RIP Ron Davies

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fran-MLs little camera said:
I haven't a practical bone in my body. This is exacerbated by the fact that I can never be bothered to get the right tool for the job. I may know that I have a toolbox in the shed but will still attempt to do any job with an old spoon or a kitchen knife.
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Used to be like that myself, Fran. I wouldn't get the right tool because 1] I didn't believe I had a hope in hell of doing the job right, and 2] I didn't have the patience to do a job badly.
But really, getting the right tool means you're halfway there already. When you get that kind of a leg-up it gives you the confidence to try harder and perhaps be a little more patient with yourself.

Nowadays I can use the wrong tool, knowing full well how wrong a tool I can use and get away with it. Using a spoon I reserve for measuring out the coffee though. And that's important too, of course. :)
 
As a boy I used to raid the cutlery drawer for spoons to use to take the tyre of my bike to mend a puncture. My mother was always asking who had bent the spoons when she laid the table for dinner! I always said it must have been my brother and for some reason she knew straight away it was me and I would get a thick ear for doing it and another for trying to get my angelic brother into trouble.

Many years ago I knew a guy who used to teach philosophy at the University and yet he was a very practical main and was always doing DIY jobs exceptionally well.
 
St Godders of Windsor said:
As a boy I used to raid the cutlery drawer for spoons to use to take the tyre of my bike to mend a puncture. My mother was always asking who had bent the spoons when she laid the table for dinner! I always said it must have been my brother and for some reason she knew straight away it was me and I would get a thick ear for doing it and another for trying to get my angelic brother into trouble.
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I once got some ink on the spare room wall, so I quickly wrote 'I hate Fran' underneath it so my brother would get the blame!!!
 
Just to remind people without the facility or know-how to listen at another times on iPlayer or other remote means, Ron Davies is said to be featured this week in an edition of Last Word, on BBC Radio 4 today, at 4pm and repeated on Sunday at 8.30pm. His segment was held over and replaced by the previous edition for the death of author Tom Sharpe.
 
TheSecondStain said:
Just to remind people without the facility or know-how to listen at another times on iPlayer or other remote means, Ron Davies is said to be featured this week in an edition of Last Word, on BBC Radio 4 today, at 4pm and repeated on Sunday at 8.30pm. His segment was held over and replaced by the previous edition for the death of author Tom Sharpe.
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Thanks. I had completely forgotten about that. I shall listen to it on the iPlayer later.
 
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