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Just finished fitting out the flooring in the garage on the basis that I will be spending a lot of the next few months in there unless the vaccine trials prove successful. Like the look of the Sealy cabinets but also found some on Bigdug that look quiet a bit cheaper, anyone had any experience with Bigdug? Really happy with the flooring which I purchased the tiles from https://www.garagefloortilecompany.com/

Wow that was a hard read Tom and I wish I lived nearer to help you get the Westfield finished so you can have a release and some success. Just reading it I could feel the sense of pain you have and the guilt that you are carrying over something that was clearly not of your making. Your Mum and family must be so proud and feel lucky to have you but the price you pay for being the rock for others is high. I would hope you have sought help for yourself as too often when helping others you forget yourself and no one notices. But reading Ian's reply he is right stop beating yourself up, focus on the important things to you. What I learnt when I had problems is to recognise what is in my control and what is not. You have no control over your ex or her child so whatever you feel is outside your grasp to change that. I found it hard to learn to recognise the difference between what I could change and what I could not but now I have it is easier to deal with what life throws at me. The death of both my parents in close succession and then my Fil were hard and just when I got over those my brother died and as he lived in France with the lockdown I could not be there for his family or go to his funeral. But I understood that I could change nothing which before I would not have been able to accept I could have not have done something different . It still hurts but I accept that hurt is part of life. As for not having the confidence to take part in the threads, well anyone who can write what you have shared is not short of strength of character and if you have read many of the threads on the boards you will know that we are a friendly bunch who like a laugh and do not take life too seriously. Get stuck in, what is the worst that could happen? Get the car finished and then get out with your local area you will be welcomed with open arms

Bought a good pair of 3M Peltor ear defenders at Aldi (because of course I did) for £15... ...and as I was mildly chuffed about m purchase, I was dumb enough to show Lady Colonial my prize. “Why do you need those?” ”To protect my eyes... why do you think? Because some of my man tools make a lot of noise, that’s why.” ”Do you want me to shout so you can try them out?” At this point my brain-mouth filter should have kicked in... but no. ”You mean up until now you haven’t been shouting?” Sure is comfy in this doghouse after all the time I’ve spent in it.

Arches look good Jack!

I just wanted to write on here to say thank you to everyone who read my story. Especially to both @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO and @jeff oakley for your replies

Be patient Martin it’s only been two and half years.

Darkness to Blind

Is there any chance you could pop the back off to see what’s in it & work out the ratio?

You really need to stop reading the news Don.

Yeah sorry - a bit busy today but managed to fix it. Will add reminders for myself (doh)

😱🤨😡😪😭 @Rush Motorsport the 2nd Can we have a ban on until 25th Dec for seasonal postings 😬

sell the other 4 for 44 quid lol

I was going to say the same. I didn't think they were bad value for Ti. And you'd only need 16

I actually think there pretty cheap. The price of titanium plus the tooling to cut it. At just under 11 quid a nut I'd say they were pretty good value

You know they will have been the kids at school who were the geeks who had few friends and picked for the sports teams last, but I bet they could buy any team they want and have more friends now than anyone. It just shows what determination, dedication and education can do.

As a lot of us are facing lockdown 2 and some people might be struggling with it, I thought as one of the quietest members of the community that I should write in this post because it feels relevant to me. I often want to reply to threads and be more active but often just lack to confidence to type anything and I feel I want to explain by sharing with you all. Where would I begin to even start, I'm sorry for droning on but maybe me, sitting here typing this may one day help. I hope someone will actually be interested enough to read this and that this part of my life that I'm going to share will help someone else who feels like I do. I got diagnosed with bipolar disorder quite a long time ago 15 years ish now, I actually was assigned an amazing psychiatrist that quickly found me some medication that kept me balanced out and thought that was it. I guess for me all the trouble started when I met someone who changed my world totally. We'd met through work, she'd just come out of another relationship and what both of us didn't know when we did meet was that she'd just fallen pregnant with her ex's child. So I stayed with her I adored her and nothing would take me away from her, I helped her to make her pregnancy as comfortable as possible, helped her raise the little boy and treated him like my own. Things were really difficult but we found a way or I thought we were, my work meant I was in London most days and living in Essex on weekdays and our place was near the Welsh border, 3.5 hours in the car each way. A bit further down the line my mum collapsed one evening, she was rushed to hospital and had suffered a massive hemorrhage type stroke, the doctors put her chance of survival at 10% and scarily her chance of surviving without major disabilities at 3%. A month into this my Girlfriend decided she'd be better off without me and ended our relationship, but she wouldn't fully let me go. Between her and all what was going on with my mum I became exhausted, my average day with work included became a 20 hour day after I'd gone to see mum and I certainly couldn't give my girlfriend the time I needed to. So I moved back in permanently to my parents and nearly exactly 2 years to the day my mum got sick, she came back home!. She made fantastic progress and became one of the 3% of cases that made a good recovery. She still needs a mobility scooter to go any real distances but truly a miracle how well she's done. So after a rough few years I decided to start chasing my dreams in life, I felt I'd given up a lot in life to help my mum so it was time to enjoy life, I ordered the westie to fulfil a childhood dream! One of the dreams of mine was ever since it launched was to go on a specific cruise ship. Independence of the Seas, It was home porting in the UK so I took the bull by the horns and booked my entire family aboard for 2 weeks to explore the med. It was a really special time however all I could think about was having my ex and the little man with me. I was there, lucky enough to live my dream, yet I hated every minute of it because it all felt empty. We then went to Russia on another cruise this time following one of my mums dreams, and once again the huge hole of the pair of them dominated everything. Once again I felt totally empty and alone in a void. As time has gone on, the emptiness stays it never goes, the more empty things feel the less I feel able to talk about things. I can be pretty good at hiding my emotions to most people. I got back in touch with the ex because my boss told me she was in a spot of trouble, she sends me pictures of the not so little man now, I even got to see a video of his school assembly, and I'm so incredibly proud of him but that's overwhelmed by the huge amount of guilt I feel for not being there for him over the years. I wanted to be but she wouldn't let me be there and its difficult because no matter how much I wish I am I'm not his dad. It's broken me to just know he'll never really know me or who I am. Life to me has seemed to evolve into a struggle everyday between two massive forces of wanting the emptiness to stop and ending it and the will to keep on going. So I just try to keep things in balance, even right now the westie just seems like a mistake, it failed its IVA because of emissions and brake balance, just feels like the end of the world. Hopefully I've fixed it to get it through its retest but I don't feel confident in myself at all. Just emptiness and a lack of anything inside. Anyways if anyone has read this thank you for taking the time, I wish I could write more on here and feel more part of the community, most days I don't feel I belong anywhere really and I hope you all understand a bit why I'm so quiet. So if I can ever be a friendly non judgmental ear to anyone then my door will never be closed and I hope everyone is looking after themselves through the new lockdowns as they can be somewhat tough!

1000 apologies, there is no link to this, but I was Youtubing and stumbled on it. I just had to share it - it is so crisp and clear, you'd think it was filmed yesterday!

November 3rd, 2020 Spend: £12,000 Whilst on holiday in France, with very little to do, I started to reflect on life and really missed having a V8 in it. So a plan hatched; sell the Westfield, and buy a Seight! I present to you: Barney I'd spotted him on Ebay, but the auction disappeared before I sold my car. On the off-chance it wasn't sold, I messaged the seller. And as luck would have it, the original buyer had pulled out. So I agreed to meet up today and with the help of @kenton made a deal.

I'm a Yorkshireman and whilst I love the look of the proper fitted cabinets, I couldn't bring myself to part with all that cash. So - I bought two matching tambour cabinets (slidnig doors, rather than hinged). I also bought a cheap Hilka workbench and fitted a Halfords Industrial toolchest into it and some thick oak worktop, lifted from Gumtree for £25! Tool tidying is by virtue of socket trays and spanner racks - not as neat as shadow foam, but I can fit a lot more in Quite pleased with the results

too early 🎅