All aspects of DIY are suffering badly I get an amazing number of older working tv's in here, including Smart tv's that the apps have failed for lack of OEM support. The customers just get a new Smart tv. Really all they need to do is get a small slim case PC & use that as a multimedia box connected to the TV.
Better access to the internet & can be done for free (if you know the right ppl or your kids ex gaming computer from their last upgrade)
mrfxit,
Mar 28, 5:36am
Finding a wreck pile of cars down a back blocks rural road is next to impossible now. Uni/Varsity & most other tech institutes often don't even bother to get students to repair cars now, preferring to leave that for the garages that run apprenticeships, who end up retraining the bookworms for real life workshop duties.
gph1961,
Mar 28, 5:38am
rubbish,i potter around mending my VW
apollo11,
Mar 28, 6:16am
Do you potter around or putter? "putter around Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus. putter around To move from place to place, doing trivial, random, or aimless tasks or activities. It makes me sad thinking of my granddad puttering around that big old house all by himself. I didn't have a specific plan while I was in London, so I spent most of the time just puttering around."
gph1961,
Mar 28, 6:29am
maybe cos easily sidetracked,while mending said VW 1 minute the g/box is out,then bugger me the l/f door is removed staying on task can be hard most days must feed the cat heeeeree puss puss
2sheddies,
Mar 28, 6:44am
Oh. I thought potting was cultivating weed.
2sheddies,
Mar 28, 6:48am
The whole trouble in this ridiculous throw away day and age is, everything's so cheap to replace that nobody can see the point in fixing things. Tis why landfills are overflowing. In the good old days, things were designed to be repairable, and you did just that, because a replacement was cost prohibitive.
Not that you needed to fix them often. Built to last back then.
gph1961,
Mar 28, 6:52am
aye by gum lad
apollo11,
Mar 28, 6:59am
Lol. Good on you, mate.
apollo11,
Mar 28, 7:00am
I'll make a note.
ambo11,
Mar 28, 7:04am
I've just built a 12 x 7 with 3.1 stud height and a hoist, generous workshop space so I can do anything I want from building trailers to maintaining our vehicles, saws, mowers etc etc. I spend many hours in the shed, couldn't imagine life without it. Funny though, the younger (20's) guys at work have no idea why I need a shed like that. they don't know how to change a tyre, their engine oil, sharpen a chainsaw, ( what's a 2 stroke engine?) or anything remotely bloke like. BUT they do know how to trim their beards, and do anything on a phone. What a shame.
apollo11,
Mar 28, 7:12am
There is a bloke on youtube called MartyT, always bringing home junk and fixing it up- hauling out diggers or tractors that have been abandoned in the bush etc. He lives down in the Marlborough Sounds somewhere.
ronaldo8,
Mar 28, 7:17am
Indeed, it's downright depressing.
It's not just the cost though, it's an attitude. Consumer. it's a dirty word in my book but I'll probably get called a communist for saying so.
stevo2,
Mar 28, 7:51am
I no longer do my own vehicle servicing or repairs. I did box in the pit in my workshop when I built but never got around to digging it out. Workshop is 11mt x 6 with a 3mt stud height. Most of my projects are timber related although I still like to break out the arc welder every now and then. Also have a double garage for our cars.8mt x 7 mt wide x 3mt stud height.
2sheddies,
Mar 28, 8:44am
Pity that so many younger guys will never know the satisfaction of taking something broken and putting it back to full working condition. And not to mention the financial savings. I couldn't imagine being completely helpless and having to rely on others to fix or maintain every little thing from the car to the lawnmower to a blinkin light bulb.
2sheddies,
Mar 28, 8:48am
Stumbled on his channel the other week. Lucky bugger, he's got his sh*t together ay! Great lifestyle. Hard to believe there are dozers and excavators worth tens of thousands left abandoned in the bush like that!
Hmmmm. wonder if he does any potting?
ronaldo8,
Mar 28, 9:18am
Same here. It's unimaginable isn't it, I don't know how they do it.
poppy62,
Mar 28, 9:55am
It's called Evolution, they say. The Dinosaurs and their M.O. of the mid 20th century are facing extinction.
apollo11,
Mar 28, 10:00am
The movie 'Idiocracy' was quite portentious.
2sheddies,
Mar 28, 10:38am
I guess you can't miss it if you've never had it lol. Mind you, being handy has its drawbacks too. Once all the neighbours figure out you're a sheddie and can fix things, they keep bringing you their broken sh*t and you never get any of your own stuff done lol.
gph1961,
Mar 28, 4:41pm
great word and tooo big for me which may lead to a conniption fit
desmodave,
Mar 28, 7:38pm
Just change the sign from Garage , to workshop . Cheap , easy and low stress . Those that live in a sedan could move up to a station wagon and call the boot space a workshop . Sometimes you have be up with the times and look outside the square .
dutch9,
Mar 28, 8:13pm
New units all around Auckland with one tiny garage or apartments in Auckland City with no parking at all . Seems to be 4 cars at every house parked on lawns or on streets . I will stick to my old house with three car garage and off road parking for now . I like to park my car and motorcycle inside .
tygertung,
Mar 28, 11:31pm
You can convert one room in your apartment to a workshop space, or do like they do in Germany and build a cargo bike on your kitchen table. Could be OK if you clean up afterwards. Turn under the table into tool storage and use fold up chairs to save space.
framtech,
Mar 29, 12:07am
There is a bigger problem in this and its the fact that people have been blind sided into believing that there is no life south of the bomb bay hills. concrete jungle blinkers if you will. Truth is, there is a whole world of kiwi fellers in thousands of sheds pumping all over the rest of NZ . Making a statement that there is no work or life south of Auckland is rubbish and the cost of large sections , lifestyle blocks, sheds is so cheap that you don't need moon beam incomes to live a better life, Aucklanders are hood winked and for the sake of the country they need to get the hell out of dodge and come to a world of no traffic jambs, cheap housing, a slower pace of life, and better health. cheaper fuel, lower rates, real born and breed kiwi, lower crime, just cheaper everything and you won't starve to death if there is a power cut So the question is, what's holding kiwi to live in auckland? night clubs, the odd free concert, dopey america cup.
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