We are a nation of potterers, tinkers, dabblers and fiddlers, spending around £16 billion a year on DIY and gardening equipment. Not very deep within the national psyche appears to be a peculiar feeling that we ought to be able to repair, decorate, and install everything ourselves by reference to some primordial instinct. In many cases this is delusion bordering on madness and must explain why men in particular never look at instruction manuals. There are plenty of websites out there willing to tell us how to do-it-ourselves and some that tell us how to find someone else to do it - whatever the 'it' may be. Click here for my latest Sunday Times 'Webwise' feature and get your hands dirty....
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February 22, 2007
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I have tried on three occasions to put a picture up - and failed. It's great to go to the Net for advice: that way I can be distracted and not have to try again. thank God for the digital universe and its simultanaiety!
Posted by: David Barrie | July 04, 2007 at 08:48 AM