Archive through June 19, 2001

The ClubHouse: Archive: Grouching Place: Archive through June 19, 2001

Karuuna

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 01:16 pm Click here to edit this post
Lance, I don't doubt his motives are good, just think he might be missing the big picture. And that is that his family would benefit more from his interaction with them, than they would from any projects he could complete. I have no doubt he's a great guy, as are you, but that testosterone does muddle yer thinking now and then. :)

And he has to be a great guy, right? Cause he's married to our sweet Tess!

The men who visit my house would be wise to beware anything and everything, you just never know!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 01:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Karuuna, it's very possible he's missing one of the big pictures--no doubt about that. One of the good news/bad news things in life is that often times multiple people lead to multiple big pictures. LOL

I think in business that one reasons to have one person in charge is so that only one big picture is considered the official big picture of the company. If not, there would be a lot of different people going in a lot of different directions.

Testosterone muddle thinking now and then?? It might have happened once or twice in history.

I'd like to add that testosterone can also flat out stop the thinking process once a century or so.

I could claim to not have any testosterone left, although I would be laughing to hard to get it typed in.

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 02:31 pm Click here to edit this post
I don't care so much that he picked a project to do (although Sarah really does care) I just don't think he should pick one that could potentially kill him on Father's Day. I think I shall declare myself officially and henceforth in charge of any and all Big Pictures around here....now he's off the ladder (still alive) and WORKING!!! AT HIS COMPUTER!! When did the Mom become in charge of making trucks out of Legos on Father's Day? This is so wrong!!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 02:42 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, I think you have a god idea there! Let him know the big picture issues will be directed by you. Let him know that he's just too busy to be expected to take on such a responsibility.

I learned long ago that mom should never be in charge of making trucks from legos--mom should be in charge of supervising dad making them.

Can you suggest that you might need to calibrate him computer for him???

Grod

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 02:56 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, not that I am an expert. But maybe you should tell Charlie two things:
Dear...(well you don't have to use "dear")
God invented men for different purposes. He invented people like you to become Physics Experts, he invented Electricians to prevent electrocution, he invented Arborists to remove tree branches. You my dear, are one of the 3 and it isn't the Electrician or Arborist. Stick to your day job next time, and we will get an expert to remove the branches.

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:17 pm Click here to edit this post
Grod--oh, did I try that approach. Sadly, he is multi-talented and being an electrician is well within his capablilities. I could get him on the arborist issue as he doesn't have the proper rigging. However, he does believe himself to be invincible and far too intelligent to fall out of a tree backwards onto the power line while his ladder is wobbling precariously.

Lance, his majesty is now napping so may I borrow your 2 pound sledge please? I promise to give it right back only slightly used!

btw, I did make a pretty darn good looking truck that actually goes if I do say so myself. Of course, Dad's trucks are much cooler, but the fact that I got one made counts for something. I am now helping with coloring. This I can do!!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:25 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, you can barrow the sledge. Don't worry about the hammer--it's way beyond slightly used, as I am not an electrician--nor do I have much allegiance to inanimate objects.

I suggest you hid all evidence of calibration though. He may well have a hammer, and might know of the concept "pay back is a mother". Your computer would then be in jeopardy.

Tell him someone stole it. Yours will remain safe.

Hook him up to a car battery while he's still asleep and as he hits the ceiling tell him that this is what he was missing when he went up the ladder. Good chances are he will think next time when he goes to grab the latter. There is a small chance he will really like it. Run if that happens.

Grod

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:32 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL Tess on him seeing himself as "invincible" it goes back to the Law of Physics. Ask him if he also thinks he can walk on water. LOL
I just found your story so amusing because it is so typical of a man.

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:44 pm Click here to edit this post
HEY! typical of a man???

Karuuna

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:46 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh yes, man-typical. Not that there aren't men who don't have that particular mindset. But Tess' story is not an uncommon one.

And yes, we women have our idiosyncratic traits as well, tho I'd be hard-pressed to come up with one.

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:48 pm Click here to edit this post
LMAO, Lance!!

Grod, I think you've hit on something here. The man cannot swim!! But just when I had everything back the way they should be (dad and daughter playing nicely together and mom cooking dinner because she was too stupid to suggest we all go out somewhere) his boss calls. We made it through the entire vacation with no call from work but get hit on Father's Day!! That's my other grouch...he always gets called on a holiday.

Now I wonder how much trouble I'll be in for calling the boss a liar when he said he called to wish Charlie Happy Father's Day?? Not too much, I'm thinking.

(Um, Grod, this post will be the experiment to see if a person can call him or herself stupid and get away with it.--Now if you call me stupid, we may be in trouble.)

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 03:54 pm Click here to edit this post
Well-spoken as always, Karuuna!

And, Lance dear, you yourself mentioned that the whole testosterone issue is a problematic one at times. Well, this was one of those times!

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 05:05 pm Click here to edit this post
Ah, seems we have now reached an agreement. The arborists are being cordially invited to remove all remaining troublesome tree limbs. Thank goodness someone has come to his senses. No yelling was involved and no small children were traumatized in the process. Patience is the key! Sanity prevails once again.

Gail

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 06:14 pm Click here to edit this post
Isn't there a rule that says the hose fittings for a new kitchen faucet are supposed to match the water supply fittings like the old faucet did? I'm sure I read this somewhere. I swear - it is a conspiracy with the plumbing companies to do this.

I have my new faucet in and bolted and sealed down but the new hoses don't fit the water supply hoses. I can't put the old faucet back in (it didn't fare well in the removal process) and it is too late to go back to lowes. grrrrr The more I learn about plumbing, the more I think I like electricity.

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 06:30 pm Click here to edit this post
Gail, dear hubby put in a new sink and faucet etc. for us a few weeks ago and it took no fewer than 4 trips to Home Depot. I think it is in fact a law that any plumbing job requires a minimum of 3 trips to your local home improvement center. Fortunately for us, ours is open 24 hours. Btw, congratulations on all you accomplished today. It must feel great.

Gail

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 06:50 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, why don't you send dear hubby down this way with those fittings?

My local home improvement center is 20 miles away. Actually, I feel incredibly good! Besides the stuff I did early this morning and the faucet, I put up a ceiling swag hook for the new dining room light, started working on the back step - (oh my god - one of the braces was total rotted away - luckily, I had a chunk of wood the exact right size to replace it with), I am on my second load of laundry, and I bought new heat plates for my grill and put them in.

The battery on my drill just died so while that is recharging, I will have a snack and get my second wind and hopefully do some more before the sun disappears. The back steps seem a lot easier to take off then the front ones did.

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 07:05 pm Click here to edit this post
How about if we make a trade. I'll send dear hubby to do your plumbing and you come here to move our dining room chandelier. It's not that he can't do it (he certainly can) it's just that at 6'4" I think he's looking to bang his head on it a few thousand more times until it bothers him enough to actually do something about it.

Now if you could explain how I could supervise the rebuilding of our front porch last summer (from new footings all the way to the decorative post caps or whatever they are called) we ended up with the old bottom step still there a year later. I'll leave out the fact that it took fully 3 summers to start this project in the first place.

Grod

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 07:16 pm Click here to edit this post
Tess, Gail you made me laugh this evening. The knee bone is connected to the......what? ankle bone?
Tess I agree with your theory about your hubby's boss.

Gail

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 07:23 pm Click here to edit this post
Ha! I can answer the question about the bottom step I think. Mine has a brace underneath it - I can swap out the board for the stop itself but not the brace underneath it. That part I would screw up for sure. I did not replace under the bottom step out front either. It kind of sucks but I am hoping that next year or the year after, I will just get a new deck out there anyways.

Grod

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 07:50 pm Click here to edit this post
Gail, if you aren't married, maybe you should find a man to do it. or at least a manslave. I have a feeling with utmost respect to Tess's hubby-that you need a carpenter or a new place.

Gail

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 08:01 pm Click here to edit this post
Okay, my revised answer about the bottom step. It really helps (pretty much necessary) to have the second to the last step off to get the bottom step off. I am not quite there yet - but staring at it, I realized that I had that problem out front yesterday and had to take the steps above back off to get to the bottom step.


Grod, I hear you - my neighbor's husband is great with stuff. I used him last week for the ceiling fans and cutting down the screen door to fit. I don't want to over use him - better to have him for emergencies. I will use him for the other 2 proch lights though. He can do that in 5 minutes - took me about 30 minutes to do the one I did.

The hard part about any of it is not being afraid to try to do something. There is a first time for everything and lately, I have been learning a lot of firsts. The next thing is just learning the motions. Like, I can cook without a cookbook, I can tune up a computer with my eyes closed. But, thinking back all of these things took getting used to the motions.

There is a certain satisfaction in getting things done though. I am proud of getting the front steps done this weekend.

Now I just need to walk three miles.

Tess

Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 08:52 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the title "manslave"!

Nancy

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 06:45 pm Click here to edit this post
grumble grumble why the heck did i answerthe phone tonight? i dont WANT to testify in court grrrrrrr

Tess

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 07:32 pm Click here to edit this post
I'm here to kick Nancy's little behind over to the happy place in case she has to come to Minnesota for her court case and then she can visit ME!!!

Nancy

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 07:37 pm Click here to edit this post
nono no not FOR the case--to hide FROM the case--grumble....