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'Just finished 10 hours' work on my house build. This came on the radio as I was packing-up the tools:
'Dropped a 4yo cap about an hour ago & skanked around the build like a 20yo.

'Saw an ortho. surgeon yesterday & told her I wasn't going to stop building, despite the fracture in my leg.

It's Friday night.......
 
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bursto said:
yeah he's cool he not eating the leaves or anything just goes up n down searching then back to the top buds
he was there this morning again

far out im in for a bloody 5 day heat wave and all my:weed: ladies have just started turning,,, great:wall:
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If that thing is anything like the crusader bug down under check your new growth and make sure it's not wilted. I had a family of these on a golden flower tree outside and just decimated any new growth. Hopefully he is the more harmless variety.
 
TerryTeacosy said:
'Just finished 10 hours' work on my house build. This came on the radio as I was packing-up the tools:
'Dropped a 4yo cap about an hour ago & skanked around the build like a 20yo.

'Saw an ortho. surgeon yesterday & told her I wasn't going to stop building, despite the fracture in my leg.

It's Friday night.......
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hows it going, where you up to?
just about finished my build had the electrical prelay done a few months back just finished all my internal sanding/painting :wall: then last week had all the power points and aircons in
all i have left is bathrooms/laundry tiling
 
i said to the missus i wouldn't smoke weed in the freshly painted and newly furnished bed room
lasted about a week before i sparked up in there with some rare dankness, stank it out in no time:weed:

should have seen the look on her when i got busted
 
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bursto said:
hows it going, where you up to?
just about finished my build had the electrical prelay done a few months back just finished all my internal sanding/painting :wall: then last week had all the power points and aircons in
all i have left is bathrooms/laundry tiling
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VERY slowly, as I'm doing all the work solo. The Mrs thought it'd be really easy to build a house, as she watches all the property-porn on TV where they have an unlimited budget & hordes of experienced tradies swarming all over the project, paid-for by advertisers. I have a running joke whenever anyone asks me how long until it's finished - "About an hour, give or take Ad-breaks".:roll:

I've got the steel frame almost complete & currently fixing ceiling battens. Once the frame is signed-off, I'm going to hand-over to the trades & accelerate to COO, so we can re-finance away from the NAB (pack of arseholes).

We're going to have two house-rules when it's done: No smoking anything inside the house & NO fucking TV in the main bedroom.......
 
TerryTeacosy said:
VERY slowly, as I'm doing all the work solo. The Mrs thought it'd be really easy to build a house, as she watches all the property-porn on TV where they have an unlimited budget & hordes of experienced tradies swarming all over the project, paid-for by advertisers. I have a running joke whenever anyone asks me how long until it's finished - "About an hour, give or take Ad-breaks".:roll:

I've got the steel frame almost complete & currently fixing ceiling battens. Once the frame is signed-off, I'm going to hand-over to the trades & accelerate to COO, so we can re-finance away from the NAB (pack of arseholes).

We're going to have two house-rules when it's done: No smoking anything inside the house & NO fucking TV in the main bedroom.......
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oh man, i feel sorry for you dude, i found i really enjoyed the steel frame part sort of, but was never prepared for all the bullshit plastering/sanding, endless fking sanding, and you cant tell if you done right sometimes untill you prime it then you have to fix shit all the time that's rough, the cornice :wall: painting freking ceilings with two coats of primer, ahhhh

you think you in the shit now, i just got a bill for 4500 for electrical
the dude was here for 8 hours work
 
bursto said:
oh man, i feel sorry for you dude, i found i really enjoyed the steel frame part sort of, but was never prepared for all the bullshit plastering/sanding, endless fking sanding, and you cant tell if you done right sometimes untill you prime it then you have to fix shit all the time that's rough, the cornice :wall: painting freking ceilings with two coats of primer, ahhhh

you think you in the shit now, i just got a bill for 4500 for electrical
the dude was here for 8 hours work
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Since we started on this project, we've had 3 retrenchments, two broken legs, a broken collar-bone, an eartquake that screwed the frame (had to re-do a lot of work) Then there was a 2-year pandemic during-which we were both in essential services & had to go to work. We couldn't just stay home & collect job-keeper & work on the house.

We're lucky that the Mrs' cousin is a sparky who's agreed to do the work, so at least we'll get a good deal on all the electrical stuff.
 
bursto said:
hows it going, where you up to?
just about finished my build had the electrical prelay done a few months back just finished all
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bursto said:
oh man, i feel sorry for you dude, i found i really enjoyed the steel frame part sort of, but was never prepared for all the bullshit plastering/sanding, endless fking sanding, and you cant tell if you done right sometimes untill you prime it then you have to fix shit all the time that's rough, the cornice :wall: painting freking ceilings with two coats of primer, ahhhh

you think you in the shit now, i just got a bill for 4500 for electrical
the dude was here for 8 hours work
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Takes me about an hour to go through a bucket of Mudd you Lackies
 
buckaclark said:
Takes me about an hour to go through a bucket of Mudd you Lackies
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Sorry, as soon as you said mud, I was reminded of this:):

'Dunno about Bursto, but I'm an Owner-Builder with absolutely ZERO knowledge or experience. I have to learn basic terminology & read a construction manual multiple times before I attempt do anything & just fudge my way through each step.

I'm pretty clueless on this stuff, but at least I'm making a fist at it.

It's a PITA, but as I keep saying to the Mrs "The next one will be easier......":roll:
 
TerryTeacosy said:
Sorry, as soon as you said mud, I was reminded of this:):

'Dunno about Bursto, but I'm an Owner-Builder with absolutely ZERO knowledge or experience. I have to learn basic terminology & read a construction manual multiple times before I attempt do anything & just fudge my way through each step.

I'm pretty clueless on this stuff, but at least I'm making a fist at it.

It's a PITA, but as I keep saying to the Mrs "The next one will be easier......":roll:
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You are not the helper I was dreaming of....
 
bursto said:
i try to be good on here, because i dont want to be banned like some
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Hmm....I smell an element of fear here.
Lots of good people on here have been banned multiple times & come back multiple times & then moved away.
buckaclark said:
I have no says on that and expect to be banned as well ,b
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bursto said:
so you know teacosy is rewerbs new sock account after sneaking back in
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Thanks for pointing-out the bleeding obvious! Like it's some sort of secret or something???

I don't mind having playful banter with you, but you invariably just resort to a low-blow, which is rather disappointing & last-resort of people floundering for something to troll.

I thought you had turned a corner earlier, but that's obviously not the case.

Back on ignore...... Bye now!
 
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