people who build things, i'm impressed.

**ChiangMai noon** · 17-11-2008, 04:18 PM

i have always wanted to be able to build stuff.
i can't.

i am reminded of when i first went to live abroad and landed in istanbul.
the stuff there must have been 700 years old or more, no idea, but remember thinking...they knew a thing or 2 about concrete.

my pond is leaking, very slowly but a bit quicker than could be explained by sun absorbtion, 2 fish have died and it's the only thing i ever tried to build and it took me months.

this thread is crap, but building people do a good job i suppose.

if you weren't dead, you'd have something nice to look back on.

**Loombucket** · 17-11-2008, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

my pond is leaking, very slowly but a bit quicker than could be explained by sun absorbtion, 2 fish have died and it's the only thing i ever tried to build and it took me months.

Don't knock yourself out over it Nooners. It all comes down to practice. I started on garden walls. The first one was rubbish, the second one looked terrible, but stayed up. Next thing I knew, they had let me loose on the conservatory wall. I never will make the title 'bricklayer' but , with a bit of practice, these things slowly organise themselves into your sub-consious. You get better, without thinking about it.

**Spin** · 17-11-2008, 04:54 PM

I can build stuff but i never built a house or a pond. In a few months I'll be starting to build a new home in Thailand. There will be a thread and it might even be a good one.

**ChiangMai noon** · 17-11-2008, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Spin

I'll be starting to build a new home in Thailand.

with your own hands?

supervision doesn't count.

i'm impressed by blokes that build stuff.

**Frankenstein** · 17-11-2008, 05:07 PM

I have no doubts it is a mystical art and yet its practitioners all appear to share the same bewilderment at those of us who remain uninitiated.

**dirtydog** · 17-11-2008, 05:09 PM

Even NickA can build, and he's a poove.

**Frankenstein** · 17-11-2008, 05:10 PM

^See what I mean?

**Butterfly** · 17-11-2008, 05:23 PM

how about building century threads on TD ? surely that should account for something among all your other useful skills ?

**S Landreth** · 17-11-2008, 06:00 PM

It's not a priblem to fix (the leak). I will write tomorrow when I have a little time, if you like. It will not cost much to fix it.
For now let the water leak out,......it will stop once it reaches the leak/break/crack.
Have a plan for your fish and water plants for about a week away from their home.

**Camel Toe** · 17-11-2008, 06:20 PM

Building buildings is impressive. I'm a musician. I can play a song and put my entire heart and soul into it, and poof, it blows away with the next breeze. A builder with an infant son can take him for a drive and show him all his work. And when the child grows to be 50 he can take his dad for a drive and show him how all his work is still standing and in service to its owners and/or the community.

**Spin** · 17-11-2008, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

with your own hands?

Yep, I hope so. I want to get fit and dust off a few skills I have not used in a few years. Most of my work will be done on the interior though, wiring, lighting, tiling, plumbing and carpentry.........general fitting out. I'll leave the structural stuff the the hired labour.

**mad_dog** · 17-11-2008, 06:34 PM

Building actually takes quite a lot of skill... Which begs the question should builders be allowed to do the job

**Spin** · 17-11-2008, 06:44 PM

^ Indeed which also begs the question whether Thai rice farmer....er.... sorry i mean carpenter/electrician/structural engineer etc etc should be hired either

**mad_dog** · 17-11-2008, 06:54 PM

^ I just wonder how someone who couldn't master reading and writing and starts gimping off every time they see a women can construct a house ....

**Nawty** · 17-11-2008, 07:01 PM

I built this cubby house for my kids....they added the kegs.

Blackboard and all on rear wall.

I also built my desk I am using now and it is solid makah about 2 and a half inches thick.

**dirtydog** · 17-11-2008, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by mad_dog

Building actually takes quite a lot of skill... Which begs the question should builders be allowed to do the job

Only takes a couple of weeks for even the thickest most moronic people in the world to become qualified teflers in Thailand, so a months long course on civil engineering should enable someone to quite safely build their 120 storey skyscraper

**mad_dog** · 17-11-2008, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Originally Posted by mad_dog

Building actually takes quite a lot of skill... Which begs the question should builders be allowed to do the job

Only takes a couple of weeks for even the thickest most moronic people in the world to become qualified teflers in Thailand, so a months long course on civil engineering should enable someone to quite safely build their 120 storey skyscraper

Well a civil engineer isn't quite the same thing as a builder. To call yourself an engineer you should really have a degree in the field.

**dirtydog** · 17-11-2008, 07:58 PM

^Thats like being a teecher then aint it, the degree that is

**mad_dog** · 17-11-2008, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

^Thats like being a teecher then aint it, the degree that is

I've got a degree but I am no longer a teacher.

**jizzybloke** · 18-11-2008, 12:06 AM

What area are you going to be building your place spin?

**Spin** · 18-11-2008, 01:32 AM

^ Roi-et, finally found a little lady who's gonna get the house building caper out of me. 1 million baht budget all in.

**mad_dog** · 18-11-2008, 01:50 AM

^ Did you change ladies then ?

**jizzybloke** · 18-11-2008, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by Spin

1 million baht budget all in.

Good oh, i'll be watching the thread closely!

**daveboy** · 18-11-2008, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by Spin

^ Roi-et, finally found a little lady who's gonna get the house building caper out of me. 1 million baht budget all in.

Good luck with it spin my place is only about 70 clicks from Roi-Et.

**NickA** · 18-11-2008, 02:40 AM

You must be terribly jealous of my skills, Mr Noon.

The nicka at work making a desk.

I made that workbench as well by the way. I won't post some of my other creations as some people get inferiority complexes.

I suppose you could always get nun chuck skills instead if you wanted to get a girlfriend

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