thanks rich for the welcome. started my working life as joiner, then after apprenticeship did more or less anything else ! car mechanic, ambulance driver, plus many supervisory and managerial roles, then back to building as a supervisor/instructor, and then building maintenance engineer. I sort of retired early and bought a house 2 years ago when my relationship broke up and am currently renovating it as i live in it. the previous tenant was a drug addict and alcoholic, he and his mates had wrecked the house, removing whatever they could sell to feed their habit, the estate agent wouldnt go up