What an odd day. My mum and dad came to live with us while their house was being built, and, needing a place to store their furniture and stuff, built a bloody big shed in our back yard. I love that shed, even though it has become a haven for all the crap other parts of the family have left at our joint. So, that's our shed... right next to it however is the original little garden shed that the previous owners once revelled in and enjoyed.... ... back in 1974. It's now done its dash. It's pretty much gone the way of my 'ex-peugeot'. It's time for it to come for it to come down... as Janey wants to use her term break holidays building a vege garden... and it's my job to keep Janey happy. The trick to any job like that is... don't stand there looking at it saying "I have no idea where to start"... just start doing stuff, before you know it... you'll have accomplished heaps. I started by opening the door and nearly crying at the amount of crap in there. I'm talking 5 bikes, two saws, buckets of soil, two doors, 3 trestles, a piece of super 6 (I'll come back to THAT one later), lots of garden liquid products, a remote controlled car long expired, a lawn mower, a box that a 'blower' came in, and around 4000 spiders. Once I'd removed about 90% of that, I was moving onto the 'super 6'. As I shifted it out from leaning up against the wall... this DIRTY GREAT BIG BLOODY RAT came a-bounding out and scooted out a hole in the backside of the shed. Awesome. I don't get scared of rats. I think they're cool. On other people's property. This thing isn't welcome... and he was so bloody huge... I'm pretty sure he ducked his head when he went through the hole... and (and you have to put on your best Michael Clarke Duncan voice from Green Mile) he said something like... 'I'm outta here man'. Ok so the rat is now out of sight out of mind; and I got to work on drilling out the pop rivets holding the tin to the chassis of the shed. Yep, it has a big rusty steel chassis. Fun. Then 5 o'clock happened and I had to go and shower and doll up ready for my burswood gig. I'll keep at it tomorrow. Jane will get her Vege patch, but not before I've become a man whilst tearing down a shed... WOOAARGH!!! I might hire someone to do the rest. Love Court.
Posted: 2009-03-13 03:07:03Author:admin