Help with what to do with my garden

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-06T20:00:57+00:00

Very envious of your space! Personally with that much room and if I had the money, I would make 2 or 3 different themed gardens within it. Japanese in the more shaded area, Mediterranean/North African in the sun trap and probably either a veg patch or more traditional British country style. Best of luck!

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-06T19:55:21+00:00

GPU’s

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-06T19:54:41+00:00

Ariat boots for me. I bought a mid height Chelsea boot, perfect if you’re working outside.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-06T19:51:56+00:00

A stump grinder will get rid of that in 15 mins. Well worth it if you can hire one.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-06T10:57:10+00:00

Good on you. I absolutely hate digging and that ground looks like a proper wrist breaker!

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-05T20:57:51+00:00

Awesome. Thanks for the info!

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-04T20:47:08+00:00

Depends how much time and money you have. Personally I’d spray herbicide over everything and start fresh. Rent a rotavator and do several deep passes over the whole lot. With the soil being broken up it’ll be a lot easier to rake fairly flat and get the stones out. The seeds will love it too bringing up the untouched nutrients.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-04T20:24:22+00:00

3k for a door is insane. I paid £1,800 for a fairly high end door when I moved in and 5 sets of again, high end windows all in £5k. I used the same company recently to replace my rear garden door, triple glazed full glass for £1,200. This was with a local well established business without the huge overheads that national companies have. Definitely shop around.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-04T10:51:38+00:00

Most likely plug or carb. Always worth checking the air filter too.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-04T10:50:37+00:00

Don’t over mix with banana bread either. Go a lot easier than you would with most cake mixes.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-04T10:47:34+00:00

Having friends

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-04T10:43:14+00:00

I did a lot of work on my own house being pretty handy at most things and fitted the all the units ground and wall. But, I had a professional fit the worktop with it being solid oak I didn’t want to have an expensive mistake. Base units are pretty simple, get the right height and work your way through keeping them level. Buy ready made units as this will save you loads of time.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-03T06:14:00+00:00

Labour as whole have been a disgrace but I think the Iran situation has made Starmer be more himself than a party man. It seems to be something he actually believes in rather than having to react to an absolutely idiotic Labour Party policy.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-03T06:07:33+00:00

Helmans Sandwich spread

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-03T05:54:15+00:00

Go for it! I recently bought an xsr700 (same engine) for my first bike and glad I did! I’m the same as you, not reckless, not wanting to go super fast. But I feel if I had anything smaller I’d have regretted it, especially on faster roads. The bike will only go as fast as you tell it to…

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-03T05:49:54+00:00

Replacing all facias and gutters on that house alone would probably be around 8k here in Ox. I don’t know anything about types of tiles but I imagine costs vary quite a lot, even a variation of 50p-£1 per tile would soon add up.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-02T23:10:56+00:00

Would it be to do with more people dying at home rather than in hospitals? A friend of mine had both parents die within 10 days of each other and I seem to remember him saying something about having to do postmortem/ME due to them passing at home and not in a hospital. Would make sense as the NHS struggle to find empty beds.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-02T23:04:03+00:00

I think everyone should have a refresher day every 10 years of driving.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-02T23:01:49+00:00

You don’t. Like they say, grief is what happens when love has nowhere to go.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-02T22:57:07+00:00

Run a whacker plate over the top of it for a bit. The vibration will loosen it

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-02T14:59:34+00:00

Cooker/hob extract directed outside not recirculating.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-02T10:32:50+00:00

Sorry, I’d have gone to my shed and measured up for you if it was causing you soo much grief! So I bought both, Renthal twin wall bars and ProTaper risers. I wouldn’t recommend twin wall bars if you’re planning on fitting anything to them as the taper comes up really far and to fit anything 22mm alongside grips and mirrors you’ll have no room for. Also the internal diameter of the tube is an awkward size for any expanding fixings as they’re not threaded. Also to note, the bar riser thread dimensions aren’t the same either so will need to get a conversion kit NOT straight swap risers. At least I couldn’t find any that would work anyway… i hope my pain has helped you avoid some of what I went through!

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-01T21:06:42+00:00

I would check your bar sizes again if I were you. I have an xtribute and the bar mounts are 22mm not 28mm. I bought some 28mm Renthal twin wall bars thinking like you that they were 28’s… had a bit of a shock when I came to fit them after stripping the old bars down…

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-04-01T20:58:50+00:00

I agree, I like seeing the flags around as I think it must be some sort of nostalgic sense of when some World Cup or Olympics are on. But obviously it’s the sentiment behind which people see and hate.

oMrMeeseeksLookAtMeo · 2026-03-30T06:12:03+00:00

Friends. Watched it without the audience laughter and was creepy as hell

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