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"If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!"

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 23, 2026, 4:32 pm

That's me well n truly fecked, then.

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Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!"

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 23, 2026, 4:55 pm, in reply to ""If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

We've got a converted shithouse for the wheelie bin....

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Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!"

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 23, 2026, 5:53 pm, in reply to "Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

My shed's like the invertebrate house at the zoo...rarely venture inside!

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Ha, assumed you meant a shed to live in... (nm)

Posted by Ian M <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ian+M' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 23, 2026, 7:20 pm, in reply to "Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

Tell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously
http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/

Luxury. Nm

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 23, 2026, 11:00 pm, in reply to "Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

I had 2

Posted by scrabb <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=scrabb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 23, 2026, 11:35 pm, in reply to "Luxury. Nm"

Arthur "two sheds" Jackson? nm

Posted by Raskolnikov <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 6:09 am, in reply to "I had 2"

The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide.
Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.

Puts a whole new gloss on recycling. A bit like Gandhi. Commiserations to the bin men. nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 4:56 pm, in reply to "Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!"

Posted by ceemac666 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=ceemac666' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 4:49 am, in reply to ""If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

Sounds very D Hockney.RIP

I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff.

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 4:53 pm, in reply to "Re: "If a man gets to 40 and he still hasn't got a shed he's a failure!""

He was drawing/painting the rain through his window.

Reminds me, sort of, but probably not really, of Turner having himself lashed to the mast of a ship during a storm so he might better paint the elements.

Re: I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once...as the actress said to the bishop (nm)

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 6:14 pm, in reply to "I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff."

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Must be hard to sharpen it.... as it were....nm

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 7:58 pm, in reply to "Re: I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once...as the actress said to the bishop (nm)"

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Jasper the Ruffian cat ???-4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ?2006-4 December 2025
Toni the cat ?2005-25 March 2026

Shut is Steven, you ginger bollox! (nm)

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 11:40 pm, in reply to "Must be hard to sharpen it.... as it were....nm"

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!"....nm

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 25, 2026, 9:13 am, in reply to "Shut is Steven, you ginger bollox! (nm)"

Clio the cat, ?July 1997-1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ??2010-3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ???-4 November 2021
Georgina the cat ?2006-4 December 2025
Toni the cat ?2005-25 March 2026

Re: I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff.

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 24, 2026, 11:58 pm, in reply to "I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff."

Excellent draughtsman...crap painter.

As a person, anecdotally if my memory serves me right, he once embarked on a series of paintings of a view by the side of an English wood throughout the seasons. Alas he discovered the wood was to be cut down...so he bought it. Good man! I thought. Then I was informed that after he was finished his series the shit sold it to be cut down anyway.

Re: I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff.

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 25, 2026, 12:11 am, in reply to "Re: I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff."

Stories like that are so bloody depressing Ken...incredibly narcissistic and mercenary of him, if true.

"I won't dignify the attacker's words by repeating them, they are horrific and vile."

Hockney was surprised to see the wood had been cut down, when he went back in spring:

Posted by sashimi <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=sashimi' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 25, 2026, 9:45 am, in reply to "Re: I saw Hockney drawing with his Apple on BBC once. Fascinating stuff."

https://sylva.org.uk/david-hockney-and-the-disappearing-wood/

You may want to increase your dosage of Lion's Mane

Also, your PM inbox is full.

Re: Hockney was surprised to see the wood had been cut down, when he went back in spring:

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 25, 2026, 11:20 am, in reply to "Hockney was surprised to see the wood had been cut down, when he went back in spring:"

Thanks. I'd like to think he was a better guy than that. Was it in the Guardian about him buying the wood? I can't see for the Paywall.

He'd painted away during autumn and winter, and was suprised when he went back in spring to continue

Posted by sashimi <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=sashimi' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 25, 2026, 1:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Hockney was surprised to see the wood had been cut down, when he went back in spring:"

He wasn't aware that the wood was slated to be felled and hadn't bought it.

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