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"Any old iron, any old iron........."
".............. Oh I wouldn’t give you tuppence for your rusty old watch chain........."
An old friend of Mrs.Shush asked if her husband could borrow a couple of my large sash and g-clamps to do some work on their caravan, of course, any friend and all that.
That was no little time ago, telephoned mrs. old friend could I have them back, a small job had came up.
"Oh yes, certainly. He is well finished with them". It appears said job had been completed sometime ago.
Popped around to collect them;
"They're not here, a friend is using them on his boat but I think he is finished with them. I'll drop them off". Says he.
He is at ours, couple of evening later, they are in his boot(trunk to some). "Bit of rust but they will be fine".
His friend's boat must have been kept at the bottom of the dead sea.
Tight smile and we carried them thru to the back of the Shed.
" I see you have a scaffold tower, I have a job for one of them, I'll have to borrow that soon."Says he.
"What?" I was just on the cusp.........
Mrs.Shush gave me her look, so we said our goodbyes.
Spent the weekend cleaning them up, time spent in the Shed is always good.
They looked far worse than they would have been if left. Not the point though, have had them a long time, well used but never abused, until now.
Lesson learned, again, I think. Every day is a school day.
cpj, I am afraid I overused that special word you have for me, whilst doing the clean up, but I did put lots of ing's in front of it so I do not think I damaged it in anyway.
An old friend of Mrs.Shush asked if her husband could borrow a couple of my large sash and g-clamps to do some work on their caravan, of course, any friend and all that.
That was no little time ago, telephoned mrs. old friend could I have them back, a small job had came up.
"Oh yes, certainly. He is well finished with them". It appears said job had been completed sometime ago.
Popped around to collect them;
"They're not here, a friend is using them on his boat but I think he is finished with them. I'll drop them off". Says he.
He is at ours, couple of evening later, they are in his boot(trunk to some). "Bit of rust but they will be fine".
His friend's boat must have been kept at the bottom of the dead sea.
Tight smile and we carried them thru to the back of the Shed.
" I see you have a scaffold tower, I have a job for one of them, I'll have to borrow that soon."Says he.
"What?" I was just on the cusp.........
Mrs.Shush gave me her look, so we said our goodbyes.
Spent the weekend cleaning them up, time spent in the Shed is always good.
They looked far worse than they would have been if left. Not the point though, have had them a long time, well used but never abused, until now.
Lesson learned, again, I think. Every day is a school day.
cpj, I am afraid I overused that special word you have for me, whilst doing the clean up, but I did put lots of ing's in front of it so I do not think I damaged it in anyway.
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Dad 5-31-13
A woman who messes with a man's tools should be worked over with a belt sander and made to swim laps in a vat of alcohol!
Jerry
JAY
She hasn't touched a drill since!
Quality tools will far out last a person's looks.
I'm guessing C clamp
I remember about a year ago I had to change the headlight on the wife's car. Her particular model requires you to take the front fascia off, then pull the headlight out to replace the bulbs in. The fascia's held on by 20+ fasteners, of which 5 separate tools are needed to remove them (torx driver, Phillips screwdriver, needle-nose pliers, standard screwdriver, and socket wrench) and it takes a while to remove the fascia without messing things up. Took me over an hour to do it, as I wasn't sure how solidly rooted some parts are, and how tearable others are. Anyway, to change a $5 light bulb local shops charge over $100: $90+ for 1 hour's labor, and $15 or more for the bulb. An assortment of quality tools made my job much easier, and allowed me to save some $$$ for my family which we could better use for other stuff. Plus at my pay, that headlight repair would have taken about a day's labor to pay for that one repair, once you figure in taxes.
Oh, and if you're using a woman's shoe to hang a picture, a flat is preferred over a stiletto, unless you're trying to "pre-drill" a hole in the wall material.
Depends upon the couple, I reckon. I do love my tools, though.
I have a drill press that I love to use, given any opportunity. It was the short size that fits on a cabinet top. I had it sitting on a rolling cabinet, about 4 feet above the floor, and plugged in. My wife, at some point, decided to roll the cabinet out of her way, and dumped it on its head, smashing the sheet metal housing and knocking everything out of kilter. I guess she panicked. She picked it up and piled it all up to look normal (to her), and left it in the same place, so I didn't notice it for several weeks.
When I realized what had happened, I was furious...for a few minutes. Luckily, she wasn't home, so I had time to regain my composure, and started straightening the sprung parts and fixing what I could. After about an hour, I had it running fine, although it still doesn't look too good. I decided to keep my mouth shut, and wait for developments, since I really didn't know if she or one of the grand kids was the culprit. I used it several times and pretty much forgot about it, until she confessed, a year or so later. When she told me, I just grunted, and changed the subject. Neither of us ever mentioned it, again.
How'd I do?
When i get a job like that I try to replace all those different fasteners with ones with the same head so if I have to do it again it only takes one tool.
JAY
I should have said " with the same diameter and length "
JAY
EVERYTHING.
It does actually look more like a G than a C.
Buy tools- - - - -rent companionship. It's cheaper, and you don't have to live with 'em!
Jerry
"Now, play nicely" said She.
But being that my young bride is off on her travels all of this week, (some poor group of misbegotten foreign chaps are going to get a right ear bashing, in their own lingo too she speaks this one).
I just may take this opportunity to enlighten aperture face the meaning of "Cold day in Hell"
In a good christian, play nicely way sort of way, of course.
Now pet, I would have been fair mazed if you did, mind.
There you go mate, anything to oblige.
In the early Cyrillic alphabet maybe.
Thank you, you are a true scholar.
Same make as mine but mine is taller when fully assembled.
Gosh darn it to heck, I cannot hide nowt from you.
Mine is away for the week but I have a list.
That's the fancy schmancy scaffolding with the outrigger braces for people that do stupid stuff like leaning way out over the top safety bar and turning said scaffolding over, causing scuffing and injury to said scaffolding and stupid person! :tooth:
I personally prefer the 4foot wide by 8 foot long scaffolding. Lots more room to put a bunch of tools on the flooring so you have something to trip over and fall....................and say bad words. :roll2:
― Douglas Adams
That's the one, I need all the help I can get. :tooth:
YES!!!!! Engineers....are you listening?
AND......if threaded, use as large a fastener as space can possibly allow.
Before I realized I knew enough to bitch out a degreed mechanical engineer, I tapped a #2 fine thread 1" deep into 304 SST.
And he had 2" clearance all around, totally unused.
We both learned something that day....I'll never hesitate to point out the path of righteousness to the ignorant, and he'll never piss off a toolmaker...
Mike
N454casull
Lest I appear to be presenting myself as smart.......Let it be said that a real toolmaker would have spotted this right off and asked the engineer "have you ever seen a #2 anything an inch long?". Instead I wasted a day and a half and about lost my mind in the process.
The only consolation is that he's no longer there.....the downside is we've replaced him with worse.
Metal meeting metal when <.001" really counts is truly a tough way to make a living.
But, it's interesting, and everyone (except the front office staff) forgives you if you scream "uk it!!!" several times a day. They damn sure don't want the job.
Mike
N454casull
― Douglas Adams