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I have none.
(Thoughts, I mean. Not tools.)
(Thoughts, I mean. Not tools.)
Plumbing sucks! I've got a fair tool arsenal in the garage. People seem to get me tools for Christmas when they don't what else to get me. I can tell you that a Black and Decker drill will hold a charge for almost two years if you let it sit on the workbench that long.
Most of my tools get used for assembling things or fiddling with the riding lawnmower or weed eater.
I have a 2 tool boxes with the basic stuff and a drill. I can do most of my own small home repairs and car maintenance stuff. That makes me happy. It would bother me a great deal to have to depend on someone else (especially a man if I end up with a male partner) to do all of that for me.David, I do not believe you have any tools!
I have two screwdrivers, a hammer, a tape measure, and a wrench. That's it.
That's funny, picturing you (David) with tools after just picturing you with... tool.
Own a home, plan on maintenance. Some of it is fun(electrical), and some of it is easy(faucets, etc.), but I always find that unless it is an emergency to do it when you are in the right frame of mind otherwise it is work and doesn't go near as well as it should. My next project is to put a tile floor in the three season porch, with an electrical heating mesh beneath it. I am lucky in that I have quite a few tools, and most that I don't have I can borrow from work.
And I thought that when I finally got to leave this planet I would be free of fucking spiders! UGH!
Spiders are destined to take over the universe, Mindy. As soon as they're able to get the cockroaches under control, that is. Having two extra legs and being carnivorous will probably help them in that regard.Imagine, if you will, spider webs that connect star systems.
Wow, Natalie. That's a fucking huge admission. :)
Let them go, Natalie! Let them go!:)
Oh yeah. I forgot about the Florida part of the equation. Had banana spiders in Texas when I lived there -- but never in the house. I thought they were beautiful, to be honest. The worst thing that came indoors was the scorpions. To be honest, I would almost do the '60s housewife bit myself with them (if no one was around to hear, ha ha). I mean, there's no reasoning with a four-inch scorpion. Spiders are tame shit compared to them.
Oh. Ok, I hear you. My wife's mom lives in Florida. I hate visiting in part because of the bugs, lizards, and alligators.Alligators scare the FUCK out of me.
Sure they're evil, but did you know that scorpions glow in ultraviolet light? It's just so cool!
Jackie: You won't think scorpions are so "cool" when you put your bare foot on one when you slip on your slippers in the morning.I had a cat, when I lived in Texas, that liked to sit out on our screened in deck. She would often nab a poor doomed lizard (techically an anole) and run in through the pet door with it's tail haing out the side of her mouth. Yech! No way would she let us get it away from her.
Larry, I didn't say scorpions were cool, I said they were evil, but that it was cool that they glowed. They glow evilly, but coolly.
Oh, OK. Yes that is what you said. Sorry.
:)I used to live in Texas, too. The big bugs were one of the reasons I don't, now. The mosquitoes were so big I could feel them puncturing my skin. I HATE mosquitoes. Hate, hate, hate, hate mosquitoes.
I didn't ever run into any scorpions, I was on the wrong side of the state for that. However, I did see giant flying cockroaches! Eeeeee!!!!!!
I had a scorpion in my basement a few weeks ago. I ended up squashing it because I knew my dog would put her nose directly on it if I didn't.
My seven-year-old daughter cups spiders gently in her hands and places them on plants outside. She'd handle a cobra if I showed her how (I could), she'd spend an hour or more watching a scorpion, and she'd take a week off school to watch an alligator.Her knowledge of tools is sketchy, on the other hand, but she knows the hammer should not be used on flesh and bone.
What were you doing down in the basement with the dog, Dan?
So does ... oh never mind. Just don't shine one on the bedspread in just about any motel room. :(
Why, the bugs in Texas are SO BIG!How big are they?
They're so big they get mixed in with the cattle going to slaughter once in a while. Cock-a-roach steaks! Yum!
Well, I'm glad I opted for the Boca burger tonight.And not to stay in a motel room.
Jeezus, Larry.
HAHAHAHA this thread is funny and I mean laugh out loud funny thanks to Larry and Natalie.Altho I REALLY did not need to see that post about shining the light on the hotel beds, as I'm going to sleep in one for 10 days starting tomorrow night. I mean I know those bedspreads are the horrors of all horrors, but I let myself forget that. Thanks Larry. Gack.
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It was weird when we checked in and there was no service whatsoever from the front desk people. It was weirder still that the whole place was a ghost town on the weekends and there was no maid service whatsoever. The weirdest of all was when on the last morning there I flipped back the covers on the bed looking for lost socks and pajama parts and discovered a giant bloody stain right in the center of the bed.
I'd been sleeping on someone else's yuck all week and didn't even know it.
*heave*
Ewwwwwww!!!!! Oh, Sally, how awful!:::Note to self: always turn down covers in rental accommodations to check for stains BEFORE sleeping in the bed for a week.
I have this magic flash thingy that I can shine in your eyes and you'll forget all about it, Lori. Got it from MIB. Ready? Look over here!FLASH!!
It didn't work, Larry, it didn't work.Darn it Sally, gah!
What didn't work? I don't know what you're talking about. Wait ... who am I? Why am I holding this flash thingy in my hand?
SALLY!!!Please PLEASE tell me that's a VERY sick joke!
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I am not a tool guy. I've only recently starting buying more and better tools because I'm sick of trying to fix things at home with shitty tools. My neighbors all have fucking Home Depots in their garages, so I feel like a jackass whenever I use tools designed for eight year old girls, too.
But I did install a new showerhead (pipe tape is key, I'm discovering) and made minor repairs around the house this summer. So I'm learning.
Home repair blows.
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