Some days are diamonds...

[craigb]

Had to share this one.

Today I won the last badge draw at my club for the year.

$3800 - you beauty!

The draw accumulates at $100/week so it was quite a jackpot.

I've never won anything in my life before either.

So whaddya reckon I should do with it?

What was the nice Mr Nielsen's address again? :D

Craig

(still amazingly sober :D )

[Zed]

you could knock out a wall and dig some holes under the house to increase the size of your w/s for that much cash...

[Wood Borer]

Craig,

Download the price list and put it into Excel to make an informed decision.

You should be able to get about 6 or 7 planes.

Congratulations, it is good to hear of a prize going to someone who won't be wasting it away.

[Termite]

Good on ya mate! :D

My advice, use a small portion for grovel money for SWMBO and then do what you like with the rest. ;)

[silentC]

You can buy me a beer next week!!

Nice one. You could always use some more planes, I'm sure. Or maybe a cube of some nice timber.

[bennylaird]

:D Don't tell me you let on to SWMBO???????????????????

Thought you knew better!:eek:

[craigb]

You can buy me a beer next week!!



That's always a given mate. It might have to be the top shelf stuff though. :)

Funnily enough, I'd arranged to take delivery of 0.25 of a cube of cedar this arvo via Greg Ward.

So that's $500 spent.

The missus is going Christmas shopping tonight so I've told her to buy herself something nice. :)

Zed,

Unfortunately, it's not enough to cover a reno :( :)

[Felder]

Craig - Hold tight! Don't spend any of it yet!
I've stuck one of our Catalogues in the post for you!:D:p;)

[oges]

I used to frequent a local bowling club on the badge draws, went away on holidays for one week and when do you figure my number was drawn :mad: was over $3000 too.

Congrats on your win, hope you find something nice to get with it

[Driver]

Congratulations, Craig! Couldn't happen to a better bloke.

[Gumby]

you lucky bastard,
you lucky, lucky bastard. :(

;) (I'm green);)

[Groggy]

Today I won the last badge draw at my club for the year. $3800 - you beauty! ... So whaddya reckon I should do with it? If you give me half I'll let you know how to make $1900 with little effort...

Congratulations Craig!

[Auld Bassoon]

Good on you Craig!

Just thinking about all the lovely goodies you could get with that $3k (after the timber purchase, and a sweetener for SWMBO:D )

Happy Hols mate!

[Bodgy]

Well done Craig.

I've never won a chook in a pub raffle!

With a windfall, the best policy is to do nothing for at least 7 sleeps. Remember, ir's much harder accumulating green than blowing green.

[AlexS]

Nice win, Craig. Don't rush out and buy a heap of LV and LN tools, put it aside and make a considered decision, taking into account all factors.
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OK, that's long enough, now you can go and buy those tools.;)

[Cliff Rogers]

Nice one Craig.... I'm happy for you.:)
& what Gumby said but if you haven't won anything like that before, enjoy it....
don't spend the whole lot tomorrow in the same shop....
make it last like a good bottle of port & a box of chocolates. ;)

[craigb]

make it last like a good bottle of port & a box of chocolates. ;)

Or sex?
Nah, that's never worked in the past :eek: :D

[Wongo]

Yeah Craig, get a bigger workshop.:cool:

[Schtoo]

I'd go with all those annoying little things that never seem to warrant spending money on them myself.

Some more shop furniture, clamps are good, a couple blades for things, etc, etc.

Lucky mongrel. ;)

Bah Humbug... :D

[E. maculata]

Or sex?
Nah, that's never worked in the past :eek: :D

Where does one start with a opening like this:D nah I'll leave it well alone.
Seriously nice news, just in time for chrissy too.:)

[craigb]

Yeah Craig, get a bigger workshop.:cool:

Geez Wongo,
You and Zed are shedist. :(

Shedism is no laughing matter you know :p

:D

[Wood Borer]

I like your current shed Craig.

Sure, it could be bigger - what shed couldn't be bigger?

Your shed has a warm quality atmosphere and it has character. It is the shed equivalent of a home as different from a house. Not many other spaces that size could give you so much pleasure.

[craigb]

Thanks WB. :)

[Zed]

I like your current shed Craig.

Sure, it could be bigger - what shed couldn't be bigger?

Your shed has a warm quality atmosphere and it has character. It is the shed equivalent of a home as different from a house. Not many other spaces that size could give you so much pleasure.

C'mon borer - off the fence buddy...

[Wood Borer]

Next time I'm in Sydney I'll visit your shed Zed and write a touchy feely but honest appraisal if it meets the standard of Craig's.:)

Sheds are places often reflecting the personality and nature of the owner.:eek:

One of my more favourable moments in Sydney was in Craig's shed at some early hour with Craig, Wongo, Zed and Silent.

[silentC]

Actually, you're right there Rob. I mean, my new shed is just this great big tin box. No character at all. Granted I've got 97.6 square metres of floorspace, 3 metres high at the walls. Sure, I've got rows of double powerpoints down both sides plus some hanging from the roof. It's got banks of flouros for night and overcast days and clear sheet skylights for the daytime. It has a toilet and a sink and windows. But it has no character.

I'm thinking of setting up a bench under the house for when I want to do handtool work. It will remind me of home :) No, seriously I am.

[Iain]

Mine has character, like the local tip, called the Grotto, Grot Oh better clean it up sometime.
No toilet but I've got a bucket, no sink but water is almost on, birds still come in and crap over everything, but I do have power.
Lights are still on the wish list, but then it is so character building operating a saw in the dark.

[Termite]

Actually, you're right there Rob. I mean, my new shed is just this great big tin box. No character at all. Granted I've got 97.6 square metres of floorspace, 3 metres high at the walls. Sure, I've got rows of double powerpoints down both sides plus some hanging from the roof. It's got banks of flouros for night and overcast days and clear sheet skylights for the daytime. It has a toilet and a sink and windows. But it has no character.

I'm thinking of setting up a bench under the house for when I want to do handtool work. It will remind me of home :) No, seriously I am.
The character walks in when you do.....a real character. :D

[silentC]

Gee thanks Termite. Most people just call me a smart asre bastard ;)

[TEEJAY]

Had to share this one.

Today I won the last badge draw at my club for the year.

$3800 - you beauty!

The draw accumulates at $100/week so it was quite a jackpot.

I've never won anything in my life before either.

So whaddya reckon I should do with it?

What was the nice Mr Nielsen's address again? :D

Craig

(still amazingly sober :D )


Share the goodwill around Craig and post bragging pics of any wonderful acquisitions - congratulations always nice to read good news. ;) :D

Cheers

[Wongo]

WB what do you want mate?:p

Craigb and silent, what is all these “you buy me a drink and I’ll buy you one” business? What about the rest of us?:confused:

[silentC]

Well Scott, I thought it would be a bit presumptuous of me to offer for Craig to buy you a beer too ;)

[Wood Borer]

My old mate Scott,:)

I don't think we are being any nicer than we are normally - are we?

Perhaps your earlier thread on being nice may have done wonders.:)

I like your shed too mate except that bench looks a bit odd. I'm not sure what's odd about it. Because I'm such an obliging bloke and you are a mate, if you transport it to my shed, I am prepared to test it over a long period of time and send you a free detailed report.:D

[Wood Borer]

Well Scott, I thought it would be a bit presumptuous of me to offer for Craig to buy you a beer too ;)

Scott hardly drinks at all! That's why he has a dry sense of humour.:cool:

[silentC]

I always get funnier when I drink. Well I think so, anyway....

[Wood Borer]

I think you are correct there Silent ...... from what I remember:confused:

[DPB]

you lucky bastard,
you lucky, lucky bastard. :(

;) (I'm green);)

Gumby, not to make too fine a point of it, but you've been fairly luck with club contests as well.:D :D :D :D :D :D

[Wood Borer]

The Judges were both very honourable people.;)

[RETIRED]

The Judges were both very honourable people.;)I will second that.:D

[Auld Bassoon]

I will second that.:D

Now, let me see.....:D

[Zed]

I still reckon for 3.8k you can dig a bigger hole and knock up a slab extension, some pillars and some bricks craigb. of course for that price you'd have to do it yourself... I would...

character is a layer of shavings, a dirty window that a mate has written "wash me" in dust, timber, machine oil, a few empty tinnies, a few knocked up chairs for mates and the smell of wood dust. NOT how old, dirt floors and cramped conditions. I'd rather have silentc's box and deck it out - possibly like major with the ply walls for hanging stuff etc,

I reckon a nice big tin shed, some batts in the roof and walls, ply panels, an aircon, a couple of windows, 2 racks -one for timber and the other for clamps, a roller door and a human door for airflow, an exhust fan, a lean to for the dusty that purges externally and a german shepard to lay in the dust and eat pomerainians and stray cats. stuff being under the house in a ratty little corner with no power except by an extension cord buddied by multiple doubel adaptors. this is after all the 21st century.

tell us craig (for real) would you swap your tiny little shed for silents tinny ??

[Wongo]

:D :D :D nothing.

[craigb]

tell us craig (for real) would you swap your tiny little shed for silents tinny ??

In a heartbeat mate, in a heartbeat. :D