Hi again ya'll,
Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a dozen
ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them. Thanks for all
the ideas but I really just just want a source to get the pre-made pieces.
Ya'll are a creative bunch. But you guys already have tools and stuff, I only
have my cordless screwdriver and yardstick, that's why I buy stuff like the
'easy home assembly' micorwave cart that only needs a phillip screwdriver to
put it together. No shop vises and drills and saws and hammers to beat things
into shape with. And even if I had a way to hold down the 1" Stanley brackets
to try and saw the ends off them that would cut the holes in half when I got
them short enough not to stick out.
Anyway I looked at Big Lots and TruValue on the way home for stuff. A bench
vise, that's $11.95 for a 6 inch one. Then a drill, that's $17.95. And a
drill bit assortment, $2.99. And a hacksaw, $1.99. Now maybe I might could
use those tools someday for something but that's just silly right now to get
into $35+ of tools and stuff for the $2 parts to fit on a $5 kitchen cart.
And not even counting a bench yet to put the bench vise on. Or the piece of
angled iron. But I did go ahead and get the '16 oz hickory handle claw
hammer' for $1.79, now I can hang up pictures with something other than a can
of beans. <g>.
Anyway if I find the little L-brackets, I can still get the last part of this
cart together with only my cordless screwdriver. Can't anybody say a place
besides Rockler that sells the odd little hardware parts?
Thanks,
Sheri Lee W
There Norm, is that a woeful tale enough for you? <g>
Just a thought here........Can you contact the manufacturer & have them send
you the parts, after all, they forgot to pack them in in the first place?
I have never had a manufacturer refuse to send missing parts yet.
Doug
"Sheri L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi again ya'll,
>
> Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a
> dozen
> ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them. Thanks for
> all
> the ideas but I really just just want a source to get the pre-made pieces.
>
> Ya'll are a creative bunch. But you guys already have tools and stuff, I
> only
> have my cordless screwdriver and yardstick, that's why I buy stuff like
> the
> 'easy home assembly' micorwave cart that only needs a phillip screwdriver
> to
> put it together. No shop vises and drills and saws and hammers to beat
> things
> into shape with. And even if I had a way to hold down the 1" Stanley
> brackets
> to try and saw the ends off them that would cut the holes in half when I
> got
> them short enough not to stick out.
>
> Anyway I looked at Big Lots and TruValue on the way home for stuff. A
> bench
> vise, that's $11.95 for a 6 inch one. Then a drill, that's $17.95. And a
> drill bit assortment, $2.99. And a hacksaw, $1.99. Now maybe I might could
> use those tools someday for something but that's just silly right now to
> get
> into $35+ of tools and stuff for the $2 parts to fit on a $5 kitchen cart.
> And not even counting a bench yet to put the bench vise on. Or the piece
> of
> angled iron. But I did go ahead and get the '16 oz hickory handle claw
> hammer' for $1.79, now I can hang up pictures with something other than a
> can
> of beans. <g>.
>
> Anyway if I find the little L-brackets, I can still get the last part of
> this
> cart together with only my cordless screwdriver. Can't anybody say a place
> besides Rockler that sells the odd little hardware parts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sheri Lee W
>
> There Norm, is that a woeful tale enough for you? <g>
>
Sheri L wrote:
>...snip woeful tale again...
Now you see why you <should> have some tools around the house...unless
you're going to be content to be in this bind every time <anything>
either breaks or needs patching/repairing and spend far more than you've
mentioned for minor repairs, I think you're stuck...
Only suggestion I would have would be to find a really large industrial
supply house locally that will also sell over the counter and hope
they've something or the equivalent in a large old-timey (not the ACE or
other new-age plastic-bagged type of place) if your're adamant that it's
gotta' be the size you want or nothing.
I think the best solution is the angle cut to length, but use a piece of
Al, not Fe.
Sheri L wrote:
...
> Since I bought the hammer, I have all the tools I need for what I ever want
> to do. Hang the piture and put my cart together. If something big comes I
> will ask some guys from church to help us, I think this missing part is too
> little to bother them.
..
Well, a hammer won't too well for a screw, will it? But, I've seen a
lot who will try... :( As I noted in the other thread, if you're
content to either pay for or have someone else donate their effort to
fix any problem in <your> residence, that's your choice...sounds
immature and possibly selfish to me, but that's just me... :)
"J. Clarke" wrote:
...
> And if one is making ten million dollars a year in arbitrage or some such
> then hiring work done is definitely the reasonable thing to do unless one
> takes joy in doing it oneself or needs the anodyne.
Then buying open-crate stuff at Big Lots to save $15 and searching for a
bracket and bitching about buying a couple of cheap tools wouldn't seem
to be an issue, either. :)
I was simply put off by Sheri's response to reasoned suggestions to
fabricate a simple piece as "too hard, too expensive when it wasn't
really much expense or effort at all" when she started out buy trying to
get by on the cheap. Then when she compounded that by noting she got
some church fellows to do all her maintenance for her, that smacked to
me of simply using people. Perhaps I'm a little touchy on the subject
just now having been through a period of extensive storm damage
volunteer work here and seeing both the good and some very bad in what
people would do/expect from volunteers... :(
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:29:12 -0500, Duane Bozarth <[email protected]>
posted:
>Sheri L wrote:
>>...snip woeful tale again...
>
>Now you see why you <should> have some tools around the house...unless
>you're going to be content to be in this bind every time <anything>
>either breaks or needs patching/repairing and spend far more than you've
>mentioned for minor repairs, I think you're stuck...
>
>Only suggestion I would have would be to find a really large industrial
>supply house locally that will also sell over the counter and hope
>they've something or the equivalent in a large old-timey (not the ACE or
>other new-age plastic-bagged type of place) if your're adamant that it's
>gotta' be the size you want or nothing.
>
>I think the best solution is the angle cut to length, but use a piece of
>Al, not Fe.
Hi again Duane,
What is it with you men?
Since I bought the hammer, I have all the tools I need for what I ever want
to do. Hang the piture and put my cart together. If something big comes I
will ask some guys from church to help us, I think this missing part is too
little to bother them.
Sheri L
corner hardware. definetly, you need a good relationship with your
corner hardware store. They have more litte bitty shapes and pieces
than any bLowes or Home Despot. And usually have decent fellows to
help you find the stuff you need.
Ace Hardware, True Value, HWI, something like that.
-Dan V.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:39:33 GMT, Sheri L <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi again ya'll,
>
>Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a dozen
>ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them. Thanks for all
>the ideas but I really just just want a source to get the pre-made pieces.
>
>Ya'll are a creative bunch. But you guys already have tools and stuff, I only
>have my cordless screwdriver and yardstick, that's why I buy stuff like the
>'easy home assembly' micorwave cart that only needs a phillip screwdriver to
>put it together. No shop vises and drills and saws and hammers to beat things
>into shape with. And even if I had a way to hold down the 1" Stanley brackets
>to try and saw the ends off them that would cut the holes in half when I got
>them short enough not to stick out.
>
>Anyway I looked at Big Lots and TruValue on the way home for stuff. A bench
>vise, that's $11.95 for a 6 inch one. Then a drill, that's $17.95. And a
>drill bit assortment, $2.99. And a hacksaw, $1.99. Now maybe I might could
>use those tools someday for something but that's just silly right now to get
>into $35+ of tools and stuff for the $2 parts to fit on a $5 kitchen cart.
>And not even counting a bench yet to put the bench vise on. Or the piece of
>angled iron. But I did go ahead and get the '16 oz hickory handle claw
>hammer' for $1.79, now I can hang up pictures with something other than a can
>of beans. <g>.
>
>Anyway if I find the little L-brackets, I can still get the last part of this
>cart together with only my cordless screwdriver. Can't anybody say a place
>besides Rockler that sells the odd little hardware parts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sheri Lee W
>
>There Norm, is that a woeful tale enough for you? <g>
Sheri L <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi again ya'll,
>
> Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a
> dozen ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them.
> Thanks for all the ideas but I really just just want a source to get
> the pre-made pieces.
Try looking for corner brackets. Looks like 1"x1" may be about the
smallest, but you may find smaller with retailers of jewelery supplies.
Here's a link:
<http://www.dlawlesshardware.com/support.html>
The brackets are about half way down the page.
ACE has them in brass:
<http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1293779&cp=
1254881.1255030.1259871&parentPage=family>
This what you're looking for?
LD
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Go to Home Depot or Lowes, go to where they stock the aluminum or
> steel barstock, they usually also have right angle stock. Get some
> where the sides are the appropriate length, take home, hacksaw off the
> pieces you want, then use your electric drill to drill holes for the
> screws.
>
Brass might be easier to work and plenty strong enough for the OPs
application. He should try the local hobby shop.
--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description
Duane Bozarth wrote:
> Sheri L wrote:
> ...
>> Since I bought the hammer, I have all the tools I need for what I ever
>> want to do. Hang the piture and put my cart together. If something big
>> comes I will ask some guys from church to help us, I think this missing
>> part is too little to bother them.
> ..
>
> Well, a hammer won't too well for a screw, will it? But, I've seen a
> lot who will try... :( As I noted in the other thread, if you're
> content to either pay for or have someone else donate their effort to
> fix any problem in <your> residence, that's your choice...sounds
> immature and possibly selfish to me, but that's just me... :)
Really depends on one's interests and abilities. Some folks should _not_
attempt home repairs--that's not disparaging them, there's usually
something else that they're _really_ good at, but for some folks just
touching a tool results in disaster. He might be one of them.
And if one is making ten million dollars a year in arbitrage or some such
then hiring work done is definitely the reasonable thing to do unless one
takes joy in doing it oneself or needs the anodyne.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Well, if you had a Lee Valley close to you, should be able to get some of
these:
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=41852&cat=3,41306,41312&ap=1
They're still larger than you wanted, at 13/16" long, and they're sold in
bags of 50, but what the heck... If nothing else, this might give you
another search term, rather than "L-brackets".
Clint
"Sheri L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi again ya'll,
>
> Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a
> dozen
> ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them. Thanks for
> all
> the ideas but I really just just want a source to get the pre-made pieces.
>
> Ya'll are a creative bunch. But you guys already have tools and stuff, I
> only
> have my cordless screwdriver and yardstick, that's why I buy stuff like
> the
> 'easy home assembly' micorwave cart that only needs a phillip screwdriver
> to
> put it together. No shop vises and drills and saws and hammers to beat
> things
> into shape with. And even if I had a way to hold down the 1" Stanley
> brackets
> to try and saw the ends off them that would cut the holes in half when I
> got
> them short enough not to stick out.
>
> Anyway I looked at Big Lots and TruValue on the way home for stuff. A
> bench
> vise, that's $11.95 for a 6 inch one. Then a drill, that's $17.95. And a
> drill bit assortment, $2.99. And a hacksaw, $1.99. Now maybe I might could
> use those tools someday for something but that's just silly right now to
> get
> into $35+ of tools and stuff for the $2 parts to fit on a $5 kitchen cart.
> And not even counting a bench yet to put the bench vise on. Or the piece
> of
> angled iron. But I did go ahead and get the '16 oz hickory handle claw
> hammer' for $1.79, now I can hang up pictures with something other than a
> can
> of beans. <g>.
>
> Anyway if I find the little L-brackets, I can still get the last part of
> this
> cart together with only my cordless screwdriver. Can't anybody say a place
> besides Rockler that sells the odd little hardware parts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sheri Lee W
>
> There Norm, is that a woeful tale enough for you? <g>
>
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:26:18 -0500, John <[email protected]> posted:
>On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:39:33 GMT, Sheri L <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Hi again ya'll,
>>
>>Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a dozen
>>ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them. Thanks for all
>>the ideas but I really just just want a source to get the pre-made pieces.
>>
>>Ya'll are a creative bunch. But you guys already have tools and stuff, I only
>>have my cordless screwdriver and yardstick, that's why I buy stuff like the
>>'easy home assembly' micorwave cart that only needs a phillip screwdriver to
>>put it together. No shop vises and drills and saws and hammers to beat things
>>into shape with. And even if I had a way to hold down the 1" Stanley brackets
>>to try and saw the ends off them that would cut the holes in half when I got
>>them short enough not to stick out.
>>
>>Anyway I looked at Big Lots and TruValue on the way home for stuff. A bench
>>vise, that's $11.95 for a 6 inch one. Then a drill, that's $17.95. And a
>>drill bit assortment, $2.99. And a hacksaw, $1.99. Now maybe I might could
>>use those tools someday for something but that's just silly right now to get
>>into $35+ of tools and stuff for the $2 parts to fit on a $5 kitchen cart.
>>And not even counting a bench yet to put the bench vise on. Or the piece of
>>angled iron. But I did go ahead and get the '16 oz hickory handle claw
>>hammer' for $1.79, now I can hang up pictures with something other than a can
>>of beans. <g>.
>>
>>Anyway if I find the little L-brackets, I can still get the last part of this
>>cart together with only my cordless screwdriver. Can't anybody say a place
>>besides Rockler that sells the odd little hardware parts?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Sheri Lee W
>>
>>There Norm, is that a woeful tale enough for you? <g>
>Go to Home Depot or Lowes, go to where they stock the aluminum or
>steel barstock, they usually also have right angle stock. Get some
>where the sides are the appropriate length, take home, hacksaw off the
>pieces you want, then use your electric drill to drill holes for the
>screws.
>
>Fairly cheap, and you can make them any WIDTH you want in case you
>need more support than just a small L-bracket would supply
>
>Of course, both sides of these homemade L-brackets would be the same
>length, so if that is a problem, get the stock in aluminum and then
>hacksaw or file which ever leg needs to be shortened
>
>John
>
Oh here we go with this again. John did you even read what I wrote, I didn't
think so! Maybe read it now.
Like promtheus says, 'sigh'
Sheri L
There will come a time when you don't have that in your favor anymore. At
that point, you will have to learn to do for yourself.
"Sheri L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I will tell you that it never hurts a girl to be pretty with
> long blonde hair and big boobs, just to put on a tank top and go ask him
for
> what I want. ;-)
>
Go to Home Depot or Lowes, go to where they stock the aluminum or
steel barstock, they usually also have right angle stock. Get some
where the sides are the appropriate length, take home, hacksaw off the
pieces you want, then use your electric drill to drill holes for the
screws.
Fairly cheap, and you can make them any WIDTH you want in case you
need more support than just a small L-bracket would supply
Of course, both sides of these homemade L-brackets would be the same
length, so if that is a problem, get the stock in aluminum and then
hacksaw or file which ever leg needs to be shortened
John
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:39:33 GMT, Sheri L <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi again ya'll,
>
>Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a dozen
>ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them. Thanks for all
>the ideas but I really just just want a source to get the pre-made pieces.
>
>Ya'll are a creative bunch. But you guys already have tools and stuff, I only
>have my cordless screwdriver and yardstick, that's why I buy stuff like the
>'easy home assembly' micorwave cart that only needs a phillip screwdriver to
>put it together. No shop vises and drills and saws and hammers to beat things
>into shape with. And even if I had a way to hold down the 1" Stanley brackets
>to try and saw the ends off them that would cut the holes in half when I got
>them short enough not to stick out.
>
>Anyway I looked at Big Lots and TruValue on the way home for stuff. A bench
>vise, that's $11.95 for a 6 inch one. Then a drill, that's $17.95. And a
>drill bit assortment, $2.99. And a hacksaw, $1.99. Now maybe I might could
>use those tools someday for something but that's just silly right now to get
>into $35+ of tools and stuff for the $2 parts to fit on a $5 kitchen cart.
>And not even counting a bench yet to put the bench vise on. Or the piece of
>angled iron. But I did go ahead and get the '16 oz hickory handle claw
>hammer' for $1.79, now I can hang up pictures with something other than a can
>of beans. <g>.
>
>Anyway if I find the little L-brackets, I can still get the last part of this
>cart together with only my cordless screwdriver. Can't anybody say a place
>besides Rockler that sells the odd little hardware parts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sheri Lee W
>
>There Norm, is that a woeful tale enough for you? <g>
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:39:03 -0500, Duane Bozarth <[email protected]>
posted:
>"J. Clarke" wrote:
>...
>> And if one is making ten million dollars a year in arbitrage or some such
>> then hiring work done is definitely the reasonable thing to do unless one
>> takes joy in doing it oneself or needs the anodyne.
>
>Then buying open-crate stuff at Big Lots to save $15 and searching for a
>bracket and bitching about buying a couple of cheap tools wouldn't seem
>to be an issue, either. :)
>
It wasn't 'open crate' it was a sealed up box, that's why I got $15 of my $20
back. And stuff you will never use again, even if you could use it at all, if
it comes cheap or expensive is not worth more than any $1 store stuff. So, I
don't pay more than that to use it just once. Now if someone says a way to
make 20 of my parts for $1.90, $7.90 total with shipping, the toatl of the
little L-brackets I ordered + shipipng, now's your chance. Any Takers? I
didn't think so.
And I didn't bitch about 'a couple of cheap tools'. YA'LL bitched because I
wouldn't just go get a bunch of stuff and try to fabricant something up.
>I was simply put off by Sheri's response to reasoned suggestions to
>fabricate a simple piece as "too hard, too expensive when it wasn't
>really much expense or effort at all" when she started out buy trying to
>get by on the cheap. Then when she compounded that by noting she got
>some church fellows to do all her maintenance for her, that smacked to
>me of simply using people. Perhaps I'm a little touchy on the subject
>just now having been through a period of extensive storm damage
>volunteer work here and seeing both the good and some very bad in what
>people would do/expect from volunteers... :(
Just what is your trip Duane? I guess be put off all you want. Your 'reasoned
suggestions' don't reason with me at all. You talk about a thing I don't want
to try to do and I have proved to everyone here that it's 17+ times the value
of the end product. And not count my time.
And yes I use whatever and whoever I can get. As long as there are 100's of
you guys following around with your tounges hanging out and your knuckles all
dragging then I can always get AT LEAST one of you to do stuff for me for
free. You can blame my jerk ex-huband for that, maybe it will help if you
just think of it as 'payback to your gender'.
Any gals out there, well now you know what your husband or BF or whatever is
doing when he's 'just going to help out a freind' but won't be more specific
about what. Well I'm here to tell you gals, don't worry, because guys, NONE
of you is going to get lucky. They are all HWMOMs to us gals that need help.
Sheri L
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:51:08 GMT, "Clint" <[email protected]> posted:
>Well, if you had a Lee Valley close to you, should be able to get some of
>these:
>http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=41852&cat=3,41306,41312&ap=1
>
>They're still larger than you wanted, at 13/16" long, and they're sold in
>bags of 50, but what the heck... If nothing else, this might give you
>another search term, rather than "L-brackets".
>
>Clint
>
Clint you are my hero, I click around there just one step up and see this,
<http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=50310&cat=3,41306,41312&ap=1>
which is just the right size for me and bags of 20 for 50 cents less even!
Thank you for listening to what I needed, everybosy else here seems to just
want me investing a machine shop of tools and make them up myself.
I am going place my order tonight, thanks so much again!
XOXOXO
Sheri Lee
<snip woeful tale>
>>
>
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:38:42 GMT, Lobby Dosser
<[email protected]> posted:
>Sheri L <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi again ya'll,
>>
>> Well I asked about where to finding L-brackets and now I know a half a
>> dozen ways to make up my own little L-brackets or get around them.
>> Thanks for all the ideas but I really just just want a source to get
>> the pre-made pieces.
>
>Try looking for corner brackets. Looks like 1"x1" may be about the
>smallest, but you may find smaller with retailers of jewelery supplies.
>Here's a link:
>
><http://www.dlawlesshardware.com/support.html>
>
>The brackets are about half way down the page.
>
>ACE has them in brass:
>
><http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1293779&cp=
>1254881.1255030.1259871&parentPage=family>
>
>This what you're looking for?
>
>LD
Hi LD,
Yes thats it, I think 1x1 is the small as they come at the hardware chain
stores, but now I see they also call them 'corner brackets' so I will search
for that.
This is the best help so far, thanks a lot!
Sheri L
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:37:06 -0700, lgb <[email protected]> posted:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>> Go to Home Depot or Lowes, go to where they stock the aluminum or
>> steel barstock, they usually also have right angle stock. Get some
>> where the sides are the appropriate length, take home, hacksaw off the
>> pieces you want, then use your electric drill to drill holes for the
>> screws.
>>
>Brass might be easier to work and plenty strong enough for the OPs
>application. He should try the local hobby shop.
That's a good idea, I will go to Hobby Lobby tomorrow. Maybe look at big
dollhouses too now that I have a hammer.
Sheri L
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:18:38 -0700, "AAvK" <[email protected]> posted:
>
>Any standard hardware store will have the type of brackets you're looking for.
Bzzzt wrong answer but thanks for playing. It's not the type is a problem but
the size is.
Sheri L
Shucks, ma'am. Twern't nothing...
Clint
"Sheri L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:51:08 GMT, "Clint" <[email protected]>
> posted:
>
>>Well, if you had a Lee Valley close to you, should be able to get some of
>>these:
>>http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=41852&cat=3,41306,41312&ap=1
>>
>>They're still larger than you wanted, at 13/16" long, and they're sold in
>>bags of 50, but what the heck... If nothing else, this might give you
>>another search term, rather than "L-brackets".
>>
>>Clint
>>
> Clint you are my hero, I click around there just one step up and see this,
> <http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=50310&cat=3,41306,41312&ap=1>
> which is just the right size for me and bags of 20 for 50 cents less even!
>
> Thank you for listening to what I needed, everybosy else here seems to
> just
> want me investing a machine shop of tools and make them up myself.
>
> I am going place my order tonight, thanks so much again!
>
> XOXOXO
>
> Sheri Lee
>
> <snip woeful tale>
>>>
>>
>
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:34:37 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> posted:
>Duane Bozarth wrote:
>
>> Sheri L wrote:
>> ...
>>> Since I bought the hammer, I have all the tools I need for what I ever
>>> want to do. Hang the piture and put my cart together. If something big
>>> comes I will ask some guys from church to help us, I think this missing
>>> part is too little to bother them.
>> ..
>>
>> Well, a hammer won't too well for a screw, will it? But, I've seen a
>> lot who will try... :( As I noted in the other thread, if you're
>> content to either pay for or have someone else donate their effort to
>> fix any problem in <your> residence, that's your choice...sounds
>> immature and possibly selfish to me, but that's just me... :)
>
>Really depends on one's interests and abilities. Some folks should _not_
>attempt home repairs--that's not disparaging them, there's usually
>something else that they're _really_ good at, but for some folks just
>touching a tool results in disaster. He might be one of them.
>
>And if one is making ten million dollars a year in arbitrage or some such
>then hiring work done is definitely the reasonable thing to do unless one
>takes joy in doing it oneself or needs the anodyne.
Exactly, now it looks like you are someone who can LISTEN and THINK instead
of just runnig out and buy tools first. I just am not interested in fixing
things arouind the house, that's what landlords are for.
What I am really good at is sewing and I make almost all of my three kids
clothes, everyone always wants to know whre I got them and doesn't believe
that I did them myself and without any patterns. I am also a good cook and
baker, I make the custom cakes for birthdays and parties and weddings for
people from church. $35 a pop on a one layer cake and I have to tell alot of
people 'no' because I'm too busy and first come first served.
Now the next time you guys want a cinnamon roll you need to go out buy some
pans and a new oven, that's about the same as what you tell me here.
I mainly work as waitress at a very nice steakhouse just evenings, I average
about $1200 weekly in tips for 4 nites a week. That's the other thing men are
good for.
Sheri L
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:00:02 -0500, Duane Bozarth <[email protected]>
posted:
>Sheri L wrote:
>...
>> Since I bought the hammer, I have all the tools I need for what I ever want
>> to do. Hang the piture and put my cart together. If something big comes I
>> will ask some guys from church to help us, I think this missing part is too
>> little to bother them.
>..
>
>Well, a hammer won't too well for a screw, will it?
??? No but my cordless screwdriver will.
>But, I've seen a
>lot who will try... :( As I noted in the other thread, if you're
>content to either pay for or have someone else donate their effort to
>fix any problem in <your> residence, that's your choice...sounds
>immature and possibly selfish to me, but that's just me... :)
What is it about me saying 'I have enough tools for what I want to do' that
nobody here is able to get? Maybe it will stifle you all if I tell you I have
some an old 'Vise-Grip' set of pliers (pliars?) in my glove box too.
It's not <my> residence, problems I get with it are what the landlord is for.
And I don't feel bad even he is in his wheelchair, he told me he likes to fix
things for me, like the screen door squeaks or the toilet runs so he comes in
and does his 'big helpful guy' thing. That was not the agreement when I rent
the place, but I will tell you that it never hurts a girl to be pretty with
long blonde hair and big boobs, just to put on a tank top and go ask him for
what I want. ;-)
SOunds more immature (male) to me to just run out and buy up $35+ of tools
and material to try and make up a $2 thing that you know someone already
sells. And with nowhere to work on it. Like I would really put that metal
bench vise up on my glass top dining table and then bang away on it. But from
the answers I got here I guess erveyone thinks I should.
The way you guys think 'just get some more tools' is what's just sounds
immature to me.
Sheri L
"Sheri L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> And yes I use whatever and whoever I can get. As long as there are 100's
> of
> you guys following around with your tounges hanging out and your knuckles
> all
> dragging then I can always get AT LEAST one of you to do stuff for me for
> free. You can blame my jerk ex-huband for that, maybe it will help if you
> just think of it as 'payback to your gender'.
And you brag about getting the people from church to help you also. Maybe a
few knuckle draggers will do what you want, but we also know what your type
of person really is.