wrote in message
...
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:59:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Nope, make the wife do the pruning.



I'm sure she's better at it anyway. Women are better at most things, and
they do it in heels... the reference is:

Ginger Rodgers danced the same dances with Fred Astaire, except she did it
in heels and backwards.


I bought my wife a chain saw and told her to have at it years ago.
She comes home from work in a mood sometimes and just needs to kill
something. I came home from a trip to Atlanta once to a yard full of
stuff so big I had to hire a chipper truck to haul it away. It took
them 4 hours of grinding to get it all..


I need to get a small one. I had a small one, but it died. The big one I
have is mostly for my neighbor when he's willing to help with something. Too
big for me.

--
Nom=de=Plume

On Feb 22, 7:16*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:59:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"

wrote:
Nope, make the wife do the pruning.

I'm sure she's better at it anyway. Women are better at most things, and
they do it in heels... the reference is:

Ginger Rodgers danced the same dances with Fred Astaire, except she did it
in heels and backwards.

I bought my wife a chain saw and told her to have at it years ago.
She comes home from work in a mood sometimes and just needs to kill
something. I came home from a trip to Atlanta once to a yard full of
stuff so big I had to hire a chipper truck to haul it away. It took
them 4 hours of grinding to get it all..

Well, my wife does things a bit differently. Sometimes she comes home
made enough to bite a 9 penny nail in two. Then she goes on a hard
cleaning rampage. She yells and throws stuff in the washer, slams
magazines into the trash hopper, and throws away stuff fromt he
refrigerator and freezer. some of the frozen stuff isn't two weeks
old.

I just stay out of her path and let her have the way with the house,
because If i dare to ask to help, i usually get a loud and forceful
"Get out of my way. I'm mad!"

Works for me.....

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:16:59 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:59:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Nope, make the wife do the pruning.



I'm sure she's better at it anyway. Women are better at most things, and
they do it in heels... the reference is:

Ginger Rodgers danced the same dances with Fred Astaire, except she did it
in heels and backwards.


I bought my wife a chain saw and told her to have at it years ago.
She comes home from work in a mood sometimes and just needs to kill
something. I came home from a trip to Atlanta once to a yard full of
stuff so big I had to hire a chipper truck to haul it away. It took
them 4 hours of grinding to get it all..

Methinks there's a lesson in there somewhere!
--

John H

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:20:31 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:32:19 -0500, John H
wrote:

OK, I'm taking a break. I've been at it since my last post. about two and a half
hours ago. I've still not got the old faucett out. My wife is doing the pipe
wrench bit topside while I'm trying to hold the big nut in place underneath. I
sprayed it with PB Blaster. We'll see if that works.

I hate plumbing.
--

John H- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's nothing a cutting torch can't cure, John....


?;^ Q

You're almost right. I've got a reciprocating saw and got halfway through it
before the battery died. Now I've got an hour waiting for it to charge. In
trying to get the damn thing loose, my wife and I crushed the big brass nut and
the threaded tube holding the damn thing onto the sink. Now the nut won't turn
at all. Sawing is the only recourse. Just don't want to dick up the sink.
--


You need an angle grinder. You can do all sorts of stuff with that. A
good one is $70 or so but for occasional use Harbor "Fright" has a
chicom one on sale this week for $10.

The recip saw did a pretty good job. I fabricated a sink protector out of an old
license plate, so no scratches were made in the stainless. Worked pretty good.

Wish you'd have mentioned it sooner. Would have given me an excuse to buy a new
tool.
--

John H

You need an angle grinder. You can do all sorts of stuff with that. A
good one is $70 or so but for occasional use Harbor "Fright" has a
chicom one on sale this week for $10.


Been there. and thats $10.00 well lost!

Brush holders melt....