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Happiness is a full socket set box, 10mm included I lost my toolbox last week. Not misplaced it, not lent it to someone and forgotten who. It fell off the back of my ute while I was driving home, bounced across the road and was gone inside six minutes! Twenty kilos of tools I had been collecting and using for forty years, including specialist tools I had made myself for maintaining my own aircraft. Gone. Just like that. The tailgate was down. I knew it was down. I had been re

Did I ever have a choice.. ? I was a well seasoned binge drinker, no doubt about it. Once the switch turned on I couldn't turn it off until I either fell asleep or I was too drunk to function. Experts agree, binge drinking is a dangerous behavior that can have serious consequences, both physically and mentally. For some individuals, binge drinking can become a habit that is difficult to break, and it may seem as if there is no choice in the matter. This was the case for me. W

I'm a do-it-yourself kind of bloke, give me a task and like many, I'll opt for a do-it-yourself approach. As William Ernest Henley said, I want to be master of my fate, captain of my soul. Forget calling in the tradesman or reading instructions. If you're doing a job that doesn't require a licence, all you need is a can-do attitude, and the right tools and materials for the job. Hey, you might even need YouTube if you really get stuck! When we go to work, we reach for a screw