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    #11
    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    Got about 4 acres here so have a full time gardner since I hate that stuff, got him one of those sit on things too. Great for BBQ's and bonfires, maybe build on the top end at some point and move in there (even higher up). My only concern now is the small river that runs through it all...
    Wish I had a river, a trout stream at least, all I've got is a poxy stream at the bottom of the garden, 4 ft wide and about a foot deep, and the prev owner built this really naff oriental footbridge over it
    You could step over the damned thing. I might put concrete pipes in and overfill so that the grandkids don't mess about in it.
    Confusion is a natural state of being

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      #12
      Originally posted by Diver View Post
      and the prev owner built this really naff oriental footbridge over it
      You could step over the damned thing. I might put concrete pipes in and overfill so that the grandkids don't mess about in it.
      I've got one too

      Can fish off it though for trout.
      Me, me, me...

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        #13
        Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
        I've got one too

        Can fish off it though for trout.
        Bet you can't pick one end of your bridge up with one hand though

        It will make mine easier to chuck in the skip I suppose
        Confusion is a natural state of being

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          #14
          I also have about a dozen tree's I need to cut down, I am not picking up leaves every autumn, Besides, they look untidy and lean every which way.
          Confusion is a natural state of being

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            #15
            Originally posted by Diver View Post
            Bet you can't pick one end of your bridge up with one hand though

            It will make mine easier to chuck in the skip I suppose
            No, too big for that, could drive a car over it though.
            Me, me, me...

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              #16
              Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
              No, too big for that, could drive a car over it though.
              I bet you live in a council flat or with your mum

              C'mon admit it
              Confusion is a natural state of being

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                #17
                Originally posted by Diver View Post
                I bet you live in a council flat or with your mum

                C'mon admit it
                Not for at least two years
                Me, me, me...

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
                  Not for at least two years
                  I just bought a big house, sorry, Money pit. floor timbers were all rotten and I've had to replace the lot.
                  Roof had asbestos tiles, having to reroof it.
                  Rewire it.
                  re-plumb it
                  Fit central heating
                  hack off walls damp proof and re-plaster
                  replace all the skirting boards
                  Replace kitchen
                  replace bathroom.
                  cost me nearly twenty grand so far and I haven't even decorated yet, let alone moved in
                  Confusion is a natural state of being

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Diver View Post
                    I just bought a big house, sorry, Money pit. floor timbers were all rotten and I've had to replace the lot.
                    Roof had asbestos tiles, having to reroof it.
                    Rewire it.
                    re-plumb it
                    Fit central heating
                    hack off walls damp proof and re-plaster
                    replace all the skirting boards
                    Replace kitchen
                    replace bathroom.
                    cost me nearly twenty grand so far and I haven't even decorated yet, let alone moved in
                    My place was derelict but rebuilt from scratch before I bought the place so nothing to do or I wouldn't have done it.
                    Me, me, me...

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                      #20
                      I should have moved it to the coast and flooded it, made the insurers pay for the work
                      Confusion is a natural state of being

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