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I have never seen alan partridge. i have never seen any of his shows or movies or whatever he does but his name comes up now and again and its usually someone saying, "yeah, he's a bit like alan partridge they way he..." then they do an impression that goes completely over my head. what...

online pictionary: http://www.isketch.net/ havnt won a round yet :(

this picture made me laugh so i thought i'd share it with you.

i was using a mates spirit level in work, it was a really good one because it was shaped live an inverted capital 'T' so when you set it on the wall it didnt move at all. i asked him where he got it and he told me he stole it off a guy 8 years ago when he was working on the isle of man...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/1492839/Mother-sets-fire-to-her-daughters-gloating-rapist.html I would have done the exact same thing, a very fitting death for complete scum. But if i had reacted the same way as this woman i would expect to get locked up. you cant go...

seems to be the same designer or physics engin as that fantastic contraption http://www.nitrome.com/games/icebreaker/

I made a post a while ago about the difficulty i was having finding a 'caulk board'. the only website i found one on wouldnt deliver to NI. I was offered some helpful advice on where i might find one and was able to order one made by 'Emir' but it was no good, far too rigid. so i sent the...

I dont know why but i have some misplaced admiration for the complete b*stards of this world. id quite like to have my own country and rule it with an iron fist but i just dont think i have it in me. can anyone list some of the cold heartless things people have said? "We are not going to give...

im a decorator, real trade :), and i was working on a refurb where all the old door saddles got replaced with new 'mahogany' ones. I thought mahogany was no longer used as it was endangered. Is just a substitute that is still called mahogany on site?

I got the train this morning and as usual it was packed, i was pressed up against the door. It pulled into a station where a few more people managed to squeeze on and a guy who was trying to get on looked up and said, 'tut and everyone stands at the door again' I looked away and muttered 'beat...

i got a couple of qusetions for anyone with experiance using shellac based products Whats the correct solvent for shellac based paint? after ive finished using the paint can i just throw my brushes into the brushmate? cheers

just in case any one has had as much trouble as me finding one of these: http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/Decorating-Accessories/Stanley-Caulking-Tool/invt/710087

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Naked-Painter-Painting-and-Decorating-service_W0QQitemZ320305057486QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320305057486&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Saw this on ebay and it made me laugh, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RYOBI-One-CCG-1801M-Caulking-Gun_W0QQitemZ400001311801QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item400001311801&_trkparms=72%3A1350%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 You could buy 20 normal guns for the same price but a...

im stripping a bedroom, (woodchip, over vinal, with 20 coats of paint in between!) the walls are so old it was only the paper holding them together, so theres plenty of patching in to do where its all come away. im under a bit of pressure time wise, so my question is can i line over the...

i have to put a couple of coats of bitumen on my aunts kitchen roof, its pretty big about 30m2. do you reckon i could cut round the edges with a 4" and fire the rest on with a scuttle and a yard brush or should i just resign myself to spending a few hours on my knees? (insert your own pun)

from end to end in imperial measurements please, ill take my leagues and furlongs over your kelvins and parsecs and day of the week, thank you very much

recently i've been having real problems with Magers caulk, it all cracks up everywhere after being painted, as if it hasnt had enough time to dry and has to be touched in 3 or 4 times wich is a real disastor on ceiling lines. i think Manger must have updated their formula as never used to have...