Men and their sheds

[Bluegum]

Found this in the paper today and thought I would post it here. Although I don't think its entirely accurate as we have a large number of ladies who also enjoy time in their sheds.

ITS official: Men are wed to their sheds. Research shows that men aged between 30 and 76 will spend three and a half years tinkering in their shed or garage.
In the poll of 2000 men, about 40 per cent say they claim to be doing DIY projects but are just relaxing or having a cigarette on the sly.
And about a third of those surveyed say that the shed is the only place they can go to unwind.
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DIY forum www.cosyhomesonline.com spokeswoman Sylvia Marshall of the group behind the survey said: “The findings show how obsessed men are with their sheds – often using them to escape the pressures of work or family life.
“Like a woman’s handbag – a shed is full of personal things which no one else should touch

[Wizened of Oz]

Only three & a half years?
Some blokes are not pulling their weight.

[HazzaB]

Hey There,

When they come for the Survey I was in the Shed and missed out, As the Wizened said, there must a lot of blokes out there who don't pull their weight. I actually know a couple of Blokes who don't have sheds , They think I'm spoilt, I think I'm bloody lucky.

HazzaB

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Someone should send Sylvia Marshall a copy of The Code of Practice...

(I believe the last version in Post #412 is the last revision? )

[artme]

Silly Woman! I would be pleased if someone could explain how this minor data could be twisted to show that blokes are "obsessed".
IMHO this is aload of excreta del torro.

I wasn't asked my opinion or for any definitive information so here it is:

Do a Skew! Send 'em the Code of Practice.

I won't mention my inclination to misogonistic thoughts.

[Bluegum]

Someone should send Sylvia Marshall a copy of The Code of Practice...

(I believe the last version in Post #412 is the last revision? )

Not a bad idea skew, wonder if she would read it.

[BobR]

And they needed a survey to find this out. Most probably government funded

[ian]

well I have several problems with this

ITS official: Men are wed to their sheds. Research shows that men aged between 30 and 76 will spend three and a half years tinkering in their shed or garage.
In the poll of 2000 men, about 40 per cent say they claim to be doing DIY projects but are just relaxing or having a cigarette on the sly.

is this just slack or is it permitted within the code and is 40% an adnormally high or low percentage of slackers

And about a third of those surveyed say that the shed is the only place they can go to unwind.

only a third?

DIY forum www.cosyhomesonline.com spokeswoman Sylvia Marshall of the group behind the survey said: “The findings show how obsessed men are with their sheds – often using them to escape the pressures of work or family life.

obsessed??
only a woman would say that
a bloke would say "the findings show how important sheds are to men and their health"

“ ... a shed is full of personal things which no one else should touch"

spot on!

[jimbur]

Does she really think blokes are going to tell her the truth?
Jim

[echnidna]

us blokes need sheds ter hide from wimmin like her

[jackliveshere]

Someone should send Sylvia Marshall a copy of The Code of Practice...

(I believe the last version in Post #412 is the last revision? )

Holy sheebas, didn't know there was an official Code of Practice! Just spent 30 mins reading through the whole thing - man that is some Code of Practice and well put together by all you blokes! Now to get SWMBO to read it....

[Waldo]

I'm in the shed on average 8 hours a day, except Sundays which would be about 3 hours, thus giving me about 7.5 hours a day.

I'd reckon I'm pulling my weight.

What I do in those 7.5 hour days doesn't mean I get much done after leaning and thinking, working out what I'm doing, stuffing up what I'm doing and then trying to fix up what I've stuffed up. On an average day I get something done, but bring just how much into the equation and it's a whole different matter.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

The Shed is a state of mind.

Whenever I'm not in my "nothing box," I'm in The Shed.

[Waldo]

So navel gazing is "shed time"?

[jimbur]

So navel gazing is "shed time"?

Didn't know you were building a boat in there
Jim