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beccaelizabethI got really bored and started watching random stuff on the TV.
I am currently watching something called Le Salvager on Quest. I don't think I've watched Quest before. All the ads are for like fishing and murder. It's kind of weird. The thing I'm watching is a DIY show but he doesn't buy stuff from shops, he gets scrap and turns it into stuff.
It's kind of fascinating. You watch it and have no idea how it's going to work, and then he applies a chainsaw, angle grinder, arc welder, and assorted forms of fire. And usually chops the ends off things repeatedly. Plus he'll use lots of sort of glue and expanding foam and sort of squodge things together.
And then there's a thing that didn't exist before.
So far I have seen him build a dining table (quite a lot of fire wood and some rope and some bits of iron), a boat (the top of a transit van, turned the other way up and patched with fibreglass and what looked like insulation foam but I was watching with the sound off and there's no subtitles), a trailer to pull the boat around on (parts of a sprinkler system and the back end of a front wheel drive car, turned upside down), a cupboard for hiding a boiler with (shutters and doors. That was a bit boring but ended up prettier than usual.), and now a kitchen. Not in the kind of space kitchens would traditionally go in, in the corner of his workshop. It involves hiding the walls and building around a large waste pipe. Also using the old workbenches for worktops and a weird big pan for a sink. You'd think he could find an old sink to be a sink, but no, he's found a cooking pot apparently meant for whole cow heads? It all involves large drills and more chainsaws. oh, and his axe. He really likes his axe. It's amazing how many tools can be replaced with inventive application of axe. It's kind of more exciting than I'm used to DIY being.
Of course I spent the first half of the afternoon telling myself they wouldn't broadcast it if he ended up taking a thumb off or setting himself on fire.
His safety warnings are hilarious. Like, hold up blow torch, say 'don't put your fingers here', point at flame. Or suggesting you might want to study welding before you actually do welding. The only thing that came with a 'don't try this at home' was the large barrel of caustic soda. Also, one of many times he gets the angle grinder out, 'you don't have to have skin like asbestos, but it helps'.
And all he wears is a t-shirt and some checked trousers. For a while I thought he only owned the one outfit, but in fact he has two shirts, in the same pattern but different colors. So that's clearly better.
... his safety equipment basically consists of (a) a bandana with pretty stars on it whenever he doesn't want to inhale, for instance, fibreglass and (b) goggles. Not builder looking goggles, more aviator looking, or sometimes very steampunk ones for welding.
So it's sort of a relief whenever he finishes something, all his parts are still attached, and it doesn't fall down.
But once you watch a few of them the things start looking actually good. And they work, at least while you're looking at them. They're just... kind of a bit mad?
So now I'm sitting here and it has been hours and I'm still watching to see what he comes up with next.
Also, because I'm me, I'm imagining the Pegasus Galaxy version. Ancient scrapyards... *blinks*
I am currently watching something called Le Salvager on Quest. I don't think I've watched Quest before. All the ads are for like fishing and murder. It's kind of weird. The thing I'm watching is a DIY show but he doesn't buy stuff from shops, he gets scrap and turns it into stuff.
It's kind of fascinating. You watch it and have no idea how it's going to work, and then he applies a chainsaw, angle grinder, arc welder, and assorted forms of fire. And usually chops the ends off things repeatedly. Plus he'll use lots of sort of glue and expanding foam and sort of squodge things together.
And then there's a thing that didn't exist before.
So far I have seen him build a dining table (quite a lot of fire wood and some rope and some bits of iron), a boat (the top of a transit van, turned the other way up and patched with fibreglass and what looked like insulation foam but I was watching with the sound off and there's no subtitles), a trailer to pull the boat around on (parts of a sprinkler system and the back end of a front wheel drive car, turned upside down), a cupboard for hiding a boiler with (shutters and doors. That was a bit boring but ended up prettier than usual.), and now a kitchen. Not in the kind of space kitchens would traditionally go in, in the corner of his workshop. It involves hiding the walls and building around a large waste pipe. Also using the old workbenches for worktops and a weird big pan for a sink. You'd think he could find an old sink to be a sink, but no, he's found a cooking pot apparently meant for whole cow heads? It all involves large drills and more chainsaws. oh, and his axe. He really likes his axe. It's amazing how many tools can be replaced with inventive application of axe. It's kind of more exciting than I'm used to DIY being.
Of course I spent the first half of the afternoon telling myself they wouldn't broadcast it if he ended up taking a thumb off or setting himself on fire.
His safety warnings are hilarious. Like, hold up blow torch, say 'don't put your fingers here', point at flame. Or suggesting you might want to study welding before you actually do welding. The only thing that came with a 'don't try this at home' was the large barrel of caustic soda. Also, one of many times he gets the angle grinder out, 'you don't have to have skin like asbestos, but it helps'.
And all he wears is a t-shirt and some checked trousers. For a while I thought he only owned the one outfit, but in fact he has two shirts, in the same pattern but different colors. So that's clearly better.
... his safety equipment basically consists of (a) a bandana with pretty stars on it whenever he doesn't want to inhale, for instance, fibreglass and (b) goggles. Not builder looking goggles, more aviator looking, or sometimes very steampunk ones for welding.
So it's sort of a relief whenever he finishes something, all his parts are still attached, and it doesn't fall down.
But once you watch a few of them the things start looking actually good. And they work, at least while you're looking at them. They're just... kind of a bit mad?
So now I'm sitting here and it has been hours and I'm still watching to see what he comes up with next.
Also, because I'm me, I'm imagining the Pegasus Galaxy version. Ancient scrapyards... *blinks*