Thanks for that one! I forgot how great that movie was! So long ago...
Handymen And Handywomen
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I can scrape a ceiling - but don't ask me to dap it! I'll frost it like a birthday cake and we'll be sanding for a month. Live and learn buddy!
I don't like to give away my secrets.
Oh, I've mudded sheetrock.
Will you be my sister-wife?
But were you rubbing yer head in a circular motion, too? If that was you, I'm glad I stayed on my side of the street....I have chewed gum AND walked at the same time...the rest of ya are all posers-I KNOW you can't top THAT!!!....
Crack me up. I'll do all the home repairs and you can do the bedroom duties.
That's a deal sister! Who has to do the cooking?
What a fabulous world that would be!
Yeah,and I am sure there would be much happier people in that world.
Because it's much safer?
...C'mon dude!...you've seen me try that, and I failed miserably...thanks for the reminder dammit!
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...if yer doing the bedroom duties...I'm assuming YOU would be...
I can recommend the UM group (Uncoordinated Morons) I attend on Monday evenings....C'mon dude!...you've seen me try that, and I failed miserably...thanks for the reminder dammit!
There was this once...last year actually...I changed the brake pads on the front wheels of my truck. And I only broke two...okay three sockets, 11/16" Craftsman, before I realized I was turning the bolt in the wrong direction. Used some of that freeze-spray as well, & some other spray, Unlock This Soocker Spray...used a cheater bar...or pipe, trying to break those puppies free. And then...inspiration. Was on the passenger side and I needed to move the socket wrench forward...as I recall...not backward. So...I learned. Then...about a week two later, my rotor assembly...or is that called the caliper assembly...fell off. Course, I didn't know what happened...only knew the wheel had locked up...was only doing about 20-30 mph at the time. So...I pull over. Course it is raining, more of a rain-snow mix. Pull out the jack they hide under the seat, the various parts, assemble that, jack the front up...pull the tire off, oh, look at that...the assembly fell right off! And here I was doing my best to remove that soocker just a while back. I think what happened is that I sprayed so much of that Free This Bad Boy-Up-Spray! that whatever residue had been left managed to work the two bolts free.
You probably don't wanna know about the time I was headed down the road...just passed Bunker Hill and the old Quincy stack, the sunken dredge there on the left? Tire falls right off the truck. Scared? Oh you bet. I pull over...snow, a bit of a snowbank on side the road...get out, walk around the back of the truck. Oh, would you look at that! Tire is gone! Where'd it go? I look back up the highway, see the tire resting against the metal guardrail over the Quincy creek. Apparently when you have a flat...as I did a week month prior...with aluminum rims, one should pull out the lug-wrench and check that the lug-nuts are tight as they can loosen on aluminum rims.
You don't wanna hear about how I shot my mirror.
You probably don't wanna know about the time I was headed down the road...just passed Bunker Hill and the old Quincy stack, the sunken dredge there on the left? Tire falls right off the truck. Scared? Oh you bet. I pull over...snow, a bit of a snowbank on side the road...get out, walk around the back of the truck. Oh, would you look at that! Tire is gone! Where'd it go? I look back up the highway, see the tire resting against the metal guardrail over the Quincy creek. Apparently when you have a flat...as I did a week month prior...with aluminum rims, one should pull out the lug-wrench and check that the lug-nuts are tight as they can loosen on aluminum rims.
You don't wanna hear about how I shot my mirror.
Is that what the product is called? I'm always in the market for an alternative to WD-40. I discovered a product ages ago when I was working in a shipyard which they kept on hand called PB Blaster…
Blaster Racing
One was called "CRC Freeze-Off" and the other was...had to go look and I did look in the shop...garage is a mess...but I think I used up whatever the other can was...it was a silicone spray and I have other uses for that...say like if you have vinyl windows and you install them snug you spray the jam and sash...they are tight against the weather and the silicone helps them move when you want them to. I think it was one of the "well-known" lubricants though I can't for the life of me remember the name.
I did a front brake job on a friend's wife's car once, having never done such a thing before. He always had the greatest confidence in my ability to do things so he wouldn't have to. Truly, he knew he was a mechanical klutz and that I seemed to have inherited auto-mechanic talent, as he'd noticed in the past.