things in life you didn't finish

axisus

I was never big on Harry Potter. Didn't read the books. I had a bit of a binge watching the films a year or so ago and ran through them all ... except the last one. I just couldn't be bothered with sitting through yet another 2+ hours of yet more wizardry hokum.

On one hand it seems like a lot of time to invest in movies and not see the end, on the other hand, Meh.

Got stuff you didn't finish?

57Deluxe

cabbage and liver...

quarky

A Tamiya model of a Calsonic Skyline. Maybe this one. 

I got as far as painting the engine, gave it two coats and I could still see the blue plastic underneath. Now, more than 10/15 years later, i suspect all the paints that I bought have dried out, but I might see if I can find it over the summer. I think I know where it is...

DarnWeight

A PhD

Strat_a_tat_tat

DarnWeight said:

A PhD

Me too.

Although I never started one either... and never applied to do one... so I guess you may have got a bit further than me.

randella

quarky said:

A Tamiya model of a Calsonic Skyline. Maybe this one. 

I got as far as painting the engine, gave it two coats and I could still see the blue plastic underneath. Now, more than 10/15 years later, i suspect all the paints that I bought have dried out, but I might see if I can find it over the summer. I think I know where it is...

@quarky  That reminds me, I have a Tamika Dark Impact which I’ve built, added the radios to, and tested.  I just need to paint the body shell and it’s there.

Nice little winter project I think!  Then I’ll have to think of something else to add to this thread

ICBM

My university degree.

CHRISB50

A level revision (although I never would have made it through university at the time, so probably best)

Learning many, many songs

Bridgehouse

Laminate flooring??

webrthomson

DarnWeight said:

A PhD

^^ This - did two years and got fed up of being skint - TBH the killer was realising that it would not make any difference to my earning potential and I had no desire to remain in academia!

Philly_Q

An awful lot of partscasters...

RandallFlagg

6th form. Left after 6 weeks...

quarky

randella said:

quarky said:

A Tamiya model of a Calsonic Skyline. Maybe this one. 

@quarky  That reminds me, I have a Tamika Dark Impact which I’ve built, added the radios to, and tested.  I just need to paint the body shell and it’s there.

Nice little winter project I think!  Then I’ll have to think of something else to add to this thread

Excellent! My kids inspired me to get my tamiya RC out and buy a new battery. 



As a kid, I always wanted a Monster Beetle (my parents promised to buy me an RC car one when they sold my trainset when we emigrated), but I never got one. I am so damn tempted to buy one now to put together with the kids. 

As a start, I think I can use the ESC and remotes (and new battery!) from the Subaru too.

randella

quarky said:

Excellent! My kids inspired me to get my tamiya RC out and buy a new battery. 



As a kid, I always wanted a Monster Beetle (my parents promised to buy me an RC car one when they sold my trainset when we emigrated), but I never got one. I am so damn tempted to buy one now to put together with the kids. 

As a start, I think I can use the ESC and remotes (and new battery!) from the Subaru too.

@quarky - do it!  I have a Striker that must be 33 years old, I restored it, repainted it and fitted an ESC with a new motor.  It was great fun racing it around, but I was a little concerned about slamming three-decade old plastic around the local countryside - hence the Dark Impact.

I’ve discovered that RC stuff has got both more affordable and much better quality.  The batteries I kind of expected, as even rechargeable AAs were bobbins when we were kids, but the sundry stuff - radio receivers and the like - seem to be much much better.

My Striker had the old mechanical control with the whopping great resistance.  I’ve kept it for posterity but I can’t deny the modern kit beats it in every way.

Love that Impreza, cracking job on the shell.  Looks the business with the gold wheels.

quarky

Thanks! I didn't build it though, so can't take any credit for that. It was my brothers originally. I have at least cleaned it a little since that photo was taken though.

God I remember the Striker. There were some really iconic cars released around that time.

Yep, new RC gear seems to have better performance, but some of that classic Tamiya stuff is pretty reliable in comparison!

Phil_aka_Pip

My "album".

Paul_C

When I replaced a central heating pump I put my foot through the kitchen ceiling, the hole's still there.

The pump was removed a few years ago when a new boiler went in, the hole remains.

I've lived here 25 years, the hole has been there for around half of that.

One day !

Strat_a_tat_tat

Paul_C said:

When I replaced a central heating pump I put my foot through the kitchen ceiling, the hole's still there.

The pump was removed a few years ago when a new boiler went in, the hole remains.

I've lived here 25 years, the hole has been there for around half of that.

One day !

@Paul_C. ; Thanks... and have a Wisdom.  Have just shown your post to my long-suffering wife.... just to prove it's not just me that does these things.

Kilgore

The question will ony become relevant when I'm dead. 

viz

Emp_Fab said:

Repairing my boat
 

VimFuego

this sent...