nothing of any consequence

Most people know that me and DIY dont really mix, I would rather get someone in who knows what they are doing.

However, flush with my recent success (no loss of important limbs) with a chainsaw, i thought a bit of hedgetrimming would be a good idea. Equipped with my mega-expensive (18) hedgetrimmmer I proceded to do battle with the hedges out front.

2 minutes later I am thinking “Bugger – I’ve broken it”, it just suddenly stopped working.. Another 2 mins of trying to figure out why, and I realise I am no longer attached to the rest of the cable!

I had managed to slice staight through it WITHOUT electrocuting myself. The thing is, the house RCD did not trip, and errrrrr – I had forgotten to put an rcd on the extension lead.

As I do not believe in a supreme being (and even if I did, he would have better things to do that make sure I did not kill myself with various electrical appliances) then I guess it is just dumb luck I am still here, but I am….

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