On Thursday, I worked all day on my shelving, I have to say that it would have been far easier with two people, but where there was no way I could continue without help to support the structure, Marcela came and gave me a hand. Firstly I screwed one side of the shelving directly toContinue reading “Workshop Complete”
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Another Failure…Forcing More Work!
Friday, I took the trailer and went to Homecenter, I wanted a sheet of hardboard and to replenish my 2×4 stock, but they only had two lengths of 2×4 that didn\’t look like an imitation banana, so I added a 3×2 as well, but I needed a cart for carrying timber, and they all seemedContinue reading “Another Failure…Forcing More Work!”
Depressed!
I said I wouldn\’t be about, but I am writing this really for my own benefit…as have said elsewhere, this really is my diary, and it is somewhere I can come back to for information. To say I am feeling depressed is an understatement, I left home reasonably early this morning, to go shopping inContinue reading “Depressed!”
Work Rest and Play…Not Necessarily in That Order!
I started this morning with a trip to Copacabana to get the week-end food in, and the chaos continues as people ready themselves to start the Festival of Oranges this afternoon and all week-end. My earlier comments about a mass piss-up, seem to have been born out When the town hall believes it has toContinue reading “Work Rest and Play…Not Necessarily in That Order!”
After All Her Work
After all Marcela\’s work yesterday bailing out most of the water from the swimming pool, we had a storm last night! So today, being Saturday, I had no intention of working all day, but we needed to get the plastic sheet in place. When I returned from doing the food shop in town, I gotContinue reading “After All Her Work”
Back to Work
There is a piece of my fence that borders the road, that until recently has been covered by the azulina hedge on the road side, but with the work I did in the lane alongside us, I cut all the azulina down from the side of the workshop, where it was growing along the fence,Continue reading “Back to Work”
Hot Work!
This morning I started work as soon as Marcela left for hers, I wanted to finish before the sun came up, but that was just wishful thinking. I wanted to get this wall sorted out, as it was an eyesore. The first job was to scrape the mould build up along the bottom of theContinue reading “Hot Work!”
A Little Diversion!
There has been something worrying me for some time, in fact I think I mentioned it when erecting the razor wire, and that is, when the men working for Public Utilities wanted access to the cables on the pole outside our fence, they would use a stepladder to stand on top of our fence toContinue reading “A Little Diversion!”
Next Step
This morning I went off with the trailer to Homecenter, little thinking what problems I might encounter. I had called in yesterday, and made the decision not to buy plywood to top the base, the price has shot up, and I was able to buy one sheet of 9mm MDF 2.44m x 1.83m for £10-60Continue reading “Next Step”
Simple Solution to a Bigger Problem
One of my biggest headaches, is cutting down plywood sheets, most of the time when I go to Homecenter, I ask them to be cut, and I will get some feeble response that they are too busy, but will have it ready for tomorrow, I am certainly not making two trips, with time, petrol andContinue reading “Simple Solution to a Bigger Problem”
An Englishman in Colombia 