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04-11-2010, 03:16 PM
Paulclem

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Thats advanced stuff paul, using conduiting. Although I have used short lenghs of it to mark where I set my mole traps.

Whoever invented that expanding foam is a true DIY savior. Just put said ill fitting window/door frame into gap. Get the wife to hold it steady. Squirt the foam around the edges. Go and have a cup of tea. After half an hour tell her she can let go. Simples!

Ive even used it instead of plaster of paris to set a sheep's broken leg.

Sounds: If its owt like our Kitchen the origanal colour will be lost in the mists of grime.

The cables have been there for years and Mrs is complaining that they're collecting all the muck.

I've used the expanding foam around the garage windows before. It's going to take a bit more than that now to fix them up though. Great stuff for plugging.
04-11-2010, 03:18 PM
Paulclem

By the way; how do you get rid of 25 year old wallpaper paste?
Sounds

I'm not sure. A rasp will do it, but it might be like using a shotgun on a pigeon.
04-11-2010, 07:36 PM
soundofmusic

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

:lol:

Think of the marketing campaigns you could run with that!

New kitchen colours; snot, mucous, phlegm or blood-tinged sputum, madam?

You can fast-track that by setting meat to boil and leaving the house for a few hours.

Remember to use respirator to enter house afterwards - it gets a little smoky. ("little smoky" meaning smoke you could cut with a knife, visibility about 3 mm)

My mum did this once - it turned nice white walls & ceiling into burnt cream in one day!

Both Mr Sounds were from the north; and all of the colors they chose for the house were somewhere between snot, mucous and phlegm:smilewinkgrin:;
Imagine the money and time a person would save, not purchasing those three layers of wall glaze...just have a fire!

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

:lol:

My dad did the smoke thing once too - he had a little frying pan handle in there for good measure. The smoke really coughed out the lungs.

That must have been awful. I had a hot grease fire in my house when I first bought it; ruined the only room in the house that wasn't condemed:rofl:
Have you ever tried to paint after a fire; all that smoke and grease you have to wipe up...

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

By the way; how do you get rid of 25 year old wallpaper paste?
Sounds

I'm not sure. A rasp will do it, but it might be like using a shotgun on a pigeon.

It is a little touchy down here; most of our walls are plasterboard. One wrong move and you travel from the kitchen to the laundry room. A neighbor said you can use full stregnth joy dish detergent; but it was the same neighbor who did three layers of floor tile:rolleyes:
04-12-2010, 02:23 AM
prendrelemick

Old paste and associated gunge is no problem. just paper over everything, I'm sure your neighbour would approve.

I can't help noticing that Pingu the penquin is the most intelligent thing on telly in the mornings since the Election was called.
04-12-2010, 02:57 AM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I can't help noticing that Pingu the penquin is the most intelligent thing on telly in the mornings since the Election was called.

Pingu??!?!???

On which channel and what time??? Had lost hope thinking it wasn't on air anymore...

We are stuck with "Timmy the Sheep" here... Don't misunderstand me; love Timmy too but not in the same league as Pingu, is he?
04-12-2010, 03:02 AM
The Atheist

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I can't help noticing that Pingu the penquin is the most intelligent thing on telly in the mornings since the Election was called.

Quite funny, this TV business - the kids just asked if they could watch it for a little while.

Out of 9 available channels, the only thing which wasn't completely unwatchable was a replay of last Saturday's trotting from Invercargill.

TV is officially dead, can't say I'm sorry.

Pingu would be a masterpiece in comparison.
04-12-2010, 10:16 AM
prendrelemick

I caught him a couple of days ago while flicking channels, earlyish one morning. As I said, vastly superior to owt else that was on.- He invented snow tubing behind a skidoo! The little scamp.
04-12-2010, 02:59 PM
stephofthenight

puts on fake mustach... and slips in back door...
pingu the penguin? on Tv? There goes my getting online to download him. :D
04-12-2010, 03:41 PM
soundofmusic

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Old paste and associated gunge is no problem. just paper over everything, I'm sure your neighbour would approve.

I can't help noticing that Pingu the penquin is the most intelligent thing on telly in the mornings since the Election was called.

This stuff is pretty thick, so if I papered it would be bumpy. I was really considering painting though. I come from the old school of taking everything down before starting again. A few weeks ago, I took my 10 year old car that I love and only has 44,000 miles to a paint shop for a quote. The sides are still bright, except for the one that is smashed in. The top surfaces are losing their paint from the Florida sun. He asked if I wanted it restored; I said I wanted him to take it down and give me a factory job...He looked at me like I was mad. Said it would cost 4-5,000 dollars and the car is'nt worth that much. He didn't get the idea that my car is like my kid, you don't send it away when it gets a few bumps and abrasions:confused5:

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Quite funny, this TV business - the kids just asked if they could watch it for a little while.

Out of 9 available channels, the only thing which wasn't completely unwatchable was a replay of last Saturday's trotting from Invercargill.

TV is officially dead, can't say I'm sorry.

Pingu would be a masterpiece in comparison.

Have you tried looking on the computer for good tv; I'm finding almost all the old greats on it.

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

I caught him a couple of days ago while flicking channels, earlyish one morning. As I said, vastly superior to owt else that was on.- He invented snow tubing behind a skidoo! The little scamp.

I found Pingu; but he wasn't speaking English...does he speak English?
04-12-2010, 04:19 PM
prendrelemick

No, but European mummies and daddies soon become fluent in Pingu, its an essential parenting skill.
04-13-2010, 09:16 AM
soundofmusic

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

No, but European mummies and daddies soon become fluent in Pingu, its an essential parenting skill.

Oh, so that is penguin he's speaking:shocked: I tuned into one with Chinese subtitles; so I thought he actually had a language.:confused5:
04-13-2010, 02:33 PM
Paulclem

Pingu speak - brilliant for annoying people - nawk nawwwwwwk!
04-14-2010, 02:16 PM
The Atheist

Now's my chance!

Mrs Atheist turns 40 today, which is far too old for a woman, so I'm off to swap her for 2 x 20 year olds.

:hurray::cheers2:
04-14-2010, 03:03 PM
gbrekken

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Now's my chance!

Mrs Atheist turns 40 today, which is far too old for a woman, so I'm off to swap her for 2 x 20 year olds.

:hurray::cheers2:

Good luck with that!! I'd keep the bird in hand!!!! happy 40 to the missus!
04-14-2010, 03:26 PM
prendrelemick

Ooo 40th, a tricky one that. My brother-in-law arranged a suprise party for his Mrs, and was made to pay for it for the rest of the year.

I don' know about the twenty year olds though.

In her twenties a woman is like America - young and exciting.
In her thirties she is like Africa - hot and exotic.
In her forties she is like Europe - sophisticated and worldly wise.
in her fifties she is like Asia - mysterious and exotic.
In her sixties she is like Australia - everyone knows where it is, but no one wants to go there.

(Thanks to Kenny Everett)