_Em
30 November 2016 12:27
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I can … (tick all that apply)
Bleed a radiator
Unblock a drain
Clean out a gutter
Descale a shower
Tile and grout a wall and seal the edge of a bath
Smoothly fill a hole with polyfilla
Paint a wall
Prep and paint woodwork
Plaster a wall
Put up a picture (straight)
Put up a small shelf
Put up a heavy loadbearing shelf
Put together flat-pack furniture correctly
Upholster
Sew on a button
Hem clothes
Darn holes in clothes
Alter clothes to fit better
Sew clothing from scratch
Knit
Crochet
Iron a formal shirt perfectly
Know what the different settings on the washing machine are for
Change a double duvet
Clean windows and mirrors to be streak-free
Change a tyre
Check the oil level
Change a sparkplug
Take care of a houseplant
Grow fruit and vegetables
Trim a fringe by hand
Give a full haircut
Wet shave with cuthroat razor
Wire a plug
Change a fuse
Wire up a stereo
Solder
Tune a guitar
Service a guitar
Screenprint
Typeset
Develop film
Basic woodwork
Build furniture
Make your own pasta
Make sauces from scratch
Bake a cake
Bake bread
Make meringue
Make a full roast dinner
Would have a shot at all of them
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_Em
30 November 2016 12:30
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Your intentions don’t matter when the radiator is spraying hot water everywhere, everyone in the house is half bald, and everyone has salmonella.
Ok I can do all of them then
_Em
30 November 2016 12:35
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At least everyone here so far can be relied on to produce a roast dinner.
Except, ironically, @chickenbones
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_Em
30 November 2016 12:36
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They’re just for the soup, I guess.
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…This should only be a Meat roast dinner, people shouldnt be ticking this if all they do is put a large conker in the oven and hope for the best.
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There’s something wrong with the poll - it’s so long that it tries to reload the page as you scroll down and it deselects options you’ve already ticked.
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I’ve only selected ones that I’ve actually done, think I’d have a decent crack at some of the others but a few of them are ones I’ve tried that literally aren’t possible for human beings to do (ironing a shirt for example)
Don’t know about giving haircuts but I would have no problem with any of the rest of that list.
Should’ve included “making your own stock” to the list. (It’s something I have done, but not something I’d bother doing again. All I got was a watery stock and a house that stank of poultry for three days)
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_Em
30 November 2016 12:42
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I had a few more cooking things on there like that and cooking for 20+ people, but it only let me have 50 options.
I’ve not ticked things that I know how to do but wouldn’t attempt. eg Plastering is something that on the face of it everyone can try with a little instruction, but to do it right takes a lot of training.
Plastered the shit out of a wall myself mate
_Em
30 November 2016 12:42
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Yeah I was the same. I know how to plaster and have done it in small sections, but I know I couldn’t get the same quality as a pro on a large wall.
A girl in my halls of residence tried to boil chicken bones one sunday evening in the communal kitchen. Stank the whole floor out for a week.