Haggis

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• Home DIY

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  In classic fashion I'm doing everything backwards. Stove has now been installed, going to have a go at patching it myself and like the idea of sand paper on MDF as looks like it would work nicely with the flat edge on the inside of the curve.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Currently S Max or XC 70 in my head at the moment.

  The boot will need to be split 50/50 with a separator.

  Any years/engines of the s max to avoid?!

  XC 70 is winning at the moment as could get one with the T6 engine and 300bhp but the s max does look like the more sensible option.

• Home DIY

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months

  

  That's a good visual, I'm just thinking of the red area to make it neat. Usually I'd have a crack but unsure about the top arch where someone has butchered the existing plaster.

  Stove being installed so keeping the inside as brick. Stove guy has a plasterer we can use if needed.

• Home DIY

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months

  

  I would like to re plaster this fireplace arch and sides, should I just get someone in to do it or is getting the arch perfect diy-able? I'd imagine getting someone in to do it would be £150+.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months

  

  Looking to short list some cars to go look at. 2 baby seats in the back, so the dog and double buggy in the boot. No chance in the current A4 estate. Has anyone been in a similar position?

  My current train of thought is the Volvo XC 70 might work due to the boot being square or a VW touran type mpv or do I just need to get a T5.

• Home DIY

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 3 weeks

  

  I completed a big paint job before going on holiday and forgot to wash my brushes and roller cages. What's the best way of getting them cleaned up (water based paint)?!

• I got 99 problems but my WiFi ain't one

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 months, 2 weeks

  

  I recently had fibre installed, so finally started making use of the 20 (seriously) ethernet ports throughout the house (thanks prev owner).

  I have deco setup via ethernet backhaul,which means I've gone from 20 to 500 in my office, whoop.

  But I've got one big problem, devices just refuse to pick the best signal. I can be stood next to a node and it will still connect to the node across the other side of the house. To the point where I have setup a separate office network to avoid devices connecting to it. The problem still persists with the others but I don't fancy running 3 separate networks.

  Am I doing it wrong? Is deco a bit shit?

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 months, 3 weeks

  

  I have the pleasure of driving through sandy lane a lot. Nice thatched cottages but the roads very busy.

• Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 months, 1 week

  

  Spent the day on Salisbury plains riding a Fantic xef250 with Phoenix trails a couple of weeks back. Can highly recommend it, 6hrs of riding trails and only one gate to open. Annoyingly the itch is even greater for a trail bike now.

  Was nearly sent to the shadow realm by a speeding taxi, joining the road from some of the trails involve blind corners and you just need to cross your toes.

• Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

  in Rides & Races • 6 months, 1 week

  

  Hunt trail wide 27.5 opinions? Currently between them or Hope Fortus.