Do It Yourself

[neonlyte]

Yes and No Lou - I'll tell you why.

This weekend is reserved for the long promised garden makeover. Things started well, everything organised, painted the fence, put up new wire climbers for fruit trees and clematis.

Put in some bvorder edging's so we can build the soil depth and solve an erosion problem. Then went to lift one of the bags of loam...

Back popped.

I was on my way to scoring good brownie points that might have earned substantial rewards. Now I'm propped upright with a hot water bottle in my back and no Osteopath until Tuesday!

DIY and SEX - I can see the link, I can feel the link - I won't be getting any

 

[carsonshepherd]

Poor thing!

 

[oggbashan]

I can but I don't

I have found that although I can do house repairs and maintenance it is much better to employ a tried and trusted professional.

Maybe it is my advanced age.

I prefer amateurs for other activities...

Og

 

[Liar]

I suck at fixing things in the house.

I managed to lock myself out of mine while changing a lock once

(tip, don't shut the door to see if the lock was installed right when your on the outside without the new key)

Well hey, then the lock musta been installed right.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I have found that although I can do house repairs and maintenance it is much better to employ a tried and trusted professional.

Maybe it is my advanced age.

I prefer amateurs for other activities...

Og

You're a wise man. The first rule in home repairs is "know your limits".

I have a question I ask myself before I start any project, whether it be home improvement, a writing project or whatever. I learned this through hard experience. "Am I going to wish I'd never started this?" If the answer is yes I call somebody.

 

[SeaCat]

LOLOL Damned if I know if there is a connection. Maybe there is and maybe there isn't. As for DIY, well my brother, (Damn his soul, if he has one,) just sold a coffee table I made for him last year. He got $1K for it. (Hand rubbed Cherry, with Rose Wood inlays on the top.) Today I finished a Dining Table with chairs for my parents. (Oak to match a cabinet I made for them last year.) Next project is a set of rough tables and chairs for my neighbors patio.

As for being good in the sack. Well I've been married for twelve years, and my wife hasn't played around on me even though she's had plenty of opportunities.

Cat

 

[rgraham666]

I'm not allowed to play with power tools.

Something to do with the back stairs collapsing when I was a kid.

 

[Liar]

...my wife hasn't played around on me even though she's had plenty of opportunities.

Well, maybe she, like, loves you, or something? I've heard it happens.

 

[SeaCat]

Well, maybe she, like, loves you, or something? I've heard it happens.

You know, I've heard that somewhere too.
(I might just have to use that in my sif line guy. Thanks.)

Cat

 

[ElizabethWest]

You know, I've heard that somewhere too.
(I might just have to use that in my sif line guy. Thanks.)

Cat

You are a loveable kitty...

 

[Extreme Bohunk]

Yes and No Lou - I'll tell you why.

This weekend is reserved for the long promised garden makeover. Things started well, everything organised, painted the fence, put up new wire climbers for fruit trees and clematis.

Put in some bvorder edging's so we can build the soil depth and solve an erosion problem. Then went to lift one of the bags of loam...

Back popped.

I was on my way to scoring good brownie points that might have earned substantial rewards. Now I'm propped upright with a hot water bottle in my back and no Osteopath until Tuesday!

DIY and SEX - I can see the link, I can feel the link - I won't be getting any

Ask Elizabeth, she's a nurse

 

[Remec]

Get me a large Bosch drill and some masking tape and I'll show you.

Duct tape, man, duct tape...although, being a theatre person, I usually prefer gaffer myself. (And Makita drills...only 'cause all three shops I have worked in used them...) <g>

 

[yui]

DIY and SEX - I can see the link, I can feel the link - I won't be getting any

Be well soon, neon.

The secret of being good at handiwork and being good in bed is pretty much the same: Don't fucking rush it.

#L

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LOLOL Damned if I know if there is a connection. Maybe there is and maybe there isn't. As for DIY, well my brother, (Damn his soul, if he has one,) just sold a coffee table I made for him last year. He got $1K for it. (Hand rubbed Cherry, with Rose Wood inlays on the top.) Today I finished a Dining Table with chairs for my parents. (Oak to match a cabinet I made for them last year.) Next project is a set of rough tables and chairs for my neighbors patio.

As for being good in the sack. Well I've been married for twelve years, and my wife hasn't played around on me even though she's had plenty of opportunities.

Cat

I am most impressed, Cat! Do you do any work with antique woods? Reclaimed chestnut and stuff like that?

And I'm certain that your wife if a very happy lady!

I'm not allowed to play with power tools.

Something to do with the back stairs collapsing when I was a kid.

. .

 

[NoJo]

DIY is fun, if you're a real man. I hate DIY. What can I say?

 

[SeaCat]

I am most impressed, Cat! Do you do any work with antique woods? Reclaimed chestnut and stuff like that?

And I'm certain that your wife if a very happy lady!

Yui,

If I can get the wood for a certain project then I will use antique wood. I made a desk for my father in law from reclaimed barnboards. He likes it. (It was a royal pain in the butt too I might add. It was too rough to leave it as it was, but if I smoothed it down it would lose it's color. I ended up putting I don't know how many coats of clear resin over it.)

My wife must be happy with me. She's put up with me for over twelve years, may of them not the easiest. Instead of breaking us apart those tough years, (which we're still going through,) have brought us closer together.

Cat

 

[Huckleman2000]

The closest I ever came to blows with my ex was during a kitchen remodel, at about 2AM, when she decided that she didn't like the lines between the tile I was laying, and that it was because I wasn't doing it right somehow. She tried to tell me that I needed to use a hair dryer to pull them up and re-fit them closer, and I kept trying to explain that the heat would make them expand, and lead to larger lines as they cooled and the gaps between tiles widened.

Confronted with logic, beyond a certain point that only experience can educate you about, women lose it.

As Ogg so wisely pointed out, it's best to hire professionals for some things, even if you feel confident in your ability to accomplish them yourself.

Absolutely, a DIY man seems to be a turn-on.

It's just that some women are more prone to supervise than others. If you've got a "supervisor", you could be Michelangelo to her Pope, and that's just not worth the Sistine Chapel when your marriage is at stake.

 

[cantdog]

I've had a spinal lesion since at least three years of age. It's been described as congenital, and as the result of injury, by different docs. But it hurts, constantly, every day, some more than others.

I do the snow removal here. The people we've hired to do it do not satisfy, and my wife does plenty already, whereas I am retired.

So we bought, finally, a snow thrower. Great back saver, when it works. It does not, though, work too consistently. It needs to be fixed somehow nearly every time it's needed. I am astonished, actually, how I have been able in every case to fix the thing myself. I fixed the clutch, even. No shit.

And it renders me suddenly sexy. Calling in help never does that.