tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3289619237906895171..comments2024-03-28T16:08:45.744+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Boy's toysA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-67784416470035146052013-02-08T20:16:12.206+00:002013-02-08T20:16:12.206+00:00microdave - the skills are still around but how ma...microdave - the skills are still around but how many younger people would have repaired that cupboard?A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-86013341661221556392013-02-07T22:39:50.752+00:002013-02-07T22:39:50.752+00:00I've got a brace exactly like the one in your ...I've got a brace exactly like the one in your picture. There's probably some wood bits hiding in the shed to go with it.<br /><br /><i>"Nowadays it tends to mean buying a self assembly cupboard"</i><br /><br />When the 30 year old ex-kitchen cupboard in my garage fell to bits (as a result of water leaking through the roof), I had a look round the DIY places for a replacement. Couldn't find anything suitable, so I measured the old one, had some new panels cut from Contiboard, and rebuilt it. I confess to using chipboard screws, PVA glue, and a pair of cordless drills - who says DIY skills are no longer around?microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-13158970963670842572013-02-07T18:10:03.763+00:002013-02-07T18:10:03.763+00:00Roger - I've noticed that about young people t...Roger - I've noticed that about young people too. They don't have the tools and wouldn't know how to use them anyway.<br /><br />Angus - but I think there is still some satisfaction in doing these jobs.<br /><br />Demetrius - I did a fair bit through necessity, but I had more time too.<br /><br />Woodsy - yes - there is a lack of practical competence and I sometimes wonder if it has more serious implications.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-91765975196842718652013-02-07T17:30:29.613+00:002013-02-07T17:30:29.613+00:00DIY used to mean getting a bit of tree and making ...DIY used to mean getting a bit of tree and making something from it. Nowadays it tends to mean buying a self assembly cupboard.<br />To be fair it's much easier and cheaper to have a factory make the bits, but the sheer level of practical incompetence I see around me is depressing. <br />People bizarrly seem to be proud of the fact that they can't understand how to put half a dozen parts together to assemble a simple IKEA unit.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-6966388643842116192013-02-07T17:16:31.836+00:002013-02-07T17:16:31.836+00:00One of the regrets is that there was never time to...One of the regrets is that there was never time to do something in this field. It may be that the way modern life is there are few working people who are able to.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-17403925041757784432013-02-07T09:54:50.163+00:002013-02-07T09:54:50.163+00:00Or more likely from the lack of cash to pay a &quo...Or more likely from the lack of cash to pay a "professional", but now we have numerous numbers od "tradesmen" from the Eastern bits of what is left of Europe to do our bidding.<br /><br />That said I still have all my old dad's tools-nicely sharpened chisels, hand saws, imperial spanners and hand drills, although I do enjoy the use of cordless drills, jigsaws and screwdrivers.<br /><br />I don't think that it is the lack of wanting to, more the excess of cheap available labour.Angus Deihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436552827944508728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-32255178104362839452013-02-07T08:19:58.627+00:002013-02-07T08:19:58.627+00:00Perhaps DIY arose out of the emancipation of the s...Perhaps DIY arose out of the emancipation of the servant classes - starting with George Pooter. <br /><br />Moving on, we now have access to more information and computing power than Einstein etc could have dreamed of. Yet the world has not advanced proportionately - most computer chips mangle nothing more interesting than tweets, porn or bank statements. The Iphone and its like have become the new toys.<br /><br />Some young relatives seem utterly un-handy and not a bit interested, can't even mend a bike. Very handy at strategy and shoot-up games though, one is especially good at commanding virtual armies and extorting (virtual) taxes and tributes. If very many are like him our outlook may not be so good - or a great many servants may be needed.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com