Things that make you SAD thread.

[Deutsch Wolf]

If I ever get into gardening or DIY, you know I've properly lost it.

 

[sycophantia]

If I ever get into gardening or DIY, you know I've properly lost it.

You're young, plenty of time for you to get into stuff that atm bores you rigid

 

[Tredman]

Turf can get in the sea.

I love my fake grass and will be ripping up every blade of grass at the new place and replacing it.

Yes! Best thing we ever did was put fake grass in the back. Worth every penny

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

You're young, plenty of time for you to get into stuff that atm bores you rigid

It's not that it bores me (though it probably does), I'm just epic levels of shit at both. I wasn't put on this earth to do that. I'm not even shit on purpose to get out of doing it, I just can't do it.

I've got a man who does the garden, if I could afford to then I'd 100% fake turf it over.

If something breaks then I need to phone someone. I have managed to change a fuse, fix the wiring in the fire and fix the battery for the oven in the last three years but that's about the limit.

 

[sycophantia]

It's not that it bores me (though it probably does), I'm just epic levels of shit at both. I wasn't put on this earth to do that. I'm not even shit on purpose to get out of doing it, I just can't do it.

I've got a man who does the garden, if I could afford to then I'd 100% fake turf it over.

If something breaks then I need to phone someone. I have managed to change a fuse, fix the wiring in the fire and fix the battery for the oven in the last three years but that's about the limit.

Its all about confidence my friend, no-one is 'shit' at stuff, you are capable of gardening and diy.....its just whether you can be bothered to learn and practice. Lets face it gardening is 1% skill and 99% effort.....basically its digging a hole, bunging seed/plant in it and filling it in. Personally I'm a bit average at most things but I have to have a go cos I'm not prepared to pay someone else to do it, also its a bit about my working class upbringing that says you're not a 'man' if you can't garden, fix your car, decorate etc.
Now I'm a bit richer and incredibly lazy, I get a pro to fix my car, but I still feel guilty about it, suspect I should see a shrink about that.....alternatively I could just have another beer and forget about it

 

[Paul]

To be fair car fixing is not what it was when I could change a Mk2 Escort starter motor in half an hour, there's three cars on our drive I doubt I could find the starter motor on them
I trained under a traditional carpenter when I was young so I understand pegged mortice joints and Undersquinted wedged scarf joints so I've always been good with my hands, but as sycophantia pointed out a lot of things are just having the confidence to have a go, most things are not as hard as you think (apart from surgery and pearl diving avoid those )

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I could fire that back at other people though, writing isn't difficult, learning a foreign language isn't difficult.

I don't have the natural aptitude for that kind of thing. I don't look down on people who can do it, quite the opposite. That's an actual useful skill as opposed to what I do which is fairly worthless.

 

[The Bear]

Writing is hard. You have to have some natural creativity and flair for structure. You can't just keep writing from scratch and be successful via sheer effort.

That's why your stuff is so popular. It has a good balance of facts and humour in your own natural style.

 

[Paul]

I could fire that back at other people though, writing isn't difficult, learning a foreign language isn't difficult.
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I agree writing isn't difficult (computers even tell me my spellings atrocious ) but what you write is a whole different ballgame, for example I know Karl Henry signed from Stoke and I remember it was the earlyish 2000s but I bet you could tell me the date, the first game, the score, the scorers, and I was probably there so I have no excuse !! I am quite practical you are a savant, it's what makes the world go round

 

[sycophantia]

Yeah I think writing and language skills are harder, you need some sort of natural aptitude for those whereas 'manual skills' can be learnt to a reasonable standard. There are some terrific youtube 'how to' videos around nowadays, back in the day you had to use Haynes etc manual which while ok could sometimes be unintelligable. Like I said, its more about how much you want to do stuff and self confidence

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Writing is hard. You have to have some natural creativity and flair for structure. You can't just keep writing from scratch and be successful via sheer effort.

That's why your stuff is so popular. It has a good balance of facts and humour in your own natural style.

Stephen King says the secret to becoming a good writer, assuming you have a talent in that area, is to keep writing. Every day. A minimum of 1,000 words. He still does that now. Seems to have served him quite well. For a novelist, it isn't just structure that needs flair, it's dialogue. Making dialogue flow and feel natural is actually a very challenging thing to do. King is a master of that.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Every day isn't a feasible goal, not every day is possible. For fairly obvious reasons.

No days have been possible lately.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I guess it is if you are Stephen King but yep, life gets in the way. I suppose it is something to be strived for and while you can't always achieve that goal at least writing very regularly will see improvement.

I love to write, but it has been a very long time for me. Still got three or four possible book ideas floating around in my head. Getting them down on "paper" or at least the hard drive of this thing could be quite a therapeutic release during this shite, even if they would need the polish and refinement and about sixty three redrafts of every page. I don't think writing to a deadline would suit me!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I don't even know if I enjoy it, to be honest. It's quite trying to attempt being funny all the time. Let alone trying to find new angles constantly. And every time I look at what I've done, I pick away at it and think I should have done this or that better.

It might be the end of that endeavour, I can't actually do anything though so that would be quite the minefield.

 

[Tredman]

Facebook reminded me of the birthday of one of my ex-pupils. Just went to wish him happy birthday and found he died last year. He was a great kid.

 

[sycophantia]

Facebook reminded me of the birthday of one of my ex-pupils. Just went to wish him happy birthday and found he died last year. He was a great kid.

Thats tragic, how old?

 

[Tredman]

Thats tragic, how old?

He’d have been 32 I think. Was always full of life, such a shame.

 

[sycophantia]

He’d have been 32 I think. Was always full of life, such a shame.

No age, horrible

 

[UKYankieWWFC]

Just heard a chap at work tripped and fell in the car park this morning, cracked his head and passed away. Totally shocked

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Just heard a chap at work tripped and fell in the car park this morning, cracked his head and passed away. Totally shocked

Awful news