Pretty much describes me. Except for that foam cut out shit.
Takes up too much room in the drawers.
Bustednuckles
Documenting The Death Of America
Pretty much describes me. Except for that foam cut out shit.
Takes up too much room in the drawers.
While it is true i will occasionally buy a tool just in case i might need it or watch a 2 hr video about building a log cabin or build my own shed, deck, finished basement or smoker or most of whatever is needed and i really do not like to have to hire someone to do something i think i am capable of, except electricity, which i do have a weakness for. I can do the basics with that, but maybe shocked myself one too many times learning.
I learned a long time ago, before the Red Green show that if you can’t be handsome then be handy. My wife knows we save a lot of money with me being able to fix it myself and she is happy enough with that
…and that’s the whole reason all the Good Men are already taken.
Growing up, Dad worked hard, but there wasn’t a lot of money. If it broke, or was worn out, you either figured out how to fix it, or learned to do without.
Lived in an old house, that needed a lot of work. Money to hire work done was scarce. So most of the work was diy.
A lot of knowledge was gleaned from a few old home repair books, and specific answers to questions from folks Dad knew that worked in the trades.
I guess I always assumed that folks just fixed or repaired their own stuff as a kid.
Started buying my own tools at 12 years old. Most of it I still have today. Always defaulted to diy whenever possible.
Early in marriage, wife was raising hell about a tool I purchased to do a specific job. Had to have a discussion about the economics involved. The tool would be used not only for the immediate job, but would also be used for future work. Gave her the option of “either we buy the tools, or we hire the work done”
I still occasionally get an “eye roll”, but rarely get complaints about the tool purchase.
I had a rule I imposed on my 2.5 (ex)wifes, Do Not Ever Question My Decision To Buy A Tool I Need.
My box, including my travel box, is shadowed because I need some form of tool control. Virtually every aviation job I’ve had requires it & I had to provide my own tools. Tools left in an airplane, especially those that yank & bank like fighters, will migrate into really bad places. I’ve picked up the charred pieces after a tool found its way into the flight controls and jammed things. You don’t want to think about the carnage caused by a screwdriver bit that got swallowed by an engine spinning at 60,000 rpm.
This is why we had to do a COMPLETE tool count before and after we entered the Launch Tube!
We’re talking about nuclear-tipped missiles here, BTW/.
I always check my tool after taking a piss…
Do you check for ticks and crabs?
What’s that bitch doing going thru his phone.
“The man can virtually fix anything. And that is sexy”. Got me one of those. Outside of the chimney sweep and the septic pumping, I have never had a serviceman at my home. Damn I’m a lucky girl! And I always thank him. That reminds me. I need to give him some extra special thanksgiving love 😉.