty things. I need to sieve a large, very large, (about 40 cubic feet of compost) quantity of my garden compost. Domestic garden sieves have very small holes, and it would take forever, unless @User14044 visits and helps me, of course.
I want to remove the twigs (that have not decomposted) from at least half that volume of most excellent home-made compost.

Anyway, long story short, apart from buying welded metal mesh there seems to be few alternatives.

Have the "crafty" (in the nicest possible way) people on here done weaving with willow? If I bought lots of willow sticks, and soak them, I could weave my own "sieve". If one section broke, I could presumably replace it, with another piece. How bendy is soaked willow? Or would I need to tie some of the sticks at right angles to each other? Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

On second thoughts should I start a new thread on this so that peeps like User9609 see it?

Have you tried crocheting one? It seems all the rage round here!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Have you tried crocheting one? It seems all the rage round here!

Ps: I think crocheting involves owning a cat, but I can't be sure....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Aaaarrrrrgghhhhhhh

Just read an email informing me I could have had an extra hour in bed!!!!!!

 

[EltonFrog]

Ps: I think crocheting involves owning a cat, but I can't be sure....

Maybe it's crocheting a cat?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Maybe it's crocheting a cat?

If that's right, judging by the amount of wool around here we're gonna be overrun!

 

[Smithbat]

Ps: I think crocheting involves owning a cat, but I can't be sure....

Cat ownership is optional, I can't stand them personally

 

[Smithbat]

If that's right, judging by the amount of wool around here we're gonna be overrun!

Yarn , yarn, it is yarn!