Hazard of glue.

The thing I love most about home improvement centres is that it encourages you to be a do-it-yourself-er. In Canada, doing it yourself is the trend because of the high cost of skilled labour.

I learned how to cook, how to lay tiles, how to wall paper, how to paint, how to repair damaged wooden floor and walls, how to install mouldings, among other things, because there was no else to do them, plus the fact that there were a thousand products to make doing the projects easier.

I particularly like the product called Liquid Nails - you can nail/attach wood, plastic, etc without using actual nails. The product is quite expensive but it saves you a lot of time and a lot of hazard ( e.g. hitting your own nails instead of the hardware nail). The liquid nail is like glue and the result is spectacular.

There are various types of glue in the market. Glue for tiles, for metal, for hardboard, cork board, wood, rubber, and for handicraft. There's the epoxy-type, the rugby type, etc.

When using any type of industrial glue or adhesive for any project, the do-it-yourself(er) must exercise caution. I wear an industrial mask all the time, to prevent inhalation which can cause nausea or worse, brain damage, even death. Working in a well ventilated area is also recommended.

Do-it-yourself (ers) choose from this wide array of products. I personally don't like rugby; others gloat over it, though.

Rugby reminds me of the sniffers - the street kids of Columbia and Brazil, the poor drug-folk of Manila, who inhale the chemical in order to get a high.

But there's another type of rugby that also gives a high - the English game, that is. To a lot, it's really the rough and tumble that excite; to a few, it's the persona that counts.