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The Other Side of DIY. Don’t Fence Me In. September 10, 2013. A while ago I wrote a blog about a family. Mom, Dad, two kids and grandparents who all addressed each other by their first names. It was an enlightening situation to observe that I thought might have had something to do with them all living around the same South London square. I thought I’d gone back in time. How could it even be possible in this age of insular, middle-class elitism? It’s one thing to say good morning to a neighbour as you bot...
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The Age of Unreason | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Laquo; What’s the name of that book by that guy about the thing? Don’t Fence Me In. The Age of Unreason. July 31, 2013. You have to come back,’ she demanded over the phone. What seems to be the problem,’ I asked. You didn’t assemble the wardrobe properly. The doors are all wrong so you have to come back.’. Not even a ‘please’. I think I did assemble it properly,’ I said, ‘But ’. You couldn’t of [sic]. The doors aren’t sliding right. The track is sticking out all wrong.’. As I was s...
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September | 2014 | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Archives for the month of: September, 2014. 11 September, 2014 – Taking a Break. September 11, 2014. The Handyman Voyeur, you may have noticed, has not written for while. This is because he is no longer working as a handyman. While this may leave more employment opportunities for his South London competitors, it generally dismisses any chance of meeting potential blog subjects. Thanks for reading and stay tuned. 11 September, 2014 – Taking a Break. Don’t Fence Me In. Back to the top.
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October | 2013 | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Archives for the month of: October, 2013. October 29, 2013. According to a recent poll carried out by a soap company, 51% of men and 46% of women consider the most important lesson a father can teach his children to be basic DIY. Fixing stuff. How to be handy. What this has to do with soap I’ll never understand. Although I do often require a good scrubbing after a day’s work. So do I go back to the drawing board for the great south London DIY legacy? If that’s the most important le...
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May 2015 – Jon Magidsohn
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8211; Writer –. May 21, 2015. October 8, 2015. Then he started arguing. From our position in the back seat it sounded as if he was trying to tell the kind Fabindia employee that they didn’t actually know where their shop was. He handed the phone back to Deborah and requested us to get out of his vehicle. We obliged, assuming he’d given up on finding the location of a very popular store, and started to walk away. Why should I pay you? What are you gonna do,’ I said, ‘punch a foreigner? When he grabbed Deb...
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11 September, 2014 – Taking a Break | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Laquo; Say Cheese. 11 September, 2014 – Taking a Break. September 11, 2014. The Handyman Voyeur, you may have noticed, has not written for while. This is because he is no longer working as a handyman. While this may leave more employment opportunities for his South London competitors, it generally dismisses any chance of meeting potential blog subjects. Thanks for reading and stay tuned. Or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Jay S...
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July | 2013 | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Archives for the month of: July, 2013. The Age of Unreason. July 31, 2013. You have to come back,’ she demanded over the phone. What seems to be the problem,’ I asked. You didn’t assemble the wardrobe properly. The doors are all wrong so you have to come back.’. Not even a ‘please’. I think I did assemble it properly,’ I said, ‘But ’. You couldn’t of [sic]. The doors aren’t sliding right. The track is sticking out all wrong.’. I told you before you left here yesterday.’. As I was s...
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September | 2013 | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Archives for the month of: September, 2013. Don’t Fence Me In. September 10, 2013. A while ago I wrote a blog about a family. Mom, Dad, two kids and grandparents who all addressed each other by their first names. It was an enlightening situation to observe that I thought might have had something to do with them all living around the same South London square. I thought I’d gone back in time. How could it even be possible in this age of insular, middle-class elitism? It’s one thing t...
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A Stain On My Reputation | The Handyman Voyeur
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The Other Side of DIY. Laquo; A Tangled Mystery. What’s in a Name? A Stain On My Reputation. September 27, 2012. Fortunately most of my clients accept that I’m not perfect even if I don’t and patiently wait for me to atone for my display of human imperfection. One such client was embroiled in perhaps my costliest accident ever. I grabbed the closest thing I could find that I thought might magically sop up the widening spill. But it turns out a handkerchief only has a finite absorption threshold. I’d neve...