DIY?

[TMH]

Thought this was a DIY group? Full of politics, so see you around.

[alan_m]

There is always home user hub :)

I wonder how they filter out all the politics in a DIY group?

[Tim Streater]

Some DIY took place here today, but not done by me. New kitchen being installed, so the lads were here today, including Roy, who does a good job.

We got a new washing machine put in today, too (nothing to do with the kitchen business). But it did mean Roy was here with his angle grinder to slice a chunk of metal off the stacking kit that fixes under the tumble dryer, so it can stack on top of the new washing machine.

This needed the front flange slicing off because the controls are higher up at the front on the new washer. Roy did this with aplomb, approaching my leg (which was bracing the frame) a bit like that chopper chasing Mr Bond, the one with the rotating blades for doing tree pruning.

Elfin Safety would have had a fit.

[Brian Gaff]

Well yes but its DIY politics. Incidentally, theese new lawn mowers and strimmers that all use the same rechargable batteries, any good? Brian

[Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp]

[Most definitely on topic]

I think a letter to your MP would suffice, probably not a conservative or DUP one though.

What about a DIY Conservative politians kit

Suspenders, stockings and bin bag kits could be sold at Wickes and due to its perishable nature, a voucher could be included to get the satsuma at Waitrose.

AB

[alan_m]

The lawn mower thread suggests that the ones with the higher voltage batteries, 30V to 50V, probably work just as well as their mains power equivalents.

My experience with cheaper machines and lower voltage batteries is that they are OK for fairly light usage and/or small gardens where the grass is always kept relatively short.

[LSR]

Just add a filter to delete all posts with "OT:" in the subject.

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

You were very good.

[newshound]

To be fair, the politics is pretty easy to identify and ignore. There's still a lot of good DIY stuff IMHO.

I used to follow a US group that had some very competent postings particularly on metalwork, but it degenerated into ridiculous right wing and gun nut stuff.

[rick]

Agree - also Noise level, insults & abuse

Ask anything now and seems you just get shot down ........... same few good names ... but a lot of people who just want to flame

[John Rumm]

Do you mind, I posted some of that last week... and a couple of new wiki articles!

[newshound]

+1. Well, plus lots really.

[Max Demian]

That wouldn't have deleted this thread.

[Chris]

And just to think... it all started with Harry just posting the odd thread..

[Andy Burns]

It's not as though TMH managed to avoid OT: threads about cyclists or Thanet/UKIP ...

[bert]

In article , TMH writes

I think you'll find considerable number of DIY threads- well over half when I last did a count. Doesn't your newsreader have a Kill Thread facility?

[Brian Gaff]

Even if it does not have one, there is no law that says you cannot press down cursor till you get to a subject you like after all. Brian

[T i m]

Whilst I'm guilty of being suckered into the Brexit circus chat, I'm with TMH and don't believe most of it belongs here in the first place.

If there was some new EU or UK proposal to limit the rpm of angle-grinders then that might be ... but not really any of the politics behind it.

But there are some here who feel this is just their 'anything goes' blog or twitter feed with little of it ever relating to d-i-y even loosely. ;-(

But then I'm not politically motivated and therefore not a fanatic either so it's unlikely I would (under a no-politics rule) start a political thread, even if there was something 'going on'.

So, IMHO, I can accept that we may have now moved on from 'strict' d-i-y (wallpapering, putting up shelves) to anything we are loosely doing-ourselves but it should still exclude chat about becoming an MP (or priest etc). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[dennis]

It will only be domestic angle grinders anyway and commercial ones are safe.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yes - but what it does is signal the end of the group eventually. Most will have seen it with others. And youngsters aren't interested in a text only medium like this.

The odd thing is this group continued to be much busier than others even before the political types took over. All I really think of it now is as a bit of fun winding up the right wing bigots. Which, of course, are about as representative of public opinion as UKIP MPs...