bless the misses

[yello]

I've been working out in our back hallway, insulating and plaster boarding. I had to remove the key/dog lead hanger board thing we had out there... so my wife wanted to refit it elsewhere. I hear her drilling the wall, a concrete wall, and can hear the drill is not on the hammer drill setting. So I walk through and mention it to her...

'I know' she replies 'it is too noisy like that'

 

[Night Train]

I do that in brick, if its not too hard, to keep the noise down when I am working in the evening.
But then my drill is an older one of these and it is aggressive enough without turning on the pnumatic hammer action.

My Dewalt, on the other hand will just burn the drill bits without hammer action

 

[Spinney]

I've been working out in our back hallway, insulating and plaster boarding. I had to remove the key/dog lead hanger board thing we had out there... so my wife wanted to refit it elsewhere. I hear her drilling the wall, a concrete wall, and can hear the drill is not on the hammer drill setting. So I walk through and mention it to her...

'I know' she replies 'it is too noisy like that'

I would like to point out that not all women are like that!

 

[yello]

My wife is, in complete fairness, an accomplished DIYer. Much of the stuff that gets done around here is because of her. 'Gets done' is the key phrase too! Left to me, it'd still be waiting. As a rule, it's her motivation that is instrumental and I'm just the lackey. This incident just tickled me.

Btw, it's her drill and masonry bits. I wouldn't buy such things... might have to use them!

 

[ianrauk]

My wife is uber intelligent.... in her work field . She has more letters after her name then letters that actually spell her name.
Ask about some EU work directive and she can quote it without missing a heartbeat.

In the real world though..
1: I asked her what bats wings are made of? Her reply..."Elastic"
2: I asked her how do trains steer? Her reply... " With a steering wheel of course"
3: She once said the car wouldn't start. I asked her if the battery was flat? Her reply... "The car runs on petrol not electric"

and DIY.. FORGET IT!!!

But bless her.. I love her to bits...

 

[summerdays]

I don't do DIY ... or rather anytime I do it winds up Mr Summerdays who often ends up finishing it for me ... even fixing my back wheel after the visit of the fairy ... got the wheel off, found the hole, fixed it, put the brand new Marathon tyre back on ... went to put it back on the bike feeling really pleased with myself ...and go and somehow jam the wheel in the wrong place - so he had to sort it out and finish the job. The same sort of things happen when I try DIY

 

[Night Train]

I get paid to do DIY for a number of female clients.

If they are interested I always offer to teach them how to do it properly and how to select good quality tools. That makes it easier for them and for me. Saves them money and get me more recommendations.

There are some who are stubbon and just tell me that they are happy just to earn lots of money and pay me to do it for them.

 

[Globalti]

Er.... Interesting work you do, Night Train.... got any DIY stories to tell?

 

[asterix]

This is the business, goes through granite like butter. Noisy but very quick. Has a 3 year g'tee so when it wears out you get a new one. Posh brands are too expensive and little better performance wise. Really you should use ear-defenders with this stuff if you value your hearing.

Max. drilling capacity in masonry 32mm, wood 40mm, steel 13mm. Max. impact energy 5J. Weight 5.8kg.

 

[ComedyPilot]

A friend's wife, Fiona (love her to bits), has come out with some corkers.

On holiday with them in the Greek islands, there was a storm approaching, rumbling visible on the horizon, she asked, "Do they have lightning in Greece?"

At a BBQ, the wine was flowing and male sexual organs were being discussed. Someone mentioned a 'boner', and Fiona asked if it had a bone in it?

Boating on the Broads, I said we were heading downstream to Great Yarmouth, Fiona asked how we were going to get back, and if boats can go uphill (she meant upstream)

 

[ThePainInSpain]

Shopping in Lidl yesterday, the missus spotted a 'Scrabble' game.

Her "Oh look, Scrabble"

Me "That's no good, it'll be in Spanish"

Her "Oh yes, didn't think of that"

Bless....................

 

[yello]

We've have Scrabble in French.... they're high scoring games

 

[Arch]

Does Scrabble, when sold in other countries, have differing proportions of letters? Apparently the proportions of letter in the English version was carefully calculated by totting up the letters in newspapers. In other languages, presumably, the proportions would differ.

 

[philipbh]

Does Scrabble, when sold in other countries, have differing proportions of letters? Apparently the proportions of letter in the English version was carefully calculated by totting up the letters in newspapers. In other languages, presumably, the proportions would differ.

Yes

A more detailed response is available here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions

 

[Over The Hill]

I have been with Mrs OTH for 22 years and I can safely say she has not picked up the drill in all that time. The only time she had a screwdriver in her hand was when it came out of a christmas cracker!

Funny though I still end up doing cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning etc. I think I went a bit wrong somehow.