I was hoping to use the existing base of my old shed as a base for the decking I am putting it. Unfortunately one of the joists was rotted, which meant I would need to start from scratch. The problem is that modern joists are a different thickness (we have gone metric). Not by much, but enough to cause stress to the decking.
Then I noticed a couple of pieces of wood from inside the shed had the right size – so I was able to use them. A lucky break – finding two pieces in good enough condition that were the right dimensions.
I remember a story about a relative that went for a 2 hour walk and mid-way met up with two men talking. He ended up getting in to an argument (not the angry heated type) with them. In the end he had to leave to walk home. But the next day he walked back to continue the argument. He won in the end. But before he left he admitted he was wrong, he just wanted to win.
You can imagine many reasons, but being different, standing out from the crowd – asserting his individuality, they are all valid guesses.
I’ve seen a few differences over the last few days, whether it is with the list of symptoms, the different track and trace in Scotland, the three levels in Wales instead of the five levels in England. Countries have won freedom to make their own decisions, but every time they make a different decision they make the decking just a little more wobbly.
On a personal level we saw protests at the weekend with people gathering in parks to demand an end to lockdown. I am not sure about the modelling, but I am pretty sure it would not take many people behaving different to the majority for the effects of the lockdown to be negated (the care home issue suggests that).
I like to be different (I guess it might be a family trait). But the building of a raised decking platform has challenged me – maybe I need to use my freedom to be different to choose to be the same a little bit more often.
In other news I needed a new screen for my computer and it arrived today. I didn’t need very high resolution (happy to go for 1080p – 1920×1080). It was interesting – a simple monitor cost more than double the price of a TV that could be used as a monitor (with built in DVD player). So I bought a TV – and the screen size is enormous.
I think I might try to plant one of my trees tomorrow – but it looks like it might rain.