 » Online Users: 56 | | 24 members and 32 guests | | BarryC , Bas , bwat , DavidF , fergy , FLEE , JackLeg , Joe Scharle , Ken Massingale , KWGOOCH , McRabbet , Mike Davis , MikeF , ptt49er , Sandy Rose , sawdust_sweeper , Sealeveler , Tarhead , Terry , Travis Porter , Trent Mason , wdkits1 , woodguy1975 , WoodWrangler | | Most users ever online was 180, 04-22-2008 at 12:18 AM. | 
01-02-2008, 11:07 PM
|
#1 |
Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.26 over 180 days |
Over Christmas my in-laws visited ( my FIL is a retired plumber), and a bunch of little plumbing problems ( leaky faucet and toilet) got fixed.
BUT... as soon as they left (yesterday) my kitchen faucet broke and I caught some sort of bug. Feeling lousy  I went to Lowes and bought a replacement, but after trying to install it, with a fever, I had to stop because I felt so bad. So get this... my wife asks if she can help, so I sat down in a chair and coached her in the R&R of the faucet. In an hour we were done  . I told her the plumbing work around the house is now a girls job  . Even her father was surprised and said that if he realized that she could do it, he would have used her as a helper years ago.
I'll take that as a present any day of the week.
Jimmy 
__________________
Jimmy  "There are no strangers here, only friends that haven't met" I only buy what I need now, not what I want..... except for lumber ! Remember: Support your local Sawyers and Kiln Operators. |  
| | |
01-02-2008, 11:18 PM
|
#2 | | Director
Moderator
Name: Tom City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 46 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.92 over 180 days |
Looks like you got a keeper there, or she has a keeper depending on your point of view. Either way 3 cheers on a jobe well done with team work. | |
| | |
01-02-2008, 11:48 PM
|
#3 | | Webmaster
Director
Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days |
__________________   Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself" 
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
| |
| | |
01-03-2008, 09:11 AM
|
#4 | | Moderator
Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.78 over 180 days |
Wish I had a plumber / plumbing-capable person in the house. I'm able to figure most of it out, but it's not work I enjoy. Maybe I should talk to the girls about what trades to look for in a potential husband...
Ray
__________________
I cut that board twice and it's STILL too short.
| |
| | |
01-03-2008, 04:31 PM
|
#5 |
Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.26 over 180 days |
Dave,
I'd trade LOML's plumbing skills for one of the elves, but I don't think that she would agree to it and I'm not sure that I could afford the beer that the elf would drink .
Jimmy Originally Posted by DaveO 
__________________
Jimmy "There are no strangers here, only friends that haven't met" I only buy what I need now, not what I want..... except for lumber ! Remember: Support your local Sawyers and Kiln Operators. | |
| | |
01-03-2008, 07:13 PM
|
#6 | | Senior Moderator
Name: Scott City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 180 days |
Jimmy this might be a bad thing. Next time you try to make an excuse why you are in the shop and your honey do list is not done you might get challenged.
Good luck.
__________________
Making Saw Dust With a Scroll Saw
Scott
| |
| | |
01-03-2008, 08:07 PM
|
#7 |
Name: Albert City: Wilmington State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 58 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.11 over 180 days |
I think it is great that you and your wife can work as a team to repair the plumbing. Did that surprise you?
My LOML has caught me off guard several times, it shows that I under estimated her ability.
Do not confuse this with repairs, painting, cars with glowing warning lights or why the door shoe rack would not hold any more shoes. 
When it came to financing she excelled.
31 years into this blissful union we still find new items about each other.
Later,
Albert  | |
| | |
01-03-2008, 10:53 PM
|
#8 |
Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.26 over 180 days |
Albert,
My wife never ceases to amaze me. When I built a shop in NJ she carried shingles(1/3 of a pack at a time) up to the roof for me, Helped me hang sheetrock, pick axed a trench(24" deep in clay), pulled romex, and helped clean up concrete chunks.
So, as I like to say "she's a keeper"
Jimmy Originally Posted by sawman I think it is great that you and your wife can work as a team to repair the plumbing. Did that surprise you?
My LOML has caught me off guard several times, it shows that I under estimated her ability.
Do not confuse this with repairs, painting, cars with glowing warning lights or why the door shoe rack would not hold any more shoes.
When it came to financing she excelled.
31 years into this blissful union we still find new items about each other.
Later,
Albert
__________________
Jimmy "There are no strangers here, only friends that haven't met" I only buy what I need now, not what I want..... except for lumber ! Remember: Support your local Sawyers and Kiln Operators. | |
| |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | |
|  | » Stats |
Members: 2,296
Threads: 17,205
Posts: 186,962
2nd Top Poster: jeff... (6,579)
| | Welcome to our newest member, ejmArch | |
.gif "Drogar Cry(DBG)")
