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So it's that time of year again.

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Puppies04

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You know what, I like to think I am a man of many skills. I pride myself on the fact that if something needs doing round the house be it putting up a wall, decorating, fixing electrics, working on a car, a bit of plumbing or a complete garage conversion I can complete it and make a decent job of it.

Only last week the boiler packed up and I jumped on the net found out the likely causes had a look around and found a minor leak on the drain valve on a radiator. Went out to the hardware store and picked up a new valve, drained the central heating system and replaced the valve.

I have decorated pretty much every room in the house to a very high standard and I love fixing thing that are broken be it a friends laptop or a piece of furniture and can usually make them as good as now.

So why is it that every God damn time I try to wrap up a christmas present it looks like a one armed drunkard who was missing 3 fingers on his remaining hand did the job? The wife finds it sweet that I at least attempt to do it myself but after wrapping 5 items up last night I was that stressed that I reached for the whiskey.

What am I doing wrong? Are there classes for this kind of thing?
 
Same here. I've just given in to the fact that wrapping gifts is an art, and I'm not an artist.
 
puppies04 said:
you know what, i like to think i am a man of many skills. I pride myself on the fact that if something needs doing round the house be it putting up a wall, decorating, fixing electrics, working on a car, a bit of plumbing or a complete garage conversion i can complete it and make a decent job of it.

Only last week the boiler packed up and i jumped on the net found out the likely causes had a look around and found a minor leak on the drain valve on a radiator. Went out to the hardware store and picked up a new valve, drained the central heating system and replaced the valve.

I have decorated pretty much every room in the house to a very high standard and i love fixing thing that are broken be it a friends laptop or a piece of furniture and can usually make them as good as now.

So why is it that every god damn time i try to wrap up a christmas present it looks like a one armed drunkard who was missing 3 fingers on his remaining hand did the job? The wife finds it sweet that i at least attempt to do it myself but after wrapping 5 items up last night i was that stressed that i reached for the whiskey.

What am i doing wrong? Are there classes for this kind of thing?
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pics or gtfo!

Most people think they are great handymen....someone that knows shit should at least know how to wrap a present. It follows the same logic.
 
alkemyst said:
pics or gtfo!

Most people think they are great handymen....someone that knows shit should at least know how to wrap a present. It follows the same logic.
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I think I am a bit past handyman level. I have installed walls and ceilings in hospitals and RAF hangers back when I was on the tools. I have also designed and installed the fire protection installations on pretty much any size shape building you care to imagine. I also worked for a family member for a couple of summers whilst I was still in school and would estimate I have fitted 20-30 bathroom suits including the tiling in some very nice houses without ever having a complaint.

...and I still can't wrap presents for shit.

Thanks for the advice though.
 
Same so I buy black Santa wrapping paper....I, also, give my Mother ebony Mother's Day cards.

eff 'em if they can't take a joke.
 
So I watched my wife wrapping some presents today and I worked out what the secret is.

See my brain says "why bother wasting time on this crap, it is paper that is going to get torn off" so I managed to wrap 5 presents in the time it took her to do one.

Not that this revelation is going to help me as there is no way I am wasting my time meticulously sticking a disposable covering onto things. It helped me out in the end though because at least I made an effort and now I don't have to do any more wrapping because of how rubbish it looked 😀.
 
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rubbish
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