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[Pauline B]

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[jgharston]

Hmm. I think a lot of the people on here do building work for /other/ people, but maybe the cobbler's children really do have no shoes ;)

What, you mean there aren't enough of them?

Ooo, couldn't you have suggested that a few months ago :(

JGH

[Brian Gaff]

Well I know a bloke where this has got so bad that one house is now more or less uninhabitable and he is now working on his other house. it seems some people have no concept of finishing one job before starting another one. Brian

[Moonraker]

No subscriber to this newsgroup could possibly have a DIY disaster, if they did they could not possibly admit it! ;-))

[NT]

this is really a place where people ask. Serial failures are people that dont ask.

NT

[Owain]

They might come and take your bath away for you ...

Owain

[Chris J Dixon]

So, now that DIY SOS has moved on to the Big Build, someone else is eyeing up the smaller jobs.

Just make sure you have a good narrative arc, with plenty of opportunity for jeopardy.

Chris

[The Other Mike]

You need a list of Dr Dribbles customers

The other day and saw a van with 'international van of mystery' above the cab. I never noticed if there were any water leaks or double bolier flues.

[newshound]

One of the kids nominated us for DIY SOS some years ago, and we made it to the last 8 (for a series of 6). One of the things which went against us was the difficulty of parking numerous crew vehicles.

[jgharston]

I'm sure I remember a short-lived series where proper builders/etc contrasted what was shown in DIY shows the the proper way of doing things.

JGH

[ARWadsworth]

Can I have a free kitchen?

BTW I once did the electrics for a Richard and Judy makeover show.

I installed the same light fitting in 2 rooms different just for the cameras. The TV company only had one light fitting.

The TV crew also made it look like the job was done before 5pm (5pm being the pretend time when the surprised owner of the house arrived home). I left the job at 7pm and the owner of the house was still sat in her wheelchair in the Earl of Doncaster.

I left when they were moving the only bed they had from bedroom one to bedroom two for the camera shot.

[Huge]

The camera *always* lies.

[Bill]

In message , Huge writes

Are you suggesting that some TV programs may not be totally genuine? Surely not!

[John Williamson]

Films have been lying for over a Century now, one of the first hit movies used special effects.

2:- in 1902, using double exposure and other tricks such as stopping the camera and model shots. Melie was the first master of the special effect.

You'll either hate or love the modern sound track. Sorry, but at least you can turn it off...

As for cameras lying, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was famously deceived (As were many experts) by the "Fairies in the garden" shots made by a couple of young girls.

[geoff]

In message , The Other Mike writes

Were the lights a bit dIMM?