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[What's Burning?]

Ah, cheap labor.

There are some jobs that are tougher than others but you'd be surprised how much you can do with some basic tools, pliers, a metric socket set open end wrenches, screwdrivers and allen/torx wrenches... I kind of find it therapeutic though to fix things, it focuses the mind and forces you to think about the task in front of you free of distractions. That plus it's very rewarding from testosterone standpoint. That, I did it myself feeling. There are things though that I won't do, and that's the point of back yard mechanics, know your limits... mistakes can be costly.

[Hammer278]

Prenups these days are not worth the paper they are written on - can you spell vasectomy?

That's cruel, I wouldn't want to go into a marriage with my spouse having no knowledge of my 'hidden agendas'.

Ah, cheap labor.

There are some jobs that are tougher than others but you'd be surprised how much you can do with some basic tools, pliers, a metric socket set open end wrenches, screwdrivers and allen/torx wrenches... I kind of find it therapeutic though to fix things, it focuses the mind and forces you to think about the task in front of you free of distractions. That plus it's very rewarding from testosterone standpoint. That, I did it myself feeling. There are things though that I won't do, and that's the point of back yard mechanics, know your limits... mistakes can be costly.

Yeah I get what you mean. Small things around the house I like doing myself, like replacing a light switch or putting together a clothes hanger.

But like you said, when comparing the risk to reward ratio of a DIY on my own car it's simply not worth it.

[andrew]

I myself have no car at the present time... not much point in London. I've driven through it before, and it really is faster to walk sometimes.

Neither do I. Much that I would love to have one, it would just be too expensive to have sitting in the street for the odd times that I need it. It wouyld just be another set of bills to pay.

[andrew]

Another of Lew's acting gigs!

You colonials and your cheap cars and petrol.

[LewEngBridewell]

Interesting views on looking after kids. I don't dislike them by any means, in fact I think raising one would be rather fulfilling. I don't possess the finances to do so, and until (and if) I am extremely financially comfortable, I don't see the point in going ahead with something like that.

But teaching them and sharing knowledge that you've acquired over the years would be beautiful, I think. What's the point of attending all those classes, watching all those TV programmes and reading all those books, if you're just going to build up all that knowledge and just die with it?

There's a brilliant quote from Alan Bennett, which he uses in The History Boys...

Pass it on, boys, that's the story I want you to learn. Pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day.

[Jabberwocky]

you never have the finances for kids, unless you happen to drive an F1 car for a living.

As for imparting knowledge, the trouble with that is they learn and that is the start of your worries. eg today I taught my little one how to go down a step (by sitting down and putting his feet on the next step down.) Well chuffed with my achievement, 30 seconds later he had used his new found knowledge on the door step and making a bid for freedom.

Oh and things you find funny to teach them, they always manage to do at the worst time possible. Teaching him "where do piggies live?" and for him to pick his nose and show you is funny at the time. However in from of the Health Visitor is a bit embarrassing.

However he has not managed to surpass his older brother when we saw a "person of small stature" in a supermarket.

[darwin dali]

Interesting views on looking after kids. I don't dislike them by any means, in fact I think raising one would be rather fulfilling. I don't possess the finances to do so, and until (and if) I am extremely financially comfortable, I don't see the point in going ahead with something like that.

But teaching them and sharing knowledge that you've acquired over the years would be beautiful, I think. What's the point of attending all those classes, watching all those TV programmes and reading all those books, if you're just going to build up all that knowledge and just die with it?

There's a brilliant quote from Alan Bennett, which he uses in The History Boys...

Pass it on, boys, that's the story I want you to learn. Pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day.

I AM an educator, so I DO my share of that, in the classroom or in the dungeon

[Hammer278]

Interesting views on looking after kids. I don't dislike them by any means, in fact I think raising one would be rather fulfilling. I don't possess the finances to do so, and until (and if) I am extremely financially comfortable, I don't see the point in going ahead with something like that.

But teaching them and sharing knowledge that you've acquired over the years would be beautiful, I think. What's the point of attending all those classes, watching all those TV programmes and reading all those books, if you're just going to build up all that knowledge and just die with it?

There's a brilliant quote from Alan Bennett, which he uses in The History Boys...

Pass it on, boys, that's the story I want you to learn. Pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day.

Sometimes your posts remind me of a monk or a saint.

[LewEngBridewell]

Interesting views on looking after kids. I don't dislike them by any means, in fact I think raising one would be rather fulfilling. I don't possess the finances to do so, and until (and if) I am extremely financially comfortable, I don't see the point in going ahead with something like that.

But teaching them and sharing knowledge that you've acquired over the years would be beautiful, I think. What's the point of attending all those classes, watching all those TV programmes and reading all those books, if you're just going to build up all that knowledge and just die with it?

There's a brilliant quote from Alan Bennett, which he uses in The History Boys...

Pass it on, boys, that's the story I want you to learn. Pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day.

Sometimes your posts remind me of a monk or a saint.

I can't help it, sometimes it just spills out, you know, brims over. (Another History Boys quote actually).

[What's Burning?]

If you don't have kids then who are you supposed to ask to pull your finger?

[Hammer278]

If you don't have kids then who are you supposed to ask to pull your finger?

Why, where'd you stick it into?

[andrew]

Interesting views on looking after kids. I don't dislike them by any means, in fact I think raising one would be rather fulfilling. I don't possess the finances to do so, and until (and if) I am extremely financially comfortable, I don't see the point in going ahead with something like that.

But teaching them and sharing knowledge that you've acquired over the years would be beautiful, I think. What's the point of attending all those classes, watching all those TV programmes and reading all those books, if you're just going to build up all that knowledge and just die with it?

There's a brilliant quote from Alan Bennett, which he uses in The History Boys...

Pass it on, boys, that's the story I want you to learn. Pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day.

I'm pretty much the exact opposite view to you. Ain't something I've ever thought I'd want to do with my life but each to their own.

[myownalias]

I have two kids and to be honest; they are not that expensive; at least not at this time; one seven year old and one 2 1/2 year old; the pair of them probably add about $400 to our monthly costs.

[andrew]

It's the Summer Soltice today. The days will start getting shorter tomorrow so as of tomorrow we can start saying "The nights fair drawing in".

So is everyone lighting a bonfire, feasting and merrymaking?

[LewEngBridewell]

Oh dear. I was really enjoying the late summer evenings, with plenty of light.

I'm also slightly drunk. Is anyone else? Had a few pints at St. Giles' Circus, Charing Cross Road and Seven Dials. Yeah man.