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Thread: Men and their sheds
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11th June 2009, 08:00 PM #1
Men and their sheds
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 touchDave,
hug the tree before you start the chainsaw.
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11th June 2009, 10:43 PM #2
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Only three & a half years?
Some blokes are not pulling their weight.Brian
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11th June 2009, 10:59 PM #3
Shed Survey
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.
HazzaBLast edited by HazzaB; 11th June 2009 at 11:00 PM. Reason: Can't Spell for S%$t
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12th June 2009, 12:13 AM #4
Someone should send Sylvia Marshall a copy of The Code of Practice...
(I believe the last version in Post #412 is the last revision?)
- Andy Mc
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12th June 2009, 05:39 PM #5
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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.Last edited by artme; 7th July 2009 at 09:23 AM.
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12th June 2009, 05:40 PM #6
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12th June 2009, 06:40 PM #7
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And they needed a survey to find this out. Most probably government funded
Bob
"If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a never-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it; he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life time of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life."
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12th June 2009, 07:21 PM #8
well I have several problems with this is this just slack or is it permitted within the code and is 40% an adnormally high or low percentage of slackers only a third?
obsessed??
only a woman would say that
a bloke would say "the findings show how important sheds are to men and their health" spot on!regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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12th June 2009, 09:32 PM #9
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Does she really think blokes are going to tell her the truth?
Jim
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12th June 2009, 10:08 PM #10
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12th June 2009, 10:42 PM #11
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12th June 2009, 10:48 PM #12
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.
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12th June 2009, 10:49 PM #13
The Shed is a state of mind.
Whenever I'm not in my "nothing box," I'm in The Shed.
- Andy Mc
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12th June 2009, 10:51 PM #14
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12th June 2009, 11:00 PM #15
Jim
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