Things you didn't know but should have done, or are about to find out

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Nov 12th 2017, 9:10 pm

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Originally Posted by Dorothy

I should have known that if I let the first year apprentice do my hair it would be crap.

Was it at least cut-price crap?

Nov 12th 2017, 9:26 pm

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In an effort to reignite the topic, I'm stealing this from the random thread.

Something like that one might expect to have been made aware of previously. You know, you'd think parents might have said so.

My Mum died when I was 9 and my maternal Grandfather (the one who served in WW1) cut all ties with us. It wasn't something my Dad would have known, nor something my Uncle (my Mum's brother) would have thought to tell us. My cousin (from my Mum's side) told me yesterday, in response to a post I made on FB regarding Remembrance Day.

Nov 12th 2017, 9:36 pm

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My Mum died when I was 9 and my maternal Grandfather (the one who served in WW1) cut all ties with us. ...

Ah...
Worth a duplicate post though...plus it might get the thread back on track.

Nov 13th 2017, 12:45 am

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Was it at least cut-price crap?

Women's hair cuts are ridiculously expensive here. 1st year apprentice still =$180.

Nov 13th 2017, 2:37 am

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Re: Things you didn't know but should have done, or are about to find out

I didn’t think I would miss Boots advantage points and their 3 for 2 at Xmas but here I am!

Nov 13th 2017, 5:04 am

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Your point was valid but too many threads with Trump creep

At least you managed to avoid blaming Harper for his election or god forbid the price of cheese.

If there is a nicest BE poster, FL has to be it.

Nov 13th 2017, 5:05 am

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I didn't know I would be earning so much less in Vancouver - blah!

Nov 13th 2017, 7:54 am

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Re: Things you didn't know but should have done, or are about to find out

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I didn’t think I would miss Boots advantage points and their 3 for 2 at Xmas but here I am!

They're only a flight away... but it may not be a good financial idea...

Nov 13th 2017, 3:40 pm

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They're only a flight away... but it may not be a good financial idea...

Not when the flight, car hire and possibly a hotel factor in.

However I’ve been offered some ‘goodies’ from there if I paint a picture of a friends dog. So as long as I do a good job on it .

Nov 13th 2017, 3:45 pm

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I didn’t think I would miss Boots advantage points and their 3 for 2 at Xmas but here I am!

Becki! We've missed you!

Welcome back!!

Nov 14th 2017, 12:48 pm

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Something I didn't know until it was too late is that the blade on my mitre saw is slightly out of alignment. A degree on a 12-inch cut is enough to bugger things up.

I didn't realise until I'd cut a load of rectangles, which turned out to be parallelograms.

Anyone want some firewood?

At least it was only the pine I wrecked. I'd have been rather narked to write off the expensive bit of bamboo.

Nov 14th 2017, 1:02 pm

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Re: Things you didn't know but should have done, or are about to find out

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...the blade on my mitre saw is slightly out of alignment. A degree on a 12-inch cut is enough to bugger things up.

I didn't realise until I'd cut a load of rectangles, which turned out to be parallelograms...

And you're the DIY expert. There's hope for us all.

Nov 14th 2017, 1:41 pm

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And you're the DIY expert. There's hope for us all.

Hope and danger.

I was at a conference in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. I had lunch with a guy I hadn't seen for a couple of years. The previous time I'd seen him, he was retiring and taking up woodwork.

Over lunch, I noticed his hand.

'Table saw?' I asked.

'Yup'.

He was bloody lucky to get away with 14 stitches and not four very short fingers.

Nov 14th 2017, 2:32 pm

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'Table saw?' I asked.

'Yup'.

Fortunately my mishap with an electric saw only involved cutting through the top of the coffee table I was using when cutting laminate flooring planks.