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Hi All, Been spending quite a bit of time in the garage finishing off some of my working models & slots machines. I have also started making some frogs ( yes frogs). I am making two frogs playing darts started them today, also making four frogs playing cards & a frog in a dental chair having his tooth pulled out. There is a frog museum in Croatia. Sadly our old time penny arcade has come to an end , all our shows have been cancelled owing to the virus. Pete.

petethesweet wrote:Hi All, Been spending quite a bit of time in the garage finishing off some of my working models & slots machines. I have also started making some frogs ( yes frogs). I am making two frogs playing darts started them today, also making four frogs playing cards & a frog in a dental chair having his tooth pulled out. There is a frog museum in Croatia. Sadly our old time penny arcade has come to an end , all our shows have been cancelled owing to the virus. Pete.

Hopefully, the arcade can resume in better days. I would love to see some photos of the frogs you are working on (finished or not).

mbox2000 wrote:I finally have time to finish installing the new hardwood flooring I’ve had sitting in my garage for 2 years and didn’t have time to do. Plus paint and wallpaper, refinish rear deck, yard work... the honey do list is endless! It’s great to finally get it done, though.

Any before and after photos???

Similar to Rod, I'm another retiree and the only difference is no golf, hockey or trips to the library. Being at home has meant getting loads of those "When I have time jobs" finished. The garden looks a treat, it's a big section so an ongoing project, some more decorating to do inside, the garage/man cave all organised with load of rubbish to go to transfer station when it opens, updated my website and lots of reading from our download library (great app called libby that's enabled me to source a lot more science fiction books that are missing from the physical library). I do miss my sport but trying to keep active.

My wife's also golfer, she plays Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays and I play Wednesdays & Fridays so we've been spending a lot more time together that we usually do. Both keeping busy doing our own things.

It looks like we'll be moving to Level 3 next week. Things won't change much on a personal level, mainly to get businesses moving and more on line retail opportunities opening up. Could be the opportunity to have a go at some restorations.

I can honestly say in the last 6 weeks I have not been bored at all..So much to do and so little time....Could do with some parts but other than that I am OK.The same can not be said of my mrs.She misses the grandkids terrible and no matter how much I try to get her interested in the stripping and spraying process she seems unimpressed..Funny women aint they?

Hi All, hope picture come through Pete.

I love the frogs, keep sending the pics as they come along!

Hi Tinman, The frog in the chair is having a tooth out, the frogs laying down are the dentist. It will be standing behind the chair with a pair of pliers in the frogs mouth. I hope to get them all to a stage ready for to paint the freckles , luckily i got the paint before the lockdown. I will try & post photos of my working models Pete.

Thank God I moved just before Xmas as my old area is now a virus hotspot. We moved into our new place at the beginning of March so plenty to do. I now have a big new man cave to fill and so far first 4 cabinets are up and being filled then the rest and finally the Lego city to rebuild.
I ignore the wife's requests to paint walls etc.

Moyboy wrote: I ignore the wife's requests to paint walls etc.

How do you do that without repercussions?

Rod