Practicing using the tools I have (nothing worse than someone with all the gear and no idea) anyway I managed to create a cross today using skills I will need to create handmade windows for me shed. A router table would have improved things, it took a lot of setting up and there is some […]
After a week back at work, I had looked forward to getting back into my shed and do some more woodwork and although I had to take Lincoln to gymnastics I was going to spend the rest of it practising creating lap joints. I did pretty well managing 4 joints that were so tight they […]
Yes, I shout DOOR a lot when it’s cold outside and someone opens the door and I especially shout it if someone leaves a door open. It comes from when I first started work at Saxon Sanbec in 1986, there was a huge sliding door used to get materials in and products out, there was […]
I finally finished reading Jinxed, Del Greening’s autobiography the guitarist and one of the founding members of my favourite band Peter and the Test Tube Babies, I had devoured all but the last two chapters and it’s taken a few weeks to pick the book back up. It like a lot of autobiographies I have […]
An email entitled ‘Celebrating our fabulous colleagues – star nominations update. Take a few minutes to have a read.’ landed in my inbox and normally I don’t have time to read that kind of nonsense but for some reason, I clicked on it and began to read. Basically it was employees nominating colleagues because they […]
Yep today was the day we all went back to work and by 08:30 all the relaxation and calm feelings I had experienced for the last couple of weeks were all gone as I ranted at the amount of work piled up in my inbox. Everyone thinking their issue is the most important and most […]
Made my first jig today to cut lap joints in preparation for the construction of the windows for my shed. I have made lap joints before when making the door but with my new table saw I have the opportunity to be a lot more accurate and with the aid of a jig I can […]
In life you meet lots of people most are just acquaintances but some turn into friends and of those some will be with you all your life. Others you may not see very often but remain close without any maintenance and I consider Sean Williams one of those friends. We don’t see each other often […]
A calendar year was my new goal after succeeding in not drinking for a year between 13th November 2021 – 2022 and that meant another sober “holiday” season. I knew I could do it the bigger question in my head was “Do I want to?” Cut to today laying in bed and I completed the […]
It was a nice night to end 2022 we had fun playing UNO because that’s what Reagan wanted to play even though Yahtzee had been the preferred game up until Reagan’s participation. She went to her room for most of the evening to take part in an online party and because she didn’t want to […]