Ok, so I require some more measuring up, but im currently thinking that I may be able to build a small section of stud wall myself, and within the footprint created I could potentially install a bunch of the Ikea Pax units along with a sliding rail.

As I could theoretically put the stud wall at any position I choose, I could account for the optimum width of Pax.

lolz. Yeah, I get the point 🙂

Thanks guys! I’m starting have a rough idea of how much putting what’s in my head into reality is going to cost.

I’ve just got off the phone from a fairly local chippie whom had a good website with images of sliding wardrobes he had installed – he said he currently had too much work to come out as far as my location but I was able to get out of him a thumb in the air price – he said to cost at around £650 per door on a sliding door system.
So £2k on a 3 door sliding unit kind of falls in line with the above.
He also gave me details for a local wardrobe firm that I assume he uses to source doors etc.

I will also investigate the links above. Cheers guys. Keep it coming too.

Fairly certain that I don’t want Ikea – i’m trying to gauge pricing for a local joiner

Sharp’s was used as a generic analogy btw – but somewhat glad to hear that they are as criminal as I suspected.

Any less shystery alternatives?

Thanks for the advice so far.

I’ve used Ikea before and whilst perfectly adequate we are really looking to go down the fitted route this time (floor to ceiling ideally).

Have considered a joiner, what do you reckon they would charge for something similar to nothermatt’s effort above, say 3/4 the length and with sliding doors?

Am fairly handy so also tempted to give it a go myself and save a fortune, would probably end up with some cool tools as part of the deal too.

northernmatt – more pics please!

Have been a passenger in the in-laws duster. They are elderly and wanted something newer that was easy to get in and out of. On that note, they won.

The sat-nav would only navigate to the first 4 digits of any postcode – so you were left ‘in the right ball park’ but not where you need to be. I had to purchase a flash drive and update the head-units software which solved this problem.

It does feel incredibly flimsy, but if you simply require A-B economics, it may work for some. I think it look fairly smart in silver too, in the austere-chic way mentioned above.

very disappointed not to see how it ended for combo.

You actually wanted to see him taken apart?

i thought the storyline between milky and combo was a bit ironic that in the original movie combo was seen as the bad guy for his attack and racist attitude but in the end he changes character and milky is the bad guy for allowing combos demise…

That’s kind of the point of the writing. It’s a story about life and friendship in all its glory and horror, second chances, and how sometimes we face crossroads

as for milky and his forgiveness…i was sure that he got it on with lol when woody was with the other girl…

Woody was only with the other girl after watching his baby come out all Milky

Glad you posted this OP a it was doing my head in somewhat.

Stupid pointless bloody monkey. I hate monkeys.

I suppose Clyde was kinda cool.

What Tyre’s For Alu?

Little Big Maps

RoboMap

MountainMap

MapTec

ScaleSummit

Looks a bit like few rashers of streaky bacon wrapped in tin foil.

I want one.

Can you do locations on request? Would be nice to see the South Downs including a portion of coastline.

you’re so cool

thank you brother!

I’d not grumble if the trail pixies would stick to tabletops, which (ahem) I can bimble over if I havent carried enough speed.

Huge gaps with little chance to run out usually end up with someone losing their front teeth, or worse, scratching their Trek.

adding jumps or digging out gaps on established well known trails is a very poor idea and risks trails being closed or destroyed.

Pretty much this. Pushing the alotted envelope never tends to end well.

Amazes me how much this subject divides opinion amongst its own kind.

brilliant spoiler mate, well done….

Just wait till you see Escobar run in with an Uzi 9mm in each hand and save the day by spraying lead!

”Scarface ain’t got nothing on me Biyatches!”

Spoiler alert – in the Pablo Escobar story, it no end well for Pablo.

Britain has too many humans. Get a pooch friend instead.

No one picks up after themselves. They all say they do or will if someone is watching. Then they chuck it out of a moving car or dump it in the street and “forget” about it. ALL humans lazy selfish idiots kidding themselves on. Your house smells of cigarettes. You smell of broken promises.

Shoot them all. (the owners, not the dogs)

Yes, I donated to a Greyhound charity that were doing a High St collection with their dogs whilst on a Down’s Link ride last year, I have it on my list to visit a centre and meet a few.
I can possibly commit a couple of Squirrels to the sacrificial god’s if it means a dog gets a good home.

As of this Fridays i’ll be located on the South Down’s with miles of rolling National Park to walk in right from the doorstep.

I REALLY like the idea of a lazy dog.
How do yours fair if left alone for periods?

thanks!

I once met a Greyhound lazing by a fire in a pub, he was fantastic, responded to a pat but otherwise just lay there prone.

Are they required to have a muzzle on during walks? I’ve heard they can have a tendancy to tear whatever they eventually catch to shreds.

The lifting over styles is a good point.

I’ll never be able to listen to Stone Roses again without thinking of Woody’s flinky flank.

The wind. Ours have got so bad lately even they leave the room

The plus side to this is that few things in life are as funny as a dog acknowledging its own fart.

Sometimes they look genuinely confused. If its a repeat case they begin to get annoyed by the noisy obtrusion. Then they eventually walk out of the room in disgust.

Also, blaming the dog for the bad smell in the room never grows old. Thank you, my faithful old (flatulent) pal.

Cue embarrassing story..

This mate of mine, yeah, was falling asleep in a hot bath one night about 10 years ago and in that moment of being asleep but suddenly awaking realised he was about to unleash the enormous full bladder he had been holding in but was too lazy to do anything about… and without thinking clasped the end of his old fella’s skin suit tight – thus leading to a weird mexican stand-off situation between bladder that will no longer be held back – and foreskin that can only swell like a balloon so far…

So, following an excruciating shooting pain right along the love tunnel the fleshy grasp is released along with a million invisible tiny needles – jabbing their way along the inner workings before being released into the air along with a great golden geyzer. Ending (horrifically) with around a teaspoon of blood dripping out the third eye..
That is somewhere that you truly never ever expect to see blood drip from, and if you ever do – trust me, it’ll freak you out like a good’un.

Several weeks of passing the devils razor blades and attempting to hold the flow back to a dribble each and every time a slash was required, later – eventually my tattered urethra healed itself up from the inside.
I mean my mates urethra.

Moral of the story?
Well there’s 2. Firstly, your inner workings are incredibly robust, so have faith that you’ll come good.
Secondly, pi$$ing in the bath is actually good for your health.

good point Picton – although too numerous – the ad breaks were (for once) a good chance to take stock, breath(!), and get the kettle on.

I don’t think that’s quite enough for murder. Empregnating his mates partner, perhaps.

I totally agree from a legal justice perspective – What I mean is that from what was originally essentially a good person, so much bad has now occurred. Milky isn’t a criminal type down to his core – he feels remorse and the guilt of his actions will torment him forever whereas a true criminal would probably sleep easy.
Milky was forgiven, and still chose to go down a path he can never return from. Whereas somehow, Combo has turned out the better man. Even asking for forgiveness when being lead to his probable death.
Imagine that. What a turnaround!

Who knows what will happen in the end. Lol clearly had Milky sussed, but she’s no shrinking violet. It’s the sign of a good story, that we care to imagine the future for the characters and fill in any remaining gaps.

It may be irrelevant to you, but it left me wondering why he knew that he was going to die the moment he saw them.

As we arent likely to ever have an answer to this specific point, It was probably just a plot leading glimpse into Combo’s murky past dealings – or maybe just a realisation that in those circumstances, being handed over to another crew is never going to end well..

The scene reminded me a little of a similar one in ‘Narco’s’, the new Netflix series – where Escobar’s cousin gets carried upstairs ‘for a chat’

He acted Steve Buscemi et al off the screen in Boardwalk Empire.

Asides from his ‘accent’!

The scene (in TIE) where he was carried up the stairs just wouldn’t have worked without such a great actor

100% agree. God knows where he draws his motivation from but he genuinely looked like a man being carried to his violent death. Haunting. He’s a bloody marvelous actor.
His racist rant pre-Milky bashing was quite so horrid owing to his complete belieavability.
Did you know.. he’s married to Trudy in real life?(!)

It’s a shame we won’t get to see him get his karma bill.

He’s had it – a life time of torment in realising that he’s forever tainted with no way back. Again, I think this is great writing. Be good boy’s and girl’s and make wise choices or else!

I wondered if they were people he’d sold out when he went to prison?

I think their origin is largely irrelevant, the point was that they represented his end, and he knew it. We literally saw the door close on his chapter.

Lurchers et Greyhounds are growing on me – trouble is, aren’t you supposed to look a bit like the dog you own? ie, long and lithe in the case of a greyhound.

not short’n’fat

have looked into similar solutions myself and may need to again as i’m moving into new place this weekend – it’s a 1960’s semi bungalow which shares a garage void underneath the living room floor in both parties bungalow.

Am worried about attempting to sound proof the party wall (in living room) only for sound to travel underneath and into garage space – utilising the living room floor as an effective drum skin.

Combo’s implied ending was great writing – there was no need to see the violence.
He’s dead. The guilt and mental torture switches to Milky – who despite his happy go lucky nature proves to be the show’s biggest tool.

What great writing. For me, the whole TIE experience has been a great reflection of life – for all it’s potential humour, camaraderie and love, there is always a potential flip side round the corner. Grimy, decomposed, violence and hate.
It’s about how we choose to perceive our lot, and how we choose to project ourselves.

Imagine eventually feeling sorrow for Combo and a dislike for Milky after watching the original beating!

I’m chuffed for Woody + Lol. Wasn’t that bothered about the Kelly decline story line, perhaps I just didn’t like her character. And agree with the sentiments that this final series got a little bit too comedic in places – but by and large – I can’t remember the last time I literally held my breath when watching a drama. Particularly a British drama. Every (incredibly annoying) ad break last night was a chance to recover for just a moment!.

Great stuff, thank you Mr Meadows and C4!

Took a trek over to Battersea dogs home this weekend, didn’t know whether to rejoice or cry.. There were only around 8 10 dogs on display! Obviously this is a good thing for the pooches, but for the punters it narrows the voice down somewhat.

The Cat section was worse, think there were 3 cats available!

The carbon trigger 2’s (medium) stubbornly remain in stock- someone buy them so I can stop torturing myself about one!

Personally, when they upped the price by £250 it wrote it off as a purchase for me. Quite relieved TBH.

It’s when you decorate your mirror with your two fingered zit pinched offerings

WRONG! DO IT AGAIN!

supersessions – Carley is just about my minds-eyes ideal dog!

Eddie Fiola – can I ask for a little more of your Kelpie experience? Is it a particularly energetic breed requiring constant stimulation? Or happy to chill?
Great looking dog, i’ve looked at Aussie cattle dogs before but shy’d away from the amount of exercise required to keep them fit and stimulated

Loads of great responses, thanks so much. These will really help narrow our focus down a little more.

Alas, Mrs Slim has a cat alergy so that rules out cat dogs.

Yes, I wouldn’t go for a Frenchie any longer after learning of the c-section nature of most litters, that just completely wrong.
Hence liking Boston’s, similar look, a bit more sprightly with (potentially) fewer of the health issues.

I think a tenadancy to chase critters is perhaps less of a concern for me, forever cleaning drool and muddy coats more so. Spinone’s sound great characters but Mrs Slim would have to commit to clean up duty – that would drive me nuts.

small bummed whippets sound cool. That Fell Terrier looks brill too, Mrs Slim would adore him. And the Kelpie! Great vid!

IHN – i’ve previously owned Staffies and know the breed well. Am seriously tempted to go down that path again but I know deep down the other half prefers a furrier ‘Sprocket’ type breed. She’s open minded though.

We’ve been to several rehoming centres and are not ruling that out as an option.

I think she has serious daddy issues

It’s not 100% clear, but its implied that Kels was never abused by her father. Just Lol (and Trev) on the receiving end.

The caravan scene was to demonstrate Kel’s pathway to self destruction and disassociation with herself and her friends.
I have wondered why Kel is so completely unwilling to accept the accusations made against her father – but its a difficult dynamic to imagine.

Perhaps i’m completely wrong and she has merely been in complete denial, and subconsciously blames herself for being abused. But it’s not been portrayed openly on any series yet.

I’m bigger than you and got up most every hill I ever tried on a S/S – and rocked 1×9 for a few years before switching 1×11.

If anything, you’ll find it makes you fitter as you are commited to gear 11.

Do it, you’ll like

Will I live in the unluckiest manned space exploration generation ever?

ie, miss the moon landings, and die before further moon/Mars manned missions?

I’m routing for Woody & Lol still no matter how much I try to suppress the impending doom.

Question – anyone find themselves strangely to Smell? I’ve got this mate see..