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>I thought you had a great idea there, Glenna. So I floated it by my wife;
>went over like a lead balloon. :)
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> - Owen -
LOL!!!
Some ladies have no sense of humor.
I must admit that when my ex dragged his feet for years to remodel our
kitchen and I had enough, he didn't even get a vote in where the table saw
was. He did, however, get to move it upstairs to the dining room; that
seemed only fair to let him be involved. (He also did the plumbing and
had a great time assembling the copper pipe, and he helped me lift the
4x12 header into place where I removed the wall. If memory serves
correctly, he also held the upper cabinets in place while I secured them
to the wall. Unlike our sons' room in the basement, on which I did well
over 3/4 of the work, I did *not* refer the project as "ours" or "his.")
Before anyone thinks I was a bit hasty, he had promised since 1972 to
remodel the kitchen. I lost my patience in 1981 and took matters into my
own hands. Oh, he did *let* me use his van to haul plywood.<g>
Thank you for the hearty laugh, Owen, or rather thank your lady. :-)
Glenna
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"Glenna Rose" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] writes:
> Before anyone thinks I was a bit hasty, he had promised since 1972 to
> remodel the kitchen. I lost my patience in 1981 and took matters into my
> own hands. Oh, he did *let* me use his van to haul plywood.<g>
Now I don't feel quite so bad. It took me six years to install the
dishwasher, and most of that time was just trying to figure out how to cram
it into our dysfunctional kitchen. (Last time I buy a house from someone
who made their own remodelling decisions.) But the cabinet surrounding it
is full of mortise and tenon joinery and is by far the strongest thing in
the kitchen. I believe I'm facing rework of the rest of the kitchen
eventually, and the thought of all that running up and down the stairs
because I can't measure right is rather daunting.
To be fair to myself, I didn't spend six years installing the dishwasher; it
all took about three weeks. The floor in my son's room was another story.
It got started and finished Easter weekend. The floor one year, the trim
two years later. However I'm rather proud of myself. These are projects I
actually finished!
My wife "let" me put a trailer hitch on her car; I haul plywood in a utility
trailer now. The truck concept flew about as well as the dining room
workshop.
By the way, Happy New Year everyone!
- Owen -