Has anyone here NOT got a shed?

[The Peepmaster]

TWO sheds? Are you Arthur?

Monty Python - Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

TWO sheds? Are you Arthur?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS3gzHetA

He was a distant relative. Descended from the Buttcheeks-Crotchfondlers, a strange side of the family we don't mention much. A busy bunch if I remember right, always seemed to have their hands full.

[Vulture]

TWO sheds? Are you Arthur?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS3gzHetA

He was a distant relative. Descended from the Buttcheeks-Crotchfondlers, a strange side of the family we don't mention much. A busy bunch if I remember right, always seemed to have their hands full.

 

[Jack]

No shed here. All the junk goes in the garage.

[The Peepmaster]

No shed here. All the junk goes in the garage.

Many garages, particularly what they call "integral" garages, are converted into accommodation these days, as extra rooms as it were. Because of this, I think sheds are assuming even more importance, both in our urban, and rural communities. There are many people who have both garages AND sheds in fact.

Here's an integral garage (in a semi-rural setting)...

[Diane CBPFC]

Facinating, I would like to see that in an urban setting, perhaps with a wheely bin out front.

[Egg]

Facinating, I would like to see that in an urban setting, perhaps with a wheely bin out front.

Can't help you there Diane, my house is semi rural, with an integral garage and a wheelie bin
cupboard, so I don't qualify.

[Roger Kettle]

Anyone like to talk about pencil-sharpeners now? I have one on my desk. It's the classic design and you have to hold it down with your left hand while rotating the handle with your right. (If you're left-handed, reverse this process).
My pencils all have very sharp points, I'm happy to say.

[The Peepmaster]

We had one of those when I was a child. I think Mum's still got it, screwed to the top of an item of furniture.

It is really difficult to sharpen a pencil in a device attached to the top of a wardrobe.

[The Peepmaster]

Facinating, I would like to see that in an urban setting, perhaps with a wheely bin out front.

[Vulture]

Anyone like to talk about pencil-sharpeners now? I have one on my desk. It's the classic design and you have to hold it down with your left hand while rotating the handle with your right. (If you're left-handed, reverse this process).
My pencils all have very sharp points, I'm happy to say.

I got one of these from Lidl around 2006. I sharpened the 10 x boxes of 10 pencils I got at the same time, put the sharpener back in the box and haven't had to use it since!

[Egg]

Is it just me or is there something very therapeutic about sharpening pencils?

[Bilthehut]

I have a battery powered sharpener that is fun to use.  The trouble is, I don't use pencils that much and have lots of .5mm propelling pencils instead.

[The Peepmaster]

The posh editor's got one. So has flash Edward. Chris, he definitely has one.

[Diane CBPFC]

Is it just me or is there something very therapeutic about sharpening pencils?

It is the fabulous smell - it is right up there with fresh baked bread and puppy breath.