Pottering: "Occupying oneself in a desultory but pleasant way".
apollo11,
Mar 29, 12:27am
Jobs.
apollo11,
Mar 29, 12:28am
Potaytos potahtos.
mrfxit,
Mar 29, 12:35am
Yes but getting in touch with other tinkers without ending up on a hefty subscription & restricted subject group, isn't easy. Looked in to a few of those groups/ "mens sheds" type places & it's mostly the male equivalent of a knitting circle with lots of rules & expenses. Could't find anything like a car modders group or Computer Technicians restoration graveyard (apart from my own place). Plenty of forums around but thats 99% BR types that frequent them Same for most computer groups outside of vintage gear, mostly the "my bling is better then yours & more expensive" bunch of bleeding edge techno wannabes
mk3zephyr,
Mar 29, 12:43am
I live in Auckland, Only thing keeping us here is the missus elderly parents, I grew up in the Country (Eastern Bay of Plenty) and love fixing things up, I have tried many times to pass knowledge onto Mr 16 and 18 but all they are interested in is Instragram and Basketball. I remember when I was a kid being sent to your room was a punishment, No days being sent Outside is a punishment to them.
mk3zephyr,
Mar 29, 12:45am
Could always start a facebook group NZ Tinkerers Assn Men in Sheds NZ?
spead,
Mar 29, 12:46am
my town is full of retired British folk and Aucklanders moving South for a better life style.
mrfxit,
Mar 29, 12:47am
LMAO yea & steeling the router for the night. Oooohhhh the noises & screams from various bedrooms when the power to the router was removed (accidentally or deliberate) was a combo of scary & delicious.
mrfxit,
Mar 29, 12:50am
I have the tech gear but no where to start up a working shed group. Could easily start up another for old school car modders (modding the old way) not this, come up with a wetdream idea & get someone else to do it rubbish
apollo11,
Mar 29, 12:52am
'Turn off the wireless router' is defcon 3 in our household.
mrfxit,
Mar 29, 12:53am
Not surprised at south of the sunshine Island. Pommys would feel right at home in those temps
mrfxit,
Mar 29, 12:55am
An few minutes of awesome entertainment as I explain it's the telco's fault. (While waiting for it to reboot after flicking the switch back on just as they come screaming down the hallway)
Wasssn't me ;-) I didn't do it
mk3zephyr,
Mar 29, 12:56am
Have done that a few times, I just remove the phone line so it is just disconnected but still in the router, Sit back down in the lounge and wait, A minute of so later they come out and first thing they do is look at the Router to see if the lights are still working (Too lazy to check the cables), They then sit in the Lounge moaning and sulking, Its quite humourous They longer they sulk the longer they are offline, When they leave the room I snap the connection back together. Bloody Sponges.
sr2,
Mar 29, 1:23am
LOL, Auckland's North Shore is hard to beat. Beaches, fantastic restaurants and bars, friendly affluent neighborhoods, good schools, the Hauraki Gulf for fishing & boating. where do I stop.
The Wairau Industrial area has every conceivable part and material you'll ever need for your latest Man-Cave project and having my boat in a marina only 3 minutes drive from home is as good as it gets. oh and did I mention the jobs & the money to be made here?
sr2,
Mar 29, 1:36am
Couldn't agree with you more mate. Most of the millennial snowflakes I work with strip the thread trying to put the toothpaste cap on every morning, have never driven a manual and have to call the AA if they get a flat tyre!
Geeze mate we're sounding like grumpy old men!
apollo11,
Mar 29, 1:53am
Nothing gets the vampires out of their coffins quicker than the router rebooting.
2sheddies,
Mar 29, 2:05am
Probably more Gen Z than millennials fit that description. Early millennials are getting near to their 40's now, many are the children of boomers and picked up someof their skills and aren't all completely helpless. The subsequent Z lot are the real geeky, techy, square eyed useless arses.
That's not to say there aren't plenty of helpless millennials. but then I've met a large number of boomer blokes who couldn't tell a 6" crescent from a pair of long nose pliers.
ronaldo8,
Mar 29, 2:15am
I frequently mutter while pottering, usually at the knobs in their audi's roaring down the road with their putters. On the way to the local golf club they seem to think they are still on the motorway from whatever silver spoon suburb they came from. F@#$%5 townies.
ronaldo8,
Mar 29, 2:21am
So true, there have been several instances of mysterious inexplicable outages in my household. There seems to be a odd relationship between the timing of them and the amount of dishes piling up, clothes unwashed and sundry other personal responsibilities.
Damned if I know what's going on ! gremlins.
apollo11,
Mar 29, 2:33am
Yeah, it's a real puzzler.
apollo11,
Mar 29, 2:35am
Birthday parties used to be about yahooing about in the back yard, or going to the beach. Now it's memes and favourite youtubers. Or watching favourite youtubers play minecraft. I don't understand.
mk3zephyr,
Mar 29, 3:05am
North Shore has bugger all mate, Not like the Industrial areas of Auckland, Ive worked on the shore for over 35 years and am always amazed how many things I have to get elsewhere for my projects for home and at Work.
mk3zephyr,
Mar 29, 3:08am
I am amazed at how many young blokes i have seen sitting in their car on their phones with the bonnet up on the side of the road with a flat tyre, Waiting for Daddy or the AA to turn up to 'save' them.
sr2,
Mar 29, 3:56am
You might be looking in all the wrong places?
mk3zephyr,
Mar 29, 4:04am
No I just know where to get good stuff without paying through the nose for it, For example, If you had to buy stainless hose fittings for your boat on the North shore where would you get them from?
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