Hat's off to
Mrs. 1/2 Cup. SWMBO finally put her foot down like the milk cow of so long ago and got your attention.
Sounds like you didn't take any heat over the brevity of the job. My dear father-in-law had put vise grips on a bathroom faucet where the handle had failed and the stem was damaged. They lived with it for several years. One day he set about to repair it, and, coming out of the bathroom bragged "only took five minutes". He got a lot of heat over that brag. Of course it took you about 74 minutes. Hopefully you dogged it a little so as to not look too bad for putting off such an easy job for so long.
Andy, I couldn't live another day with being consistently reminded that I had to replace the door by all and sundry and I have to admit its has sent a wave of calm and serenity over the place..
Your father in law is a brave man to make a statement like that let me tell you. I said nothing just packed my tools up calmly and said goodbye while the going was good.
Don't get me near your sons house as I would probably be clocking those screws for you. I'm sick.....
I may even have a disease.
Finallygotit, I really think you should talk to someone about your illness it is contagious. I am one of the more fortunate survivors ( our support group meets on a monthly basis if you would like to attend) and can now clock both ways.
1/2: since my mom was a RN (registered nurse) i can't recall ever going to the emergency room. i never lost a toe though and DAMN THAT HURTS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. I think my mom used a gross (a lot) of butterfly bandages instead of having me get stiches on my injuries over the years hence my nicks and cut marks on several parts of my body.
my uncle had a farm with maybe 50-100 cows and can't remember the bull, but maybe he put the bull away when the kids showed up. we used to play with them and since he lived on the river where we swam and the cows drank we usually encountered more than one fresh cow pie between our toes. MEMORIES!!
so might i suggest since i think you started all this SCREW CLOCKING that you head to the GREEN BOX STORE and pick up some hex shaped stainless screws like TWOBYTES used on his little BBQ dolly. then you are good to go and CLOCKED everytime.
funny you say about putting off Andrew's back door for a few months and it was 90 minute or so job. do you remember the little brick wall i made a few months ago that might have took 6 hours total that was on my HONEY DO LIST for maybe 26 years? i've made the mistake of putting off a project for one reason or the other and then getting to it and taking only a few minutes to GET R DONE. note to self don't have MANAGEMENT (my bride) watching if that happens.
cheers and enjoy your HOLIDAY!!
drives, as kids we were forever in and out to the doctors for injuries for one thing and another due to our misadventures my mum was pretty good with the first aid thank fully. Apart from loosing my little toe you can add 2 x broken arms, one broken collar bone, one broken nose ( motor bike ) and numerous other wounds that required a stitch or two. I am just glad there was not anything worse.
My youngest brother still has 22 rat shot pellets in his upper leg that the doctor couldn't remove at the time but we won't talk about that one.
Nothing like the feel and smell of fresh cow dung oozing through your toes, yep just memories now...
I know I should practice what I preach, guilty as charged.
I just used up the tech screws I have and I was not going to get more from
Bunnings ( big green box store ) Any projects that I have in future I should take on board
TwoBytes recommendation..
I do remember your brick planter back in March, that looked a treat.
The worst thing I find is getting all you need together to start the job in the first place, then it goes in the too hard basket.
Having a great day doing not a lot.
Have a good one..
not a great look on this black duck..
Struth........
do I read that right.