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Complete Blokes and Sheds Stories from the Shed

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ISBN-10: 0207198233

ISBN-13: 9780207198236

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mark Thomson

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The Complete Blokes and Sheds goes to the heart of what's sacred to many Australian men. Like the dunny (outside toilet), the footy game (football), and the meat pie with sauce, the shed has acquired an important place in Australian culture and mythology. It stands as a symbol of the Aussie male's integrity and a tes-timony to his ability to fix anything with a length of fencing wire, a hammer and a piece of 2 x 4. In this good-humored and affectionate portrayal, author and photographer Mark Thomson peers into the gloom, past the dartboard, the beer fridge, and the piles of timber offcuts, to discover what really goes on between a bloke and his shed!
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Book details

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Gord Hill's first book, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, is now in its second printing. He is a member of theKwakwaka'wakw nation whose territory is located on northern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland in the province of "British Columbia. He has been involved in Indigenous people's and anti-globalizationmovements since 1990. He lives in Vancouver.MARK THOMSON, is also the Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. In addition to this, Mark is also a successful playwright having won a multitude of awards including a Glasgow Herald Award for his playA Madman Sings to the MoonFestival Fringe in 1999.

Blokes & Sheds
Acknowledgments
The author's shed: A place to muck around
Now there's a good shed ... Introduction
Definitions: So what is a shed anyhow?
Rural origins: Fixing everything with a bit of fencing wire, an old tin can and an axe
Rule 1: Never throw anything out: Thrift and the satisfaction of keeping things
In praise of disorder: Coexisting with the appearance of chaos
A place where I make the rules: The impact of the shed on personal and family life
The social shed: Bakers, boxers, bands and more
The shed economy: Being able to do things properly
Fathers and sons (and daughters too): Do young people still appreciate a good shed?
Retiring to the bench: Those retirement homes can be real killers
The illicit shed: The ones that couldn't be shown
Handy tips for the would-be shed owner: Hints and advice from the experts
Stories from the Shed
Introduction
The Corrugated Kingdom
Alice in Shedland
The guardian angel
Gus
Simultaneous intention recognition
The workshop workshop
Like hell I will
Remembering Dad
Planned all round
The original handyman
Show polish and stout
Jack of all trades, master of none
It might come in handy one day
Charles's journey
Shed therapy
Funny Business
Sheduction
The shed for all reasons
The flying shed
Sprung
Loss
The day of the pig
Shedworld
Winter in Hawthorn
Death of a shed man
The egg
Men and their sheds: the dark side
Stuff
Jugged
The inspection
Anthropologists, keep out!
The shed geologist
The modern shed
Cleaning out the shed