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Why Don’t He Write?
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This type of thing is why I haven’t been posting anything on the weekends:
My wife has me doing all kinds of home improvement projects. I swear that woman just sits around thinking up shit for me to do. It’s like a second job. Guy’s, do yourselves a favor. Pretend like you don’t know how to operate tools or know how to fix anything.
In fairness, I did suggest the arbor. I just didn’t want to build it in the middle of all the other stuff going on. I must say I did a pretty good job, don’t you think? We have jasmine and grapes that are supposed to creep up the posts as they grow.
Update: One upside of this weekend is that it was beautiful fall weather and I was working outside. Good time’s with the family too.
Update from Lee: In China you could have had that built for you in one day, with materials and labor costing less than $50. :-)
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And to top it all off, pretty soon they won’t need us for sex anymore, too. We’ll just be their Morlock slaves…
PS BTW, this means that she’ll now have you peel her grapes for her while she cracks your nuts…
Another reason to support gay marriage - equal share of the renovations!
I sure hope you get pussy vouchers for this effort. All this says to me is that I need to stay in shape and never get married.
That renovation looks like a shitload of pent up sexual frustration.
Looks great, though! :-)
We have jasmine and grapes that are supposed to creep up the posts as they grow.
Which will block the view to the road from that driveway in the picture. It will cause an accident and you’ll get sued. Or someone from the H/A will complain first.
On another note it looks like a very nice neighborhood. Good for you. Being a struggling musician and all…
:-) I kid.
I actually like to build stuff but sometimes it becomes too much. Having bathrooms torn up doing tile is no fun. Too much pressure with all the other crap I have going on. And music, that’s becoming like a second job too. Wait, how many jobs is that?
I’m lucky to have a very good day job. But, I’d much rather parlay a career in music of some sort. My wife is making more than me now so it won’t be long before I’m pleading the “Mr. Mom” case. Ha!
Did you use bark or fertile mulch? Bark actually draws nutrients and nitrogen from the soil, so you should use a mulch instead, even if it doesn’t look as nice.
That’s currently just a mix of dirt and old bark. I will need to put some mulch down.
On another note it looks like a very nice neighborhood.
You know, that’s definitely something I’m thankful for. Our neighborhood is wonderful. Thanks for noticing.
We have some great common areas (greenspace, pool, tennis court) and almost everyone is cool. It’s a small neighborhood of 50 homes. Interestingly, there are quite a few Mormon families. I mention this because they actually keep an eye out for opportunities to move in there, so I’m told. We also have a hard core partier crowd of which we are casual members. Most everyone is in their 40’s and reasonably successful. They like to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Good wine, scotch, etc…
Guy’s, do yourselves a favor. Pretend like you don’t know how to operate tools or know how to fix anything.
Who’s pretending? Seriously.. while I can do the basic tool operations, I tend to screw (hah) up just about any kind of real improvement job. That’s why I’ve long since preferred to just pay a professional to do it right the first time. Cheaper that way.
About the most complicated thing I’ve done with power tools, that didn’t somehow go awry, was to do a hackish fix to my ergo desk. Company went out of business apparnetly, and the adjustable keyboard section broke (the arm it mounted too broke). So I bought 2 metal right angle pieces and a larger metal square.. and bought a power drill (arr arr arr) which has come in handy for small things since then. Drilled a few holes in metal pieces and mounted them underneath so the desk it like a contiguous piece now (I never like lowering the keyboard anyway). Other then 1 screw tip just barely poking out the top (which I filed down) it came out perfect. If you can’t picture it.. see it broken and fixed and imagine the right angle pieces on the sides and the one larger square in the back-center. Has held up for over 6 years now.
I actually did successfully change out the internals of a toilet one, only to have it blow up in my face. The faucet for the water feed to the toilet literally blew up in my face when I tried to tighten it enough to stop leaking when I noticed it was leaking a bit and tried to make that stop. Had to call out a plumber on Easter to replace it for me.
True story: I showed my wife that picture and she said, before I could get a word out, “I want you to build me on of those”.
My wife wishes I would do that stuff. With all that football on Saturdays and Sundays, how can I be expected to get off of my ass?
By the way, what the hell is that thing anyway?
My wife wishes I would do that stuff. With all that football on Saturdays and Sundays, how can I be expected to get off of my ass?
Amen.
By the way, what the hell is that thing anyway?
A cock and balls funeral pyre?
True story: I showed my wife that picture and she said, before I could get a word out, “I want you to build me on of those”.
Bah ha ha hah! I guess I owe you one.
By the way, what the hell is that thing anyway?
It’s called an arbor.
Update from Lee: In China you could have had that built for you in one day, with materials and labor costing less than $50. :-)
And probably get a blowjob into the bargain.
I’ve never seen an arbor in the front yard, Gripe. Looks nice!
Don’t expect to eat many of the grapes that you try to grow. We used to have some vines along our fence in my old house. You’d leave for work one day and by that evening the birds had picked them clean. Offerring them up on a nice, high arbor can’t help that much!
I am quite handy with fixing things, but when it comes to finished lanscaping/carpentry, I intentionally make it look “home made” so I don’t get asked to do too much of that. I built a very nice deck and refinished my basement, but that is the limit of it.
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That looks great, Gripe. One of the things I should post is my Great Wall of China. I think my wife decided to marry me only after she saw how handy I was with a masonry trowel.