What does your shed say about you...

[guest18]

So. kind of like "who lives in a house like this?", like the title says... if someone looks at a random pic of your shed/garage/lockup/kitchen what can they tell about you? Is a Thumper riders shed a window on their personality  

I'll kick off... let the abuse commence!




and no this wasn't staged! I just looked in the garage and the thought occurred....

[mini-thumper]

I'm think rubber fetishist without an OCD!

I'm I right?
Do I win a prize?

Dr. Boyd

[guest18]

That would be neoprene not rubber  but can't one have an ocd about collecting useless old vehicle bits? It doesn't *have* to be tidying up does it?  you should see the state of it now... but that's a story for another thread! 

[squirrelciv]

Most of my neighbours worry about me and my shed, I think they've got me down as a bit of a Caratacus Potts!

I hope anyone looking in would see 'tidy and organised', but I suspect most see OCD. It is very much "A place for everything, and everything in it's place" Type of shed. That's mainly because I've no money for my project but still want to be in my shed, so I find myself in there with nothing to do but tidy up (again!)
Working on a wood burning stove made out of a large propane cylinder this summer, ready for next winter. Then I really would have the perfect retreat.

[johnr]

hmmmm what does my shed say about me? TIDY UP springs to mind, as well as STOP BUYING STUFF ON EBAY!!

[Steve Lake]

Erm...John........Havn't you got your pics mixed up? that's a pic of our local refuse tip I'm sure!

(easy to pass comments like that when a pic of MY shed is notable by its absence )

[johnr]

 

lol, that lot on the shelves is almost entirely 1100 katana, amongst them boxes are complete engines, bodywork turbos, piston kits, as well as brand new nos parts for my katana projects, cams, looms clocks etc etc etc . the bike at the side is a 67 c15 and you can just se a dead bsa sidevalve motor laid on the floor. strange thing is, i know where absolutely everything in there is!!!

[Andy M]

Mine looks similar, just more MZ bits.

What I want to know is how you train yourself not to fill every single flat surface?

My roof is a disaster. Long term plan would be a new garage hopefully a foot or so wider and longer with an apex roof and benches for pillar drill etc. However, I know this will be a complete waste. Within a year the loft will be crammed with gear to the point where you'll need a hard hat to be safe. Every bench, nook, cranny and hole will be stuffed with junk and I'll be back to using the wheelie bin as a work surface 

In my defence, half the **** in there is pet stuff and gardening stuff, but I'm sure there should be a better solution even if it involves self control. The fact however is that variant 27 of ***'s law applies; you will need something the day after you chuck it out 

Andy

[guest7]

There is no fucking way on god's earth that I will post a picture of my garages, despite the fact that they are relatively tidy atm 

Last week I picked up two new (for me) bikes and realised that with them added to the chaos I couldn't even walk through the front garage. A day of brutal clearing sorted that one out and then I turned my attention to the back garage. That took three days and numerous trips to the tip (although one trip yielded a triple set of ladders, which I sold in the pub last night for £20). The good thing these days is that as I live on a busy road I can leave scrap metal out and the pikeys have it away in no time, whcih saves me having to tip it.

To be fair, I'm not tidy by nature, I collect old scrap motorcycles and I run a building business (with its attendant mass of tools and materials).

GC

[guest40]

johnr, MAAAAAte , I think we must be related... like twins...wow its like looking into my soul.... ask the backseat speed control device

[pigafetta]

Mine say's 'DAVE IS A LAZY GIT THAT NEEDS A NEW GARAGE'. It's an absolute disgrace and you're not getting a photo.

Dave B

[guest40]

Yeah, BUT, BUT but but, irrespective of level of tidiness or lack thereof, anyone disagree that even if you go in in the middle of a blackout for that whizpushpulleyabob, you can usually find it easily sidestepping the rest of the collection and making a tactful exit, holding the correct part. UNLESS someone unamed feels sorry for not letting you have the $$$$ to purchase a new bigger garage(so you can hold more s#@t) starts cleaning it. It takes months to find that part even with full 10,000 watt search lights on.

[guest24]

I am too embarassed to put a picture of my tiny shed on the this site. I feel so inadequate when I compare yours with mine. 

However, mine is packed with bicycles that seem to be breeding! It is now so difficult to get the lawnmower out. Not that I get to use it any more since SWMBO discovered the pleasures of grass cutting using a thumper based mower.

I did get in my shed last week and pull out what I considered to be junk and took it to the car boot sale we did. My 'boys toys' corner was great. Sold most things so I was very pleased.

[guest40]

A clean shed is the sign of a sick mind!