Definitions

[Ian Nexus]

Also, don't forget that whatever definition applies today, doesn't just hold for cars. Bicycles, motorbikes, buses, trucks, planes, trains, boats, watches, shaving equipment, musical instruments, tools, clothes, TVs and stereos have all had their moments in the sun.

It's an all-pervasive way of life, and long may it continue to be viable.

 

It may also include Apartments/condos/houses

[eddyramrod]

It certainly applies to my kitchen! Bought for £160 off ebay, collected by me in a rental van, fitted mostly by me with a bit of help from a mate and tech support from a local builder, using reclaimed (ie secondhand) stuff like double sockets and even the tumble dryer, and timber (where required) salvaged from my shipping container after being used to make a platform over my cars for all my other stuff to be carried. Alterations by me, such as remaking a drawer to fill a space it didn't occupy before, cutting down a corner shelf for the same reason and cutting up a spare worktop to extend the surfaces available. It isn't perfect and never will be, but it's much better than we had before and I can say "I did that!" and it hasn't cost a heap of money. The non-shite approach would be to walk into a kitchen showroom and sign up for four grand's worth of new kit, just as people sign up for a new Fiesta (A3/Kia/whatever).

My dining-room fire surround cost a tenner in a local charity shop.

My glazed bi-fold doors cost £50 on ebay, I picked them up on the same trip as the kitchen and already have homes for the doors I'm removing.

 

I think attitude is the secret. Mine is, re-use wherever possible and spend nothing.

[vulgalour]

If it's uncool, has virtually no monetary value but does the job it was designed to do (at least some of the time) then it's shite, whatever it is. We're living a lemonade shandy lifestyle on a Panda Pops income.

[myglaren]

You can't give advise but you can give advice.

 

 

Sorry about the spelling but I can't find spell check!

 

When replying, right click in the reply box and chose the option you want from the list (Firefox & Chromium - couldn't say for IE)

[John F]

It might not pick up "advise" anyway, since that's the verb form in British English.

 

{/grammar pedant]