When Ya' Do Something Your Sorry For

[OBJ]

We've all done it.....at least once in our lifetimes. When in a split second you do or say something you are truely sorry for.<br /><br />Well....(I'll try not to rant much)...herself and I were out at Lowe's getting material for the remodeling saga on our house. During the past few months, we've been renovating this....house.....and have made strides toward the day when we can say "Nothing else to do...let's go fishin". During these months we've completed the upstairs including removing the old chimney down to the ceiling of the first floor. <br /><br />I've been working diligently (that means with great gusto Ray) on the steps to the upstairs. Anyway, while at Lowes she starts on the remainder of the chimney. I said when I get the stairs done then the chimney is next. Herself says "Well...while your doing the stairs, I'll do the chimney".<br /><br />"Right" says I. And just to show you how much I love you, I'll even buy you your very own brick chisel and hammer. And I did. Eight inch brick chisel with protector grip and two pound short handled hammer.<br /><br />Will somebody please, PLEASE, shoot me?<br /><br />I'm out in the garage building a wall with rough door opening for under the steps. First pulls up my Son-in-law Bill. Then my oldest daughter and boy friend Brent. Nothing new. They always show up when my famous beans are cookin'.<br /><br />After a while I go in the house for a Coke expecting to see everybody getting their daily dose of gas from my beans.<br /><br />Instead, the chimney is half way down. And everyone is just having entirely to much fun. All I wanted to do today was get the stairs done. Now I got a 5x4 hole in the floor I'm staring at and wondering what the hell have I done. No man....NO MAN...in their right mind would do such a stupid thing as to buy your wife a chisel and hammer.<br /><br />I need another LongNeck.

 

[wikelam]

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i try not to let the lady of the house handle any tools

 

[bubbakat]

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been there and done that<br />moral of the story is were aren't as smart as we want to be sometimes

 

[Coach]

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You made my night Outboard,<br /><br />In my house, its either buy her the tools (the ones I know are quality and I will like) or she will go buy them herself. But, I hear ya man! Good Luck.<br /><br />Caoch

 

[12Footer]

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And just think, Jim....There's only so much chinmey. I wonder what's next. Keep us updated LOL.

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

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I thought that meant to dilly dally gently ...<br /><br />and Jim, yer not the first guy to say his wife was a chiseler, lol<br /><br />My old girlfriend bought a trailer to be closer to me, (her hubby wasnt the brightest penny in the bank) and I am a bit of a mastodon, (since I tend to make censors go off when I describe my personal life, Ill just say that I am IN CHARGE, and they love me for it <G>)<br /><br />and so, here is the Mighty SeaMasterZ, in the kitchen cooking lunch, while she is putting together a mailbox with her collection of powertools, the incongruity of which made me laugh<br /><br />You know, little one, something is desparately wrong with this picture<br /><br />she started laughing, and said in a heavily affected brooklyn / bronx accent, ehhhhh, just be glad you cant get pregnant ... cause I was barefoot at the time (never cook bacon naked guys, lol)<br /><br />that just cracked me up, lol<br /><br />Of course, there were times when she just couldnt figure it out, or didnt have the strength to handle the job, I would come over, crank it in, and say there ya go kiddo, ya got it started for me (bulk strength is a wonderful thing to have) <br /><br />between auto mechanics and the painting contractor biz, there isnt much I cant handle, the problem is usually wedging my bear sized body into a space where only a monkey could fit (I still dont know how I am going to install the faucet down there, I guess remove the whole sink, install the faucet, then reinstall the sink, of course the One Woman Castration Parade detests any sort of involvement with me fixing that thing, lol)<br /><br />ah well, sometimes ya just gotta do whatcha gotta do<br /><br />right Jim?<br /><br />lol<br /><br />(I want that recipe for da beans!)

 

[gonfishn]

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Since I'm to dangerous with any weapon(tool) I usually get my better half tools and such to add to her collection on her birthday and other needy occasions..help keeps life interesting around the home when friends ask her what she got..

 

[FLATHEAD]

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Took the wifes hammer away from her years ago. Seems every time I would come home and see a new picture hanging on the wall all I had to do was look behind it and low and behold ,about 37 holes where she couldnt make up her mind as to exactly where to hang it.

 

[neumanns]

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My wife knows that all she has to do is start gathering the tools to get the job done, Cause I fur sure aint gona let her do it. Reason being she dont have patience and the cleanup and repairs would take longer than if I do it myself.<br />Do not ever start painting whilst she is within distance to show up or you will have paint on the trim, carpet, curtians etc and not just a little dab here or there.<br /><br />One day the leak under the sink got worse and she decided to fix it. When the superglue did not work she found a tube of silicone sealant and covered an area extending down the pipe 9 inches but that did not work either so she used a whole roll of tape. Still leaking better leave it to husband. When I got home it took me 20 minutes to cut this mess off and 10 to fixit.<br /><br />She loves to help me do up the basement and asks if she can help me ____? Best answer I have found is no honey that is not quite ready for that, Why dont you, Well No, Guess there is not really anything that can be done till I finish this. Then she usally starts to clean up my mess.<br /><br />Her favorite tool is tape, it never ceases to amaze me the things she has tried to "fix" with it.<br /><br />Flathead...I can relate. Castaway...You and me must have the same dictionary.

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

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neumanns, her daddy was prolly a duct tape and coat hanger sorta guy (and not fer nothin, a wire hanger exhaust hanger lasted for YEARS for me, if it aint broke, dont fix it!)<br /><br />Women form fixations in their mind, what worked once will work innumerable times, regardless of the often mind bending separation from what was and what is now<br /><br />fortunately, men have that fixing gene, rarely can a woman break something so badly that a man cant fix it (and take a certain amount of gloating glee in doing so, lol)<br /><br />of course now, a woman can talk on the phone, read cosmopolitan, and apply her makeup, while sipping coffee ... WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH ....<br /><br />gotta wonder if those bungles are just to make SURE we do it the next time!<br /><br /> <br /><br />

 

[mellowyellow]

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my wife won't even change a lightbulb! LOL<br />even worse than a chisel/hammer I gave her the<br />boat forgot to stow stern line and wrapped<br />the prop... old cable steering was never right<br />after that.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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I don't have to worry about the tools for the wife, cause all she knows she has to do is holler and I come running to fix it. <br /><br />Yea right!!!! <br /><br />Oh, yes dear, I will be right there. <br /><br />Gotta go.

 

[RICKRICK1]

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Was this meant to be a funny? Herself (bride of 31 years) has her own drawer of tools. Her hammer came from the next door kids tool kit. Srewdriver/chisel from the side of the rode. pliers she found at the boat ramp. Her idea is if she can't fixit with these I will by end of next weekend. I have offered to get/give her better tools, even showed her where the tools are in the shop. Nope her tools are just fine. End of story.

 

[FSHKPR]

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I learned that lesson along time ago. not to leave a hammer laying around. at our old we talked about tearing down a wall for aabout six months to make the living room bigger. well one night i mentioned it again. the wife did not say a word just got up went to the tool drawer came back with a hammmer and put two big holes in the wall. looked at me and said there now ya gotta tear down. well it was nicer with the bigger living room. guess sometimes thats what i need a little push.

 

[OBJ]

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I've been contemplating different uses for this 5x5 hole in the floor where the chimney used to be. We took the chimney down to just below the floory joists. Still lots of lose stuff in there. Opens a lot of possiblities.....like;<br /><br />BIG kitty litter box.<br /><br />An ash tray you can't miss.<br /><br />Fire harth...(ain't figured what to do with the smoke yet.<br /><br />Fill it with ice and Long Neck Buds (my favorite)<br /><br />Put a cage over it and through the rugrats in there so they don't tear up the house.<br /><br />A place to work on my outboards in the winter time when it's to cold to go out to the garage. I mean that would be perfect. Don't have to worry about getting oil or grease on the floor, it would be warm, can watch my favorite TV shows and the frig is only a few feet away.....course it would get a tad noisey and smoky when I fire up the 90.......<br /><br />Oh well....herself has designs on a fully carpeted down stairs so all the above are negated by her wishes.......ain't it the truth.

 

[OBJ]

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This is for CastawayRay....I copied my bean soup recipe from a post a long time ago. Add lib on the recipe to taste. This is a blow your socks off (and anybody else within 5ft) recipe...enjoy.<br /><br />I don't use any magic or voodoo. Just what looks good. I dump about 2lb of beans in the crock. Dice up a goodly protion of ham and throw that in.<br /><br />Then I dice up about five strips of bacon and fry them till crisp and dump out most all the grease. Into the skillet goes a good size diced onion. My formula for onions is, 1lb beans a good size onion, 2lb beans a little larger size onion and so on. <br /><br />I think the word they use is saulty (?). Well, just throw the onions in on top of the bacon and let them cook for a few minutes or until your eyes are about ready to fall out. I take the mix and dump it on paper towels to get rid of any extra bacon grease and then dump this bacon/onion mix into the crock. Throw in some salt and pepper and let her cook.<br /><br />Now when the soup gets a little thick and near servin time, I drop in some thumbnail size dumplings and let the whole thing cook for another 1/2 hour or so.<br /><br />You can also throw in some veggies like celery diced up or carrots is good to. <br /><br />Serve it up and watch the faces of folks that like beans. Sliced up raw onions on the side and fried taters round out the meal. And if ya want to get fancy, make a couple skillets of corn bread with fresh country butter.

 

[neumanns]

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How about a dumb waiter. Ya ya I know this opens the door for all kinds of stuff but the one I mean is a rope opperated mini elevator like in the real old houses. Do you have anything that goes up/down regularily like laundry, no more carrying it while hopping you dont trip cause you cannot see the steps.

 

[Skinnywater]

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Dang OBJ! Ever thought of going into the fence building business? Just hand her a pair of post hole clams!

 

[LadyFish]

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This is the only tool I am allowed:<br />

<br /><br />And yes, those are flowers on that screwdriver.

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

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sounds like a winner there Jim, yummmmm ...<br /><br />I love beans, the One Woman Gas Mask Wearing Parade is slightly less than pleased with them ...<br /><br />there is also a baked bean recipe by Jeff Smith I have yet to try, real boston baked beans, they bake for hours in a slow oven, Ill have to try and find it one day, would be great on one of those crisp fall days when the oven can be on, and also the windows open <br /><br />you could run a spiral staircase down an opening that small I believe, my sister put one in - everyone is happy <br /><br />