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What goes on in the shed, stays in the shed. Don't ask and no one will get hurt.

Cappuccino maker, vending machine, bathrooms and bar were located in the shed. It was a gentleman's haven. Porn could be supplied on request, or you could stroke the John Deere if your hands were clean.

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No one, but no one, gets to stroke the John Deere that lives in one of my sheds.

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Such a machine deserves such reverence. I bow to the standards you live by, and hang my head in shame for permitting the sin of allowing calloused hands on my equipment.

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Let me not overstate my case (not that one would drive a Case). I have no objection to the willing leaning against, or indeed, reclining upon, the JD, though people doing so can hardly expect a prolonged experience.

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Premature ejaculation?:cool:

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I prefer to see it as overstimulation, inevitable in the presence of all that JD green. If one wants a long night, one should drape oneself over a Kubota.

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How much for one? W/O shipping?

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We were getting some concrete for other things too, but it was about $300 for the minimum load of concrete, and about $200 for the gravel, plus about half a day of my time digging the hole, preparing the form etc.

Due to the quanitities though I did the pad for the future shed, plus two more for a couple of sets of steps to the outside.

Biggest problem really is the minimum quantities, its worth calling around the different providers, and maybe seeing if neighbours want to do something similar... either that or build multiple sheds:thumbsup: (10x10 is a big as I can build locally without needing planning permission, permits etc)

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I fear that this a thread on which we betray our ethnic origins. What we think of as a "potting shed", or simply a place to store the lawnmower, is apparently described in Canada as a "Separate Yoga Studio":

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetail...ertyId=9417874

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A kinda-shed-related cautionary tale for you.....

Our neighbours were getting rid of a greenhouse. Said green house was a plastic/aluminium affair a little past it's best but structural ok. It was screwed to a frame of 2x4's which were then anchored into the ground with metal stakes. We offered to take it off their hands and moved in one piece using the quad and a trailer as per the pic.

I created a pad from leftover crushed stone from a drain we'd put in, with the crushed stone heaped around and over the wooden frame. The metal stakes were driven into the ground as best we could considering it's a pretty rocky spot. After a little effort, our greenhouse stood proudly next to the shed/garage and we looked forward to using it this spring.

Then we had the first autumn gale. Which resulted in the greenhouse in pieces, some 40ft behind the shed where it landed after taking off.

So the moral of the story is: 'if you live in a windy place, make sure your shed/greenhouse is well anchored!'. Our next greenhouse will be concreted in place.;)

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A curious thing happened to me recently in a shed when I was back visiting in the UK.

I went for a walk with my dad in Clapham Woods (famous locally for ley-lines and strange occurrences http://www.freewebs.com/faeden/claphamwoodoccult.htm) and we came across some charcoal-burners. Now the head honcho has a shed right there in the woods next to the charcoal burners so he can make sure he doesn't burn the woods down overnight etc ...

So this guy says to me: Would you like to see inside my shed?
Had my 87 yr old dad not been with me as chaparone, I might have declined, but I meekly followed him into the shed and it was much as you've all descibed. Even had the pot-bellied stove, a small table and a bench-type bed. A few pots and pans hung from the roof, and sundry tools were ranged about. Most of the floor-space was otherwise taken up by an old but serviceable bicycle.

Then the charcoal-burner says: Watch this!
And picking up two bent wires, dowsing rods apparently, he sidles past the bike and the wires cross and uncross. Then, turning, he comes back towards us and they go again.
He says this "line" runs right through his shed, and into the woods on either side in a straight line. He doesn't think it's a stream as it's too linear, and therefore "it must be a ley line".

I've always been sceptical of dowsing, but asked if I could try. It worked for me too! Most odd feeling. Then my dad had to have a go and same thing happened, and he was even more sceptical than I.


There ... that's my shed story. It was a good shed though! :rofl:

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It certainly sheds some light on the mysterious art of dousing ! ;)

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It was, but would have been better with pictures.

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Didn't have a camera with me .... will this do?

http://apgaylard.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/0131.png

Oh, did you mean of the shed? :unsure: It was a little like this, but without the outhouse .... or the thatch ... I think it had a tin roof, but don't really remember noticing. ;)

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"Can Your Shed be Shed of the Year"?

http://www.readersheds.co.uk/

:eek::rofl: