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    My weekend was spent putting up blinds, shelves and car repairs and servicing. I did get a great new tool for diagnosing car faults though which connects to the cars computer and bluetooths to a phone for real time fault readings. Also had to cut and mitre some cupboard edgings in the kitchen to go around the cupboards where the new extractor went in.

    All went ok so nothing to report really apart from the shelves going on plasterboard walls, and two shelves on two walls I managed to hit two bits of the supporting wooden frame so couldn't use the plastic plasterboard fixings, which reminds me to ask how can anyone call the plastic plasterboard fixings easy and no drilling required when without drilling first the end wears away before it starts in, or the top where the screwdriver goes in just breaks off before it's half way in? I had to drill almost to the size of the plug shaft to get it to wind in.

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    Water leaks are a feature of our house, so I know your pain. When we replaced our downstairs cistern flush we could not get the tank to seal to the toilet as it was fitted directly on top of the toilet. Our neighbour is a retired plumber and tried all sorts of sealants he had. I ended up using some tricks I use to seal things at work and used multiple rubber gaskets even on sides of plates which shouldn't need them. Water is amazing, I can work on oil systems running 2000+ PSI and seal 99% of the time first time, but 15 PSI of water pressure will leak 99% of the time for me.

    We have had a leak we can't find under our bath for over a year, it has holed the downstairs ceiling but we still can't see what is leaking to cure it. A basin tap connector weeped for long enough, out of sight, to cause the cupboard and floorboard to swell, and our roof leaked into our bedroom causing a hole in the ceiling and loads of bowls to be deposited around so we could sleep for the night, and all in the last year.

    Water leaks, no fun at all Freddy, so I hope you get it sorted soon.

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    Look good for a men's heel, would want to cover them with jeans a little even so.

    Also spotted today a man in ill fitting womens leggings, black satin ballet pumps, ladies black jacket with a large floral wheelie bag and a handbag over his arm! In the company of two (Not very attractive) women.

    At least he had support for his lifestyle choice apparently.

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    Sorry to disappoint anyone but I don't have a leather lust. The Leather Lust Footwear have a Facebook page, Facebook has noticed an interest in shoes and puts ads in which match that. The picture for the ad was some interesting but unwearable shoes which fitted the profile for this post so I followed it and ended up on the site looking around.

    That's it really, I've also ended up on Clarks shoes but I don't have a thing for granny shoes either ;-)

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    Today was all about putting up a new extractor hood in the kitchen. It only broke about 3 years ago, but every few months the wife has nagged me to sort it out. Originally the switch had burnt out and I was trying to get one (£78 for a switch versus £80 for a new extractor). So recently the nagging started and B&Q had one for £59 so I handed over the money and Mrs Shyguy went and got one. A few minutes to get the old one down, and all looked good. Had to chop back some tiles but that went ok, surprising how accurate I can be with hammer and bolster :-)

    I measured, checked and re-measured and re-checked the hole sites for mounting the new extractor, and armed with a sharp drill and hammer function soon had 4 holes drilled. What's more they all lined up when the hood was fitted. Result. Hood is up, just the wiring, outer casing (looks like a chimney) and vent pipe to fit. Obviously standards aren't, so the new 125mm vent didn't fit in the 100mm vent pipe, and the adapter we bought also didn't adapt quite tightly (140 mm for a 125 mm fitting???) So it was time for some sealing tape. Luckily the old pipe fitted just inside the new vent and teped up with proper duct tape around the outside it will be fine.

    The chimney effect stainless surround had to be cut around a pipe going across the cupboards, tin snips and careful measuring and phew it looks OK. Only problem now was the last fixing bracket which couldn't go where it was supposed to due to the vent outlet plate. Again some careful measuring and drilling and that fitted. Connected the wiring to the fused switch and turned on the power. Nada, nothing, rien. So pull the socket again (shorty me trying to work over the top of the high cupboards) and found the wires had gone in too far so tightened on the plastic, rookie mistake but easily made as I couldn't see up there too well. All back together, some final checks and we have extractor. But no light. This time it was simply a bulb which had loosened in transit.

    Anyway 4 hours, one badly aching back but I have earned some brownie points. What should I exchange those for???

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