Posted on 01/20/2015 10:10:02 AM PST by Osage Orange
I am in construction. I know enough to know that there are things that I know how to do and things that I don’t know how to do.
My wife, however, does not make that distinction.
Thanks for posting.
lol
That PEX stuff.... like using a water hose instead of pipes... this whole shack I’m in was plumbed with PEX (or QuickPlumb or whatever)
Owning a house is such fun.
I’ve been forced to repair my own A/C several times.
"Damn good thing.... I {NO} NOTHING about air conditioning."
Check the capacitor if it just suddenly quit...but be careful with them things...they can shock the hell out of ya if'n ya don't "no" what you're doing.
I’ve roofed, fixed bullet holes in my walls (don’t ask) fixed plumbing (temporarily) and fixed cars, lawn mowers, kids, TV’s and you name it. Now, I just look at it when the old lady gets hysterical and say “ Fix it yourself, buy a new one or call somebody.”
I’m amazed at how women have just assigned me a journeyman level job.
For instance a high income female friend that asked me to repair her washing machine the way I would ask her to make me a sandwich, I told her that I had never even owned one, how in the devil would I know what to do, or even what is wrong.
Anyway, after I made her buy me a book on fixing them, I eventually ordered parts and repaired it somehow, but why? And why do some women think we can fix everything, to this day I have no idea where that assumption about washing machines came from.
There is a theory that all women to some degree are prostitutes, some want money others want odd jobs performed.
I guess we should take it as a compliment that the women in our lives think we can do anything.
Conversely, sometimes when my wife is in a hurry she just calls someone to do the work, which means she has a clear understanding of my ability to complete a task in a timely manner — LOL
That’s me. I think Mr. GG2 can fix anything and he almost can. Every now and then he takes a pass though. LOL!
“My wife, however, does not make that distinction.”
I am not in construction. However, I do home repairs myself.
Apparently, our wives are sisters! ;-)
“My wife, however, does not make that distinction.”
BOL!
After 5+ decades of my wife putting up with me, she learned the following:
I don’t: crawl under the house, go on the roof or higher than a two step stool, (her rules), do plumbing except to minimally fix toilets and no electrical jobs besides changing bulbs and minimal switch replacement, painting anything bigger than a few square inches. We have had the same yard guy for close to 3 decades.
If we need a repair or maintenance guy, I pay for that.
If she wants to do something different, usually decorative, she pays for that.
Not quite Celine...
Welcome to my world :-) but you got ‘er done!
Duct tape is still the handyman’s secret weapon though...
PEX is great!
Two part epoxy putty will get you by in a pinch, but if you’re going to all the trouble of crawling under the house, you might as well fix it right.
Its' the "almost can" that causes the most trouble.
I remember once working on a car which I could have driven to a repair shop. The air conditioner had failed. After my failed attempt to remove the clutch from the air conditioner, I could no longer install the fan belt.
I ended up having it towed. Bummer.
Ha!!
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