How are you preparing for the post Covid 19 world?

[papasmurf]

LOL  says the master of colourful comments!!  :hattip

I am being realistic.

[T00ts]

Frankly with people on a knife edge of sanity due to government incompetences, and domestic violence on the increase, such "colourful" comments are not welcome.

LOL  says the master of colourful comments!!  :hattip

[papasmurf]

Gosh I hadn't thought of it that way at all. I'm sure it was only a colourful way of putting his boredom.

Frankly with people on a knife edge of sanity due to government incompetences, and domestic violence on the increase, such "colourful" comments are not welcome.

[T00ts]

He deserves every word. The police are very aware of possible domestic disputes and violence during this lockdown. Suggesting he is going to bury his wife under the patio would have any forum administrator wondering if they should provide details of the post, the email address, the IP used to the police, so they can make a visit. It's outrageous.

Gosh I hadn't thought of it that way at all. I'm sure it was only a colourful way of putting his boredom.

[Barry]

He deserves every word. The police are very aware of possible domestic disputes and violence during this lockdown. Suggesting he is going to bury his wife under the patio would have any forum administrator wondering if they should provide details of the post, the email address, the IP used to the police, so they can make a visit. It's outrageous.

[T00ts]

^^T00ts!  :hattip  :kikass:

Oh dear - I wasn't intending to be rude only constructive. I speak as an ex Golf Lady Captain married to the ex Men's Captain so we were both fairly involved but I saw the damage that could be done by some who almost lived at the club or on the trips. Wives were too often forgotten and with that  went the  'men together' rudeness against their long suffering wives.



A lot of the men used to include me in their 4's just for fun games and were charming, but not all of the guys would dream of including me but I benefited from my husband's popularity. I couldn't hit as far of course but at times I was a lot more accurate so could give them a game, but I had other 'tricks' at times that could really put them off. I was often quite cheeky, but it was for fun so fun we had. Good times.

[Barry]

^^T00ts!  :hattip  :kikass:

[T00ts]

It's times like this I realise I have very little in common with women, especially my wife. No golf, no pub, just 24/7 bickering. I am looking at the patio and wondering what it would like with a wife under it

In a situation like this instead of looking for differences and a spot in the patio perhaps you would be better occupied in putting your good lady first for a change. Perhaps she is a golf widow who has had to find her own life as you obviously made your own. Bickering always takes two. Presumably you married for some reason other than having a housekeeper/cook/bottle washer on tap, so perhaps a little bit of effort on your part might open up  a whole new world. You could offer to walk together if she'll have you. On the other hand if that's impossible, now is the time to begin a new hobby in preparation for when you start to become a nuisance slow player on the  courses and your handicap drops substantially so that the 19th hole is the only real attraction.   :hattip  :crzy

[Wiggles]

It's times like this I realise I have very little in common with women, especially my wife. No golf, no pub, just 24/7 bickering. I am looking at the patio and wondering what it would like with a wife under it

[cromwell]

I haven't seen one of those since, well, since Boris banned the car boot sales.



How were they sharpened? That was easy enough and necessary with the old high carbon steel drill bits, but the augers in the photo have screw ends. Were there specialised dies?

My old man had a few of these whenever he needed a starter for a screw he used these afaik never sharpened them,then he got a black and decker drill for a birthday,metal casing built like a tank and used it for years without fault.

[Borchester]

No, it was a government contract, they were made a long time ago built on to  Thornycroft Mighty Antar  tank transporter tractor units.

They were designed to automatically dig a continuous spiral trench six feet deep, two feet wide, (Using  chain digger,)  in suitable locations. (Bedfordshire has several such areas.)

I dare say that the mechanical diggers will be more efficient but they won't solve the social problem. In my admittedly limited experience of these matters, the problems is never getting enough volunteers in times of crisis. Everyone likes to pitch in and do their bit, but as often as not, once they have finished tearing up bedsheets for bandages and boiling water, there is not a lot they can do. So why not set them to digging graves? A sort of Rest In Peace Corps as Jack Kennedy would have called it?

[Borchester]

Did it look like these,they were used for starting screws others had a corkscrew blade for making holeshttps://i.ibb.co/ZgrXcXp/s-l400.jpg">

I haven't seen one of those since, well, since Boris banned the car boot sales.



How were they sharpened? That was easy enough and necessary with the old high carbon steel drill bits, but the augers in the photo have screw ends. Were there specialised dies?

[T00ts]

Did it look like these,they were used for starting screws others had a corkscrew blade for making holeshttps://i.ibb.co/ZgrXcXp/s-l400.jpg">

Exactly. Except I remember one that had a more pronounced open screw like a cork screw. Perhaps it was, Dad was a great one for having a will and finding a way. I wouldn't put anything past him!    I remember too him using a hammer and metal pointed thing for making holes in walls and his bit and brace which I think came later. You can imagine that I was one of those little girls that was always right alongside Dad wherever he was. I learned all my DIY and gardening alongside him and his mantra was if you can read you can do anything. The other thing that he drummed into me was that if I thought I couldn't do something look to the person that could and learn. That led me to mate for a builder who was working on a house we had many years ago. I learned many trade tricks with him. He only fell out with me when I pointed out that plastering was like icing a cake!  I look back now and realise that Dad did me a great service even encouraging ambidextrous use of tools. He was quite amazing for the era.

[cromwell]

Maybe. I just remember it had a wooden handle.

Did it look like these,they were used for starting screws others had a corkscrew blade for making holeshttps://i.ibb.co/ZgrXcXp/s-l400.jpg">

[papasmurf]

You mean Romanians ? The trouble is that a lot of them went home. Still, I want to do my bit. As an ex civil servant I will volunteer to count the corpses.

No, it was a government contract, they were made a long time ago built on to  Thornycroft Mighty Antar  tank transporter tractor units.

They were designed to automatically dig a continuous spiral trench six feet deep, two feet wide, (Using  chain digger,)  in suitable locations. (Bedfordshire has several such areas.)