Kevin
i guess i must 1 of the cheap DIY'er, for that i'm proud, i am honeslty proud that i have the ability to DIY my kit
Now some of your posts have been interesting, then you seem to have a little chip on your shoulder than grew bigger and bigger, it started off when Mr H and then again ftp built his own Guttervac, with the exact same parts as you have on yours, this somewhat sent you on a downward spiral, then when Glyn tried to rubbish the DIY guttervac, you seemed to take it personal, the spiral has continued in the recent weeks, going as far as calling people idiots and then last night a F'ing idiot, why, just because they dont agree with you ? ? ? which is very worring as your such a professional person ( though you seem to act like a chav at times with your abusive posts )
i find your story amazing, i really do ( im sure i read this from you recently ) you had a heart attack so then became a person with drive to build a business that would look after your family if the next heart attack came, this you said was / is acheived by working 6 days a week and long hours, only see'ing your children 1 hour a day , now that idea is completely alien to me, i would be enjoying life NOW and spending as much time with my family, but i didnt call you a idiot because of it, we all have different opinions, different outlooks on life
you seem to think that some1 who doesnt have the same outlook is a loser / idiot or other insulting name, which to me is a rather narrow minded approach to life, rather sad to be honest
as Dai has said ( and ive mentioned it before ) i choose to DIY stuff, why, because i can, you had a bad back / shoulder ( i cannot remmber now, dont care either to be honest ) i had a really painfull neck, both we solved by using lighter poles, you brought the SL2, i build the RT Zen-flex, both had the same required effect, yet you insulted me by calling me a idiot ? ? ?
you mentioned a issue with another brand of camera, the battery could fall, i mentioned that people should wear a hardhat, this was met with most abuse ? ? ? yet wearing a hard hat is a great bit of advise as is any PPE
the cheapskate remarks are also funny, when i was a carpenter, i owned ( i still do ) all dewault powertools ( this was at a time when a cordless drill was 450 quid ) i did bring some back from the USA on a trip ( to save money, allmost half price ) but i had the best kit you could buy, i would often laugh at the people with cheaper kit ( i knew a guy who used POWERDEVIL kit, a drill and cordless were 30 quid for the pair, i had a screwdriver bit that cost more than that ), then i realised, they still did the same job ( and earned the same money), the guy with the powerdevil kit was a top notch chippie, i guess it made me realise that you dont need the most expensive kit to do the same job
my lifestyle also points that im not a cheapskate or a poor loser, ive have just returned from holiday in disney which cost just under 7 K, this was my 2nd disney holiday in 18 months, a sign of a poor loser, personally i dont think so
i post to give others a option, the other option is to build things DIY, now other just might not have the money to spend / might prefere to save what money they have / spend it on other things / get down the bookies, who are we to condem and insult people who make that choice, not personally i dont care if you want to spend 1 K on a camera system of 100 quid on a camera system, it really doesnt effect me, but i feel when people ask on here, many like the choice, they choose what they want, if it was down to you, you would just like to give them a reply, buy a 1 K camera because i did