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How are your hammer-skills?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzRGjCs0RCI

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This is a few years old, apologies to those have seen it.

I'm useless :-D

used to love Kenny Everett's handyman sketches

A the hammer or as known in this household 'the Irish Screwdriver'

And before anyone complains, mum was Irish!!

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Not only do I have two left feet, when it comes to using hand tools - I have two left hands :-( :-D

Amazing!!
I'm a very 'handy' person. Dad was useless but loved doing DIY, and I used to help him, so I learnt my skills from him :-D :-D

Started doing it myself when ex put up some very floral wallpaper (very small flowers) in the bedroom, and decided it was quicker to just put it sideways above the wide window. I could see what he had done - despite having a very small, very repetitive pattern, there was a pattern, and it went wrong above the window!! Irritated me all the time we lived in that house :-|

Could do with a strong handyman at the mo

In the high winds one arm of my whirly line got damaged .managed to wedge it back and been using it for a few weeks but it's given up the ghost so it's been dumped.

Went to B&Qs to look at new ones but they were all too big
Bought one from Amazon .said it had a 45mm circumference spike which was the size of the one already in the ground

NOPE it's just to big to fit so need the new spike banged in . Hubby not capable nor am I so b frustrated not being able to hang out my washing

My OH is a good handyman.

But hammering nails in like the man in the video isn't something he wants to try!

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When I was younger, I had to learn how to put a plug on. Dad just could not get at the fiddly bits. Seen many an appliance or its plug thrown across the room in frustration.

Matter of needs must.

Can turn my hand to most things. But cannot hang wallpaper for love or money and I WAS married to a painter and decorator.

I never used to be but now I am a DIY goddess
if it needs doing I will have a go


except drilling as it aggravates my shoulder

I am quite good at DIY and can unblock a drain like an expert.

Being married to a builder who rarely does any work at home and retches at the thought of a blocked drain, I have to be :-D

I USED TO HELP WITH ALL DIY JOBS HELPED
INSTALL CENTRAL HEATING,REWIRE HOUSE,
BUILD A KITCHEN EXTENTION,KNOCKED DOWN WALL.

CAN'T EVEN HOLD A HAMMER NOW,

My Dad was a cabinet maker and taught me every thing I know now. I also do all the decorating and gardening thanks to his lessons bless him.

I do all the DIY, gardening etc. He does the shopping and cooking.

Suits us fine :-D

Brilliant, seen it before, but well worth seeing again !

Thanks for posting :-D

Wend, when I was married, that's the way it went too - one of his other 'jobs' when I was decorating, was looking after the children :-D

Me too Maggie, not to mention taking out the rubbish :-D

We have a great division of labour here, he does what I tell him!! ;-)

When I got redundancy I picked up loads of odd jobs so moved into being a handyman.
It was a little embarrassing when I turned up a A&E with a fair bit of my thumb hanging off (sharp those Stanley knives!) as I held up my bloodied hand they asked what work do you do? There was, much tittering when I said Handyman :-D :-D

I,m pretty good at most things ,but sadly I no longer do roofing jobs on the house,legs ache climbing ladders, must be an age thing.however ,lots to keep me occupied in the new house. :-D :-D

My hubby has always been the 'handy man' in our house as he was a builder/carpenter and had many useful skills and lots of good ideas. Since his mini stroke he still thinks he can do as much but alas not. Our upstairs toilet seat has been loose for weeks ,lol, yesterday he decided he would 'fix it' lots of swear words later and one now completely broken toilet seat. off to B & ? again. lol. Love him to bits though. :-)