Steve_M Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Back in the mists of time self assembly items came with written instructions and supporting images. You felt that the person who’d written the instructions may have actually assembled, or seen the process of assembly. Now you get a sheet of paper with some line drawings which are generally open to misunderstanding. And misunderstand you do. Or, at least, I do. Yes. I’m constructing a greenhouse from a kit… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy sugger Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 We gotta have pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 They changed the way instructions are written to help men who don't read them to justify why we don't... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Them, I meant them, the other guys 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve_M Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, goat said: Welcome to my world… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 It didn’t go too badly in the end. Some fettling required to get the door to close, and we’ll have to bugger about with scribing strips of wood where it meets - or, more accurately, doesn’t meet - the stone wall (builder’s foam may be used). I’ve cobbled together a bench ready for when we sow seeds. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Blimey, that's a posh greenhouse. Mine is a wreck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said: Blimey, that's a posh greenhouse. Mine is a wreck. It’s new. Things may (will) change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Could have been worse; could have come from IKEA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHorton Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 9 hours ago, Steve_M said: Back in the mists of time self assembly items came with written instructions and supporting images. You felt that the person who’d written the instructions may have actually assembled, or seen the process of assembly. Now you get a sheet of paper with some line drawings which are generally open to misunderstanding. And misunderstand you do. Or, at least, I do. Yes. I’m constructing a greenhouse from a kit… I had the same issue with my greenhouse about 10 years ago. Instructions showed the part but which way they faced was a mystery. In the end I just guessed put it together and took it back apart until I could work out which way it went. Took 2 whole days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 you want to be thankful the instructions aren't translated from Chinese 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 I don't like pictorial instructions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Bender said: I don't like pictorial instructions. Do you prefer colouring in 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 10 minutes ago, Stu said: Do you prefer colouring in I don't like them, colouring them In is unlikely to add to the experience 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onesea Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Stu said: Do you prefer colouring in Just becarefull who you give the Crayons to done would just eat them... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkicker Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 (edited) Tssk. Instructions? Who needs em? I'm a bloke and therefore am quite capable of screwing stuff up without recourse to obeying pictures and chinglish. Please to directly through wooden board 4 with 5 bolt screw number of steel. Please to hold your tool tightly before entering and screwing. Edited February 25, 2023 by Tinkicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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