I Never Told You I Was Real Smart

Osage Orange ^ | 1-20-15 | Osage Orange

[GeronL]

lol

[ifinnegan]

It’s cool.

[NativeSon]

Awesome thread, I feel like we're sitting around in lawn chairs at a BBQ telling our war stories.

I will fix or try to fix everything. Somethings, like pumping the septic tank is not within my definition of "everything".

I recently fished 300 feet of 3/4" PEX through the ceiling/floor joists and nearly lost my mind.

[certrtwngnut]

Red Green would fix it with duct tape. Right after he fixed his waders and fan belt.

[paulcissa]

In my world (work and family), I'm called "The Fixolator". A long time ago I realized you'll never get the same quality of work from others that you can get by doing it yourself. I've learned so much over 45 years of doing it myself that I get pissed when I have to pay for substandard work.

Does that make me smart? Nope. It makes me self-reliant and I like that. Oh, and that PEX stuff is the best thing since sliced white bread.

[SelmaLee]

I’m a 60-year-old woman, and I completely plumbed a (tiny) house using PEX this past summer. So far, no leaks, and it is a lot more tolerant of freezing weather.

[Osage Orange]

ROFLOL!!!

Yep!!!

Adds new meaning to the Mexican or Chinese handcuffs!! Ha!!

[Osage Orange]

Sounds like fun!!!

[Osage Orange]

Ditto all that!!

[Osage Orange]

You are awesome!!

[Osage Orange]

Sure was......

Now and again...I watch re-runs.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I found that if I warned customers not to do it they were more likely to do it than if I just didn't tell them. You can learn a lot about people in the hardware business.

Super glue is interesting too.

[Osage Orange]

Had a family member of a patient with a fake arm.....I never noticed it until a fellow staff member pointed out she wore jewelery on it....

Then I could not help but look......

People are what they are...I guess.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

A lady ran in to the store one day waving her right arm and squealing. When I got her calmed down it turned out that she squeezed a tube of super glue without puncturing the metal seal under the cap. The bottom crimp blew out and she glued her thumb, two fingers and the glue tube into a solid mass. I had to use acetone, and the whole time she was giving me hell because her nail polish was coming off. If I had laughed one time she would have killed me.

[donna]

What a coincidence, there is a theory that only pimps (and Muslims) think all women to some degree are prostitutes.

[IYAS9YAS]

I found that if I warned customers not to do it they were more likely to do it than if I just didn't tell them. You can learn a lot about people in the hardware business.

Yeah. We'll do stupid things if you tell us not to.

[IYAS9YAS]

Yeah. We'll do stupid things if you tell us not to.

Sometimes twice, if we get out of the first try unscathed. Just to show others what we did...

[5th MEB]

Same thing here; master plumber by trade, spent 32 years as a supervisor of all trades (elec, hvac, carp, electronics, locks, masonary, etc) you get the picture.
You have a tendency to pick up a little bit in every trade, but you sure don’t turn into an expert in any except your own.
But my ever-loving wife seems to believe entirely differently; whatever it is, if it’s broke I can fix it.
I keep telling her otherwise but when push comes to shove I still have to punt before calling in somebody who really does know how to fix it.
She also does not take into account that I am several years retired (and not as flexible as I used to be) and not up on all the changes in code or new materials and methods.

[Squantos]

ROTFLMAO !!!

Awesome typical, of my projects, yet awesome.....love PEX, simple ...no really .....:o)

Stay safe !

[KC Burke]

I one time took two hours assembling tools and tool boxes in front of a failing dishwasher. When I opened it up, I realized that soap residue had encrusted the drain tube and with a flick of my finger I could solve the whole problem.

My wife did not see me clean off the tube blockage and instead saw me shut the dishwasher, speak to the appliance in a stern voice warning it that my tools were there and ready and if it did not immediately straighten its act up it was in for a disembowelment. I then started it up and it worked fine.

I told her that there were even household appliances that had proper fear and respect for the master of the house and put my tool boxes away in the garage much to her bewilderment.