Anyone like to put themselves forward as possibly the oldest active DIYer in this group?
Bill
Who is the oldest?
Aug 23, 2015
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In message , Bill Wright writes
I'm a war baby although farming was a reserved occupation.
Had it not been for the war, I'd probably have been older.
Chris
73 but I would not be surprised if there were some 80 or 90s.
Unbeliever. 142 YO.
Or five.
Not there yet, but I probably will be by the time I get this place finished.
Owain
75 but it's more often GSI* than DIY these days!
*Get Someone In
I'm a mere sixty-five and five-sixths but I have a feeling that t'other Nick who posts here has a few years headstart on me.
Nick
I'm 56 but after doing a little concreting the other day I felt more like
106 whereas normally I only feel about 88. Does that count?
snap - on the age front. I've acquired all these tools over the years, it seems a shame not to use them.
There is nothing wrong with acting like a 5 year old.
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The gf refused to take a video so I just asked the nearest person to take one for me.
I'm in my fourth reincarnation. The rest of you lot can stand down.
66 and I did feed three jumbo bags of aggregate + cement into the mixer for the guy who is laying my patio base on Thursday and Friday.
Because I reckon two guys mixing + laying get three times as much laid as one person on their own.
I felt better than I expected to afterwards!
Oh, concreting is a bugger. There's always more of it just looking at you.
Bill
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