Gareth started the 'Not a shed' thread after hearing some rather
disturbing news on the radio:

Gareth Evans <gevans<the AT symbol>cpd.ntc.nokia.com> said:

  According to Today on Radio 4 this morning, some spotty schoolkid has
  spent his dosh turning his 9`x5` shed into a tourist attraction using
  as his inspiration Versailles and somewhere in Britain.

  It's got plaster moulded ceilings.

  Tell me it's not a shed?


zlsiida<the AT symbol>fs1.mcc.ac.uk (Dave Budd) replied:

  It's not a shed.  He admitted it was too cold to spend time in.  Ipso facto, 
  either it's not a shed or he's not a shedder.
  Call it a folly.


jefdrab<the AT symbol>central.co.nz (Jeff Drabble) added:

  Very well, it's not a shed.  The lad has entrepreneurial leanings, but
  the essence of shedding has escaped him.  The plaster ceilings are
  only admissible as contents, not as fixtures.  Even more serious is
  the idea that strangers should be paraded through one's shed.
  The shed is a private haven; a place of reflection; the very womb of a
  chap's inner quietude.


gevans<the AT symbol>mvagusta.uk.tele.nokia.fi (Gareth Evans) responded to Jeff's observations:

  I have to bow to your knowledge? Can a garage be coverted from being a
  car-respite to being a respite in itself? 

  Does one need to escape from anyone, or can one just sit tinkering in ones
  shed for no real reason?

  I'm still very jealous. Still I'm shedless.


...and the thread ended there, though we know from other threads that Gareth is
looking for a new home, and hopes to acquire a shed at the same time.