I tried and failed to drill into a lintel over the weekend to mount a blind
so a glued a piece of wood up and screwed into that as well, this ripped the wallpaper off, so i reglued the wood to the plaster, this ripped the plaster off, so I reglued it to a lower layer of plaster, this ripped that off

I hate DIY.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:20, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Did you also eat a fly?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:21, Reply)

It would have been more satisfying
in other news I made Butter Balti Chicken last night with coconut rice, which was epic
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:24, Reply)

You're a butterball.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:25, Reply)

He comes bouncing back for more

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:25, Reply)

+ food

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:26, Reply)

I am fucking starving

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:26, Reply)

I think I've lost weight recently
ever since I had that 24hr stomach bug I've had little appertite
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:26, Reply)

It's probably aids. The bad kind.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:27, Reply)

Now that sounds excellent
I love butter chicken

er
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:25, Reply)

It was so easy as well
I've now got to the point where I have nearly al ingredients for Indian cooking in my cupboard, makes it much less daunting.

I do need a pestle and mortar though.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:27, Reply)

I have a stone one
They are excellent
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:28, Reply)

grinder's probably better for indian stuff
pestle and mortar is a fanny for getting fine powders.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:51, Reply)

Could I commission some record boxes from you, please?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:34, Reply)

He is a modern day Picasso

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:39, Reply)

Sure thing, now do you need them to be solid/secure/not dangerous?
No? then i'm your man. I can bring my own waterproof trousers as well
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:39, Reply)

Just stop pissing yourself, eh?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:40, Reply)

How do you manage to fail at drilling a hole?
I mean no disrespect.

Haha j/k of course I do.
( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:39, Reply)

The lintel is too hard...I haev a new drill bit and everything
curtains and blinds are my Everest
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:41, Reply)

What's it made out of? Did you drill a pilot hole?
Did you manage to buy a masonry bit?

Patronise, patronise, patronise, you get the idea, I'm sure.
( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:44, Reply)

I have a masonary bit fo sho, although it may now be blunt as it got "quite hot"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:47, Reply)

It will be a steel lintel
so you need an HSS bit.

You fucking tool.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:52, Reply)

I'd love to have been there to see it.
I would have laughed. I would not have lifted a finger to correct him.
( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:53, Reply)

I would have enjoyed watching as he destroyed his masonary bit
and then after getting annoyed and cursing his "useless fucking drill" suddenly looking pleased as the idea of using glue occured to him.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:56, Reply)

I'm astonished he didn't just go straight down the No More Nails route.

( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:58, Reply)

I fuckin love NMN

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:00, Reply)

Delicious but deadly

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:01, Reply)

He was better in D12 I thought

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:01, Reply)

Yeah, it's great
if you want to do a shoddy job and never want to take whatever it is down ever again.
( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:03, Reply)

nah, it feels rough when i have a poke around so i think it's concrete
i had the smae problem in my last flat, i think lintels hate me
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:56, Reply)

If your masonry bit got hot and blunt
then it's not concrete. Masonry bits are designed to cut through concrete and brick. That's kind of their raison d'etre.

Usually I wouldn't point out the blindingly obvious, but you know. Situations etc.
( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:58, Reply)

nah, it could be
There was a habit a while back of putting shed loads of pebbles in the concrete for lintels. My old place darn sarf was like that. Only an SDS drill will touch that kind of shit, you need the extra hammer action to shatter the pebbles. Matron.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:01, Reply)

He should have read this.
www.wikihow.com/Drill-Into-Concrete
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:03, Reply)

Hahaha
You could hang a killer blind with that thing.
( Kroney, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:04, Reply)

you could hang Barry White with that thing.

Edit - It's monday, and so my humour glands are off-kilter - can we just pretend that I did the following?

blind whale?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 10:11, Reply)

if it's concrete with pebbles in
you'll need an SDS drill.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 9:59, Reply)